Man Awakened & Arrested
Laurens County Sheriff’s Lt. Robbie Haupfear and Corporal Christy Johnson were dispatched to a Joanna residence on Moorehead Street at 8:16 yesterday morning to do a welfare check on the resident. When...
View ArticleBuilding Down, Traffic Flow Restored
Traffic on East Main off the Laurens Square was reopened yesterday, as the final bricks were removed from the scene of a building at the corner of East Main and North Harper. Work began on demolishing...
View ArticleDistrict 56 Trustees Told of “Quirky Figures”
In reviewing Fee-in-lieu-of tax receipts for the District 56 School Board this week, District 66 Finance Director Dr. Gerald Robinson noted what he called ‘quirky figures’ from the Laurens County...
View ArticleSports Report for Friday, 6-27-2014
The Blue Hose football schedule this year includes 6 home games… The first home game is Sept. 6th as they host Bluefield… The other home games are against Furman, Western Carolina, Coastal Carolina,...
View ArticleDomestic Assault under Investigation
A 41-year-old Gray Court area woman came to the Emergency Room at Hillcrest Hospital last night with injuries to her throat and her neck. Deputy Steven Sweat was dispatched at 10:43 last night to...
View ArticleAnswers Await Jail Release
A 42-year-old Clinton man noted parts valued at $350 are missing from his moped, in a report filed yesterday afternoon with the Sheriff’s Office. He told Deputy McMahan that he had taken the moped to a...
View ArticleBicycle Painting Leads to Juvenile Arrests
Clinton Public Safety Officer Jamie Reid was dispatched to Westchase Apartments at 8:31 last night on a report of vandalism. The officer arrived and made contact with a 13-year-old male who indicated...
View ArticlePolicy Changes Increase Emergency Response
New forms of emergency medical assistance may be available by the start of the new school year in District 55 Schools. The School Board this week voted to approve policy changes that will make...
View ArticleMan Airlifted with Burns to 30% of His Body
Firefighters and the Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a mobile home residence on Sawmill Road, Gray Court last evening, where a man was burned on 30% of his body while reportedly fighting a fire...
View ArticleTop Personnel Change for County Detention Center
A personnel change is coming in the management of Laurens County’s detention center. Sheriff Ricky Chastain informed Council Tuesday night /that Major Chris Hudson is leaving as Director of the Johnson...
View ArticleFormalizing EMS Backups
Laurens County Council discussed a formal agreement with private ambulance services at this Tuesday evening’s meeting. Council Member Diane Anderson, Chair of Council’s Committee on Health, Welfare and...
View Article$3 Million Expansion = 20 New Jobs
There was one economic development matter handled during this week’s County Council meeting. A local company that wants to remain anonymous at this time is planning a $3 million expansion project that...
View ArticleArrest from Traffic Safety Checkpoint
Clinton Public Safety made a drug arrest at 8:48 last night while conducting a traffic safety checkpoint. 23-year-old Corey Edmond James of 211 North Woodrow Street, Clinton was charged with Simple...
View Article“Brick” of Marijuana Recovered from Underwear
A failure to signal a traffic turn led to the arrest of three people and the confiscation of a ‘brick’ of marijuana last night. Laurens City Police Officer Logan Kanipe reported he was patrolling...
View ArticleStolen TV
Laurens Police responded to Westside Manor at 3:12 yesterday morning on a report of a stolen TV. A woman said she had left home for work Sunday evening at 5:25 and returned home at 3 am Monday. She...
View Article‘Fireworks’ at the Fireworks Stand
Laurens Police responded to a fireworks stand on East Main at 7:52 last evening. A man working at the location said his soon-to-be-x-wife and her son came to the location. The wife was yelling and...
View ArticleCar Stolen
Sheriff’s Sgt. Timmons and Deputy Noble arrived on Cowens Bridge Road, Gray Court at 21 minutes after midnight this morning to investigate a report of someone taking a 2006 Ford Fusion between 10:20...
View ArticleDomestic Arrest This Morning
Laurens County Deputy Timothy Byrd arrested a Joanna man this morning for an alleged domestic assault. 24-year-old Marco Epps of Carver Street, Joanna was charged with Criminal Domestic Violence in a...
View ArticleDon’t Blame the Dog!
Evidence surfaced yesterday in connection with a Burglary reported last Friday. The owner of property on Miller Road, Waterloo reported he was at the property he owns mowing the lawn Friday morning and...
View ArticleArrest from May Assault
Laurens City Police yesterday made an arrest in connection with an alleged assault in early May. 27-year-old Anthony Rashid Anderson of 722 Sullivan Street, Laurens was charged with Assault and Battery...
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