BSMS 7th Grader Scores in Top 2% Nationally
Several 7th Graders were recognized at this week’s District 56 School Board meeting. They were saluted as participants in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP). TIP is described on...
View ArticlePRTC Sells Wireless Store to AT&T
Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative “PRTC” announced yesterday it is selling its retail wireless business to AT&T. Under the terms of the agreement, AT&T’s acquisition of PRTC’s wireless...
View ArticleUndercover Drug Distribution
Drug Distribution is alleged from an undercover operation back in March, according to an arrest yesterday. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office charged 26-year-old Joshua Douglas Bohler of 206 Sid Lee...
View ArticleArrest Alleges 2010 Sex Crime, 2012 Auto Break-Ins
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a suspect from an alleged sex crime in 2010 and two auto break-ins in 2012. 23-year-old Ty Niary Dodson of Apartment 15-B at 116 Garlington Street, Laurens was...
View ArticleMetal Drug on Street Leaves Trail
Clinton Public Safety was dispatched to North Bell Street at 1:47 this morning on a call from a North Bell resident who reported hearing some loud noise in the neighborhood. Officer Doug Richardson was...
View ArticleNeighborhood Burglary
A Clinton man was charged yesterday with 1st Degree Burglary and Grand Larceny for an alleged break-in of a neighbor’s residence this past month. The Sheriff’s Office booked 25-year-old Joey Leon...
View ArticleEmployee Awards for Whitten Center
The Whitten Center ‘Employee of the Year’ and ‘Beyond the Call’ Awards were presented at the Annual Whitten Center Parents’ Club meeting last Friday – April 25th. Mike Gage was named Whitten Center...
View ArticlePC Bell Ringer Tour Starts Today
Six performances across the Carolinas highlights the first independent bell ringers tour in nearly a decade for the Presbyterian College Ringers, starting today. Thirteen students will spend beach week...
View ArticleCindy Jacobs Top Child Nutritionist in South Carolina
District 56 Director of Child Nutrition Cindy Jacobs was honored at this weeks’ District 56 School Board meeting. Superintendent David O’Shields recognized Ms. Jacobs as the 2014 School Nutrition...
View ArticlePrescription Fraud Alleged
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday booked a man wanted by a State Drug Agent for an alleged illegal prescription pickup in Clinton about two years ago. 50-year-old Gregory David Megillian of 430 East Darby...
View ArticleDrug Charges following Morning Traffic Stop
Drug charges were pending on a teenager following a traffic stop this morning. Laurens Police officer Logan Kanipe made the traffic stop at 2:36 this morning on Park Place. 19-year-old Corey Alize...
View ArticleDrug Arrest on Campus
Presbyterian College Public Safety arrested a student on drug charges yesterday afternoon on campus. 22-year-old Brian Kristopher Shepherd of 1858 La Mesa Lane, Decatur, GA was charged with Possession...
View ArticleArrest Alleges Drug Distribution
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a local man on multiple drug charges, some of which note prior offense for the same charge. 33-year-old Jeraka Jerome Choice of 69 Mineral Springs...
View ArticleSports report fo Friday, 5-2-2014
Local Sports Results: CHS: Soccer: Chapman 2 – Clinton 1… Yesterday the Red Devil soccer team hosted the Chapman Panthers in Region III-AAA action and Chapman took a 2-1 win over the Red Devils… Nolan...
View ArticleIntoxicated Woman Charged with Cruelty
Laurens Police responded to an East Main location at 10:40 Saturday night and met with a man who said he just dropped off his son at his divorced wife’s residence and that the x was very intoxicated...
View ArticlePure Romance???!
A young Clinton woman reported the theft of sex toys from her residence to Clinton Public Safety early Saturday afternoon. She indicated that another young woman had been living with her for the past...
View ArticleTwo Charged in Phone Call
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday booked two Newberry men on charges of making an unlawful phone call late last month. 42-year-old David Anthony Thompson and 35-year-old Kiley Long Enlow,...
View ArticleDaytime Burglary
2nd Degree Burglary charges were served on a Clinton teen this weekend. Clinton Public Safety served the charge on 18-year-old Henry Ray Lynch of 100 Horne Street, Clinton, accusing him in a home...
View ArticleWeapons Charge at Safety Checkpoint
Clinton Public Safety was conducting a Traffic Safety Checkpoint on North Bell Street at 10:26 Saturday night when Sgt. Kenneth Prather went to the rear of a vehicle to check the license plate and...
View ArticleViolation of Youthful Offender Provisions
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday booked 23-year-old Austin Brian Hughes of 308 Beauregard Street, Clinton on a Violation of Probation charge. A warrant cites that he failed conditions of his release...
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