Man With Shoplifting Warrant runs from Police
Wednesday around 1:41 pm, Lt. Anderson of the Laurens Police Department responded to a call in reference to a subject being at Walmart that has active warrants for shoplifting. The officer located the...
View ArticleSports Report for Friday, 10-10-2014
The Blue Hose football team has had some big moments at home this season when they knocked off Furman a few weeks back and Western Carolina last week… Well they have a chance to add to that as they...
View ArticleThreat to Drive Truck Through Building
Deputy Taylor responded to an office on Professional Park Rd. Clinton yesterday just after 1pm. The complainant said she had received a voicemail from a female stating that her boyfriend had been to...
View ArticleCity of Clinton Electric Rate Changes
Electric rates for customers of the Clinton Department of Public Works are going up, then down, then back up……….maybe. At this week’s meeting of Clinton City Council City Manager Frank Stovall asked...
View ArticleTheft Of Dryer From Clinton Home
Just before 6pm Thursday, Sgt Anderson of the Clinton Department of Public Safety responded to an East Ferguson St. Clinton residence in reference to a break in that had already occurred. The...
View ArticleNew Zoning Classification for City of Clinton
Last month, WLBG News reported that a new zoning classification had been proposed to Clinton City Council and that Council had approved the new classification on first reading. It is designated I-2 and...
View ArticleWaterloo Man Curses County Dispatch
At 6pm Thursday, Deputy Edwards was dispatched to Pete St. in Waterloo in reference to a man complaining about his neighbor’s dogs barking constantly. While en route, dispatch contacted the deputy to...
View ArticleThreatening Phone Call To Gray Court Manufacturing Facility
Deputy Shepard was dispatched to ZF Transmissions around 1:00pm Thursday in reference to a threatening phone call. He arrived on scene and spoke with the complainant in the security guard station. She...
View ArticlePedestrian Killed on Interstate 385
A female pedestrian was killed on Interstate 385 last night. Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols said the fatal incident occurred at approximately 10:20 last night near mile marker 22 on Interstate 385...
View ArticleMcDonalds Shooting Suspect Arrested and Charged
The suspect in the Laurens McDonalds shooting has been arrested and charged. You will remember our story from Monday concerning the shooting at McDonalds. Laurens City Police responded to 105 Fleming...
View ArticleSocial Media – New Ways To Follow WLBG
Did you know that you can follow WLBG and stay up to date on local news and events via Social Media? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. You can even follow us via RSS. Check out the links...
View ArticleLeaving Scene of Wreck
Laurens City Police arrested a Greenville man Saturday night following a traffic incident. 38-year-old Dedrick Quintez Greene of 8 Lamont Lane, Greenville was charged with 2nd Offense Driving under the...
View ArticleArrest Cites Friday Strong Arm Robbery
A Joanna man was arrested this weekend in connection with an alleged theft by force on Friday. 30-year-old Robert Lamont Goggins of 629 Whitmire Highway, Joanna was charged with Strong Arm Robbery....
View ArticleAssault by Throwing Bricks
An assault by throwing bricks was alleged in an arrest yesterday. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday booked 30-year-old Katrina Danielle Mosley of D-2 Westchase, 590 Phillips Street, Clinton...
View ArticleToilet Overflows, Argument, Phone Into the Wall
Laurens Police were dispatched to the 400 block of Fleming Street at 12:43 Friday afternoon following a 911 hang-up call from a residence there. A woman indicated she had been asleep when her boyfriend...
View ArticleArrest from 3-Year-Old Domestic Assault, Multiple Previous Charges
The Sheriff’s Office made an arrest Saturday in connection with an alleged domestic assault over four years ago. 32-year-old Timothy Keith Smith of 346 Barley Road, Gray Court was charged with 3rd or...
View ArticleSunday Arrest for Saturday Stabbing
Laurens Police Officer James Nolen responded to the 800 block of Sullivan Street at 3:41 Saturday afternoon and met with a man who indicated another man had stabbed him in his right hand. He indicated...
View ArticleTearing Up Girlfriend’s House
Laurens City Police were dispatched to Moreland Avenue on a disturbance report at 6:55 Friday night and arrived to observe several neighbors standing in their yards, directing police to 212 Moreland...
View ArticleConspiracy to Kidnap
Laurens City Police Saturday charged a woman with involvement in the kidnapping of a man in Laurens this past May. 19-year-old Catherina Leeann Young of Apt 132, 218 Spring Street, Laurens was charged...
View ArticleResisting Arrest by Assaulting Police
A Newberry man is facing charges of assault on police and multiple drug offenses following a Safety Checkpoint in Clinton this weekend. 30-year-old Jason Leon Herbert Sr. of 211 Green Acres Lane,...
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