Raymond Rogerdale “Darrell” Weathers
Raymond Rogerdale “Darrell” Weathers, 69, of 315 Southview Dr. and husband of Janice Brown Weathers, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Gray Court, he was the...
View ArticleSports Report for Thursday, 4-10-2014
Local Sports Results: CHS: BB: Newberry 6 – CHS 4… The varsity base ball team traveled down to Newberry yesterday to take on the Bulldogs and normally when you out hit a team you win… Well that was...
View ArticleForged Prescription
Clinton Public Safety and State Drug Agents yesterday had charges for a Laurens County woman. Clinton Public Safety had a Bench Warrant from Clinton Municipal Court from 2012. 47-year-old Romona...
View Article‘Stalking’ Phone Calls
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest yesterday from alleged phone calls from a Cherokee County woman last month. 31-year-old Tammy Lynn Wyatt of 227 Henderson Street, Gaffney was charged...
View ArticleFILOT Changes under Consideration
How money from Fee-in-lieu-of-Tax agreements with new industry gets distributed was on the table for discussion this week at Tuesday night’s Laurens County Council meeting. Specifically, they were...
View ArticleMore Apprenticeships Proposed
Laurens County had big news this week with an almost $7 million grant announced for expanding opportunities for students at Clinton and Laurens High Schools to prepare for jobs of the future. The...
View ArticleWeapons Charges Follow Early Morning Gunfire
The sound of gunfire heard outside a Laurens Police station dispatched Laurens City Police toward Hunter’s Court at 37 minutes after midnight yesterday morning. Officers arriving on scene were told...
View ArticleBond Denied on Murder Charge
Bond was denied yesterday for a man accused of killing his neighbor. 63-year-old Johnny Lamar Lever of 288 Cochise Drive, Waterloo was served with warrants charging him with Murder and with Pointing...
View ArticleMrs. Virginia Shelton Simpson
Mrs. Virginia Shelton Simpson, 59, of 178 Shelton Circle,Clinton died Tuesday at her residence. She is survived by her husband, Paul Simpson; also by 1 son, 1 daughter, 2 brothers, 4 sisters and 2...
View ArticleWhy Is The Flag At Half Staff?
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has requested that ALL flags in South Carolina be flown at half staff on Thursday, Friday and until sundown on Saturday in honor of Captain James E. Chaffin, III of...
View ArticleTheft from Paint Shop
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Patton Road outside Laurens at 9:35 yesterday morning about a burglary and theft. A man said when he returned to the paint shop on West Patton Road he found a...
View ArticleCase Closed
A Deputy was dispatched to the Green Pond Road area at 2 o’clock this morning on a report of a domestic disturbance. A woman told Deputy Rushing that she and her common law spouse had an argument and...
View ArticleChild Neglect Alleged
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested 33-year-old Roshonda Nicole “Nikki” Watson of 216 Cora Road, Laurens on a charge of “Unlawful Legal Custodian.” A warrant states that an...
View ArticleSimple Assault
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a location on Highway 221 South of Laurens at 11:18 yesterday morning after a call from a 20-year-old woman saying that another woman had taken out a gun and...
View Article2nd Time Meals Jail
Clinton Public Safety transferred a man from City Jail to the Laurens County Detention Center early yesterday afternoon. Officers arrested him Wednesday night, following the second alleged case of...
View ArticleNew Life for Old ER
The old Emergency Room area of the Laurens County Memorial Hospital is about to open with its new role. Carolina Health Centers, Inc. has announced a Grand Opening of Laurens County Community Care...
View ArticlePrescription Allegedly Forged
A Western Laurens County resident was booked in the Johnson Detention Center yesterday on a Prescription Drug Violation charge from a state agent. 61-year-old Marilyn Young Collins of 4265 Neely...
View ArticleMurder Conviction on Waterloo Shooting
Trial of a man accused of fatally shooting his employer and benefactor concluded yesterday with a conviction on Murder charges. Judge Frank Addy handed down a 40-year sentence yesterday for...
View ArticleSports Report for Friday, 4-11-2014
Local Sports Results: CHS: Golf: CHS 196 – Newberry 237…For the second time this week, the Red Devil golf team defeated Newberry yesterday this time by a score of 196-237. Clinton’s top 3 golfers sat...
View Article$8,000 Damage Noted to Truck
Damage of $8,000 was noted in a report of Malicious Damage to a vehicle this weekend. The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Easy Road, Laurens at 11:20 Sunday morning where a woman indicated she...
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