Laurens County SC
County condemns mausoleum at Forest Lawn
Laurens, S.C. – After months working to get the owner of Forest Lawn Mausoleum to make badly needed repairs, Chuck Bobo, the director of Building Codes for Laurens County, placed a condemned notice on the structure today, Tuesday, July 27. “We have been working with South Carolina Labor, Licensing and Regulations Agency and have written…
Read MoreWalk-ins available for COVID-19 testing, vaccines this week at Laurens County Health Department
DHEC is providing regular updates for COVID-19 vaccine clinics and testing opportunities in the Upstate Region and hours include daytime and on Tuesday, early evening hours. (see below) For the most current vaccine clinic information: scdhec.gov/vaxlocator. For the most current testing site information: scdhec.gov/findatest. COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective, and free. The Moderna and Janssen (Johnson &…
Read MoreFor Dist. 3 primary, absentee voting ends today, polls open at 7 Tuesday
Three candidates for Laurens County Council District 3 seat have been working this past month to earn the Democratic nomination in a Democratic Primary set for tomorrow, Tuesday, July 20, and absentee voting closes after 5 p.m. today, Monday, July 19. The primary is ahead of a special election slated for Tuesday, Sept. 30, where…
Read More‘Century Plant’ excitement for homeowners, East Main travelers
June 23, 2021 Laurens, South Carolina – Laurens drivers have been doing double takes and even coming to complete stops in the middle of East Main Street in Laurens since a “Century Plant” stalk began rising from one of two giant agave plants in Nellie Taylor’s yard. “Those plants are 23 years old,” said Nellie…
Read MoreBlood Connection adds additional sites for June
Laurens County, South Carolina – Calls by The Blood Connection for additional Mobile Clinic Donor Sites have resulted in locations added to the previous schedule, and today the mobile units will be at the City of Clinton and later in the day at Walmart. “The local blood supply is critically low after months of historically…
Read MoreThe Blood Connection responds to regional shortage with early June blood drives
June 2, 2021 Laurens, South Carolina – Starting this Thursday, June 3, the mobile unit for The Blood Connection has scheduled several donor events in Laurens County to try and meet the desperate need for all types of whole blood across the upstate. Scheduling spots are still available when the bus will be at Walmart…
Read MoreDHEC urging parents to vaccinate their children 12 and older ahead of summer break
May 28, 2021 – With Memorial Day just a few days away and summer break on the horizon, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is encouraging parents to get their children 12 and older vaccinated as soon as possible to protect against COVID-19. Getting children vaccinated is important because they can…
Read MoreClinton Police make arrest in Wednesday’s fatal shooting
May 27, 2021 Clinton, S.C. – A Greenville man has been charged with the murder of a Clinton resident who was shot at Countryside Townhouses Wednesday morning in what appears to stem from a domestic violence issue, according to Clinton Police Chief Sonny Ledda. Devon Rhys Neal, 33, of Satterfield Drive, Greenville, was arrested Wednesday by…
Read MorePrisma Health reduces hours, set to close The Ridge vaccine site
The CDC and the vaccine advisory committee has announced that children 12 and over can now receive the Pfizer vaccine, but Prisma Health began reducing hours at the Laurens site this week and it will close later this month. Prisma Health administers the Pfizer brand vaccine. Turnout has been lower at The Ridge in recent…
Read MoreYoung teens killed in Thursday afternoon 4-wheeler accident with 18-wheeler
Laurens County Coronor’s office staff responded Thursday afternoon to a 4-wheeler accident with an tractor-trailer in Joanna which resulted in the deaths of two 14-year-old girls from Laurens County. According to Trooper Joe Hovis of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the tractor-trailer was traveling south on Milton Road and the ATV was traveling west on…
Read More