Sports Report for Thursday, 2-27-2014
Local Sports Results: No local high school results from last night. College Notes: PC: Coastal Carolina 70 – PC 51… The PC men’s basketball team traveled to Conway last night to take on the...
View ArticleDangerous Building Coming Down
A unanimous vote at this week’s Laurens County Council meeting approved a Resolution which transfers county funds to the City of Laurens to match City funds for the demolition of a dangerous...
View ArticleParking Improvements for “CAM”
Laurens County Council this week approved a Resolution to assist with parking improvements at the Center for Advance Manufacturing. The facility, commonly referred to as the “CAM,” was recently...
View ArticleTop Ten Other Religious Reasons to Deny Service in Arizona Stores
#10…Corn Farmers. Randy, the Bible prohibits men from dropping their seed upon the soil. I’m sure this covers all corn farmers. . #9 … Anybody asking to buy on credit are to be run out of the store....
View ArticleSports Report for Friday, 2-28-2014
Local Sports Results: CHS: Yesterday a couple of CHS teams were involved in scrimmages and the coaches were kind enough to get the scores to me so I will pass them along to you. Soccer: CHS 1 – Dixie...
View ArticleFraud & Forgery Suspected
Sheriff’s Corporal Christy Johnson met with a Ware Shoals area man and his family yesterday afternoon regarding a possible case of Forgery and Fraud. The family reported that a now deceased of the...
View ArticleFirearms Stolen near Waterloo
Laurens County Sheriff’s Corporal Jimmy Johnson was dispatched to a Waterloo residence yesterday afternoon and talked with a woman who wanted to report the theft of a firearm. She said she had...
View ArticleCan You Steal What You Already Own?
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday recovered a vehicle stolen from Simpsonville. Laurens County Deputy Jamie Lee Edwards was dispatched to Hunts Bridge Road in Upper Laurens County at 10 Wednesday...
View ArticleHit & Run Charges
The South Carolina Highway Patrol had a Laurens man placed in the Johnson Detention Center around 2 yesterday afternoon, following a traffic incident earlier in the day. Michael Jerrell Brooks of...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Arrests
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men yesterday in connection with separate cases of domestic violence. 32-year-old Julius Maurice Martin, also known as “Stunner,” had an address...
View ArticleAwards for Schools, Students
Waterloo Elementary School was recognized at the South Carolina Association of Title One Administrators Conference as a Title 1 Reward School for Performance. Administrator Mary Fortune reported...
View Article$8.6 Million County Surplus
Laurens County Government finished the past fiscal year with a surplus of $8.6 million, according to an audit reviewed at this week’s County Council meeting. The report by Davis, McNeish and Cooke...
View ArticleTwo Held for New Drug Charges
Laurens County Deputies arrested a man and woman overnight in Joanna near the intersection of Ellis and Morgan Streets. New drug charges are pending, based on a number of pills and some marijuana...
View ArticleSentence From 2011 Death
A Laurens area man was sentenced to 18 years in the state prison system yesterday, after he entered pleas to charges that included a killing in 2011. In Laurens County General Sessions Criminal...
View ArticleDrug Charges Follow Early Morning Arrest
Two people arrested early Friday morning by the Sheriff’s Office were served with multiple drug charges later in the day. Now charged with three counts, Possession of a Controlled Substance are...
View ArticleMultiple Charges follow Weekend Police Chase
Laurens City Police arrested a man early Sunday morning on multiple charges following an alleged failure to stop for a traffic checkpoint late Saturday night. 27-year-old Quinton Jabari Yeargin of...
View ArticleDanger: Tree Falling
Downtown Clinton is loosing its “Town Oak Tree” that has stood near the intersection of Broad and Main for many years. City Manager Frank Stovall reports a large limb fell from the tree Friday,...
View ArticleSports Report for Tuesday, 3-4-2014
Weather Postponements: Well the rainy weather caused several contest to be postponed yesterday. CHS: The lacrosse team’s match with St. Joe was forced to be postponed and at this time I do not...
View ArticleAll the Fuss – About a Man
Clinton Public Safety Officer Metz was dispatched to Davis Street at 4:48 yesterday afternoon on a report of a woman causing a disturbance. The resident said the younger woman had been at her house...
View ArticleAluminum Rims Stolen
Eight 22 inch aluminum rims were stolen from a car lot and mechanic shop on US Highway 76, Hickory Tavern, according to a report filed with the Sheriff’s Office yesterday morning. A shop operator...
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