3rd Now Charged with Possession of Loot from Burglaries
A third person is now in custody regarding a home burglary in the Sandy Springs community last week. Two men who lived about a half mile from the Highway 49 break-in were arrested on the case last...
View ArticleAlleged Probation Violator Located in Jail
42-year-old Marcus David Wood of 2507 Plainview, Anderson was placed in the Laurens County Detention Center yesterday, charged with Violation of Probation in a five-year-old warrant. A July 29th, 2009...
View ArticleContempt by Failure to Pay Lawyer
A Laurens woman was booked into the Johnson Detention Facility yesterday on orders of Laurens County Family Court. 41-year-old Michelle Hall Smiley of 112 Garlington Street, Laurens was found in...
View ArticleJuvenile Charged with Assault
A 16-year-old Clinton male was arrested by Clinton Public Safety yesterday morning on a Simple Assault charge. He had allegedly struck his Dad with a belt during an argument about his going to school,...
View ArticleMy Door, My TV – but Wife’s Hand
A Deputy responded to a Waterloo address at 11:35 yesterday morning regarding an alleged domestic assault. While Deputy Edwards was on the way the man asked for him to call. He reportedly told of being...
View ArticleSpeeding, Failure to Stop, Resisting Arrest
Multiple warrants were served yesterday on a man initially arrested on a speeding charge early yesterday morning. 34-year-old Travis Tebias Barksdale of 615 Greer Street, Greenwood was issued a ticket...
View ArticleLaurens Woman Charged with Greenwood Man’s Death
A Laurens woman has been arrested in connection with a fatal ‘hit and run’ incident in Greenwood according to Fox Carolina. They quote Greenwood Police as saying that 40-year-old Vacquez Enicus “Rico”...
View ArticleHarboring Subject, Contributing to Delinquency of Minor
A woman arrested Tuesday night was charged yesterday with harboring a person wanted for arrest and with providing alcohol and marijuana to a 14-year-old. 19-year-old Michelle Carley Allen of Apt 8-H at...
View ArticleHundreds Here Receiving Absentee Ballots
Absentee voting is now in progress here in South Carolina. This is NOT the same thing as “Early Voting,” which some states have. Laurens County Registrations and Elections Commission Chairman William...
View ArticleProgress on Dilapidated Buildings
Laurens City Council this week received an update on the progress being made to rid the city of dilapidated buildings. At Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting, Laurens City Building and Zoning...
View ArticleHeld Overnight for Charges
Laurens Police overnight were preparing charges on a local man after drugs and weapons were allegedly found in his car. Laurens Police Officer Logan Kanipe made a traffic stop last night on Mill Street...
View ArticleJuvenile Damages Dad’s Truck
Clinton Public Safety Sgt. Cathy Anderson responded to a city residence at 7:00 yesterday morning on a report of an unruly teenager. The juvenile offender had reportedly been involved in a verbal...
View ArticleArrest in Waterloo Domestic Assault
The Sheriff’s Office made an arrest yesterday from an alleged domestic assault Wednesday. 57-year-old Charles Richard Foley of 453 Bob White Drive, Waterloo was charged with Criminal Domestic Violence....
View ArticleFight Between 13 & 14-Year-Olds Planned?
Laurens Police SRO Riley Bailes was alerted to an incident in the media center of Laurens Middle School at 10:30 yesterday morning after two juveniles fought each other there. The officer learned this...
View ArticleShoes Taken in Pocketbook
Laurens Police Officer Craven responded to 911 East Main at 4:45 yesterday afternoon after a Belk Loss Prevention Officer caught a woman who had allegedly left the store with a pair of shoes valued at...
View ArticleCocaine Possession
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested 30-year-old Heather Nicole Rodriguez of 1395 Allen Bridge Road, Woodruff on a charge of Possessing Cocaine Monday. Investigator Robert Wilkie states that on...
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No Shave November’ Returns
Remember the ‘No Shave November’ campaign last year? Local law enforcement officers helped raise money for the family of a Greenwood Officer whose wife and unborn child were killed in a wreck. The ‘No...
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50 Years Providing Healthcare
Betty Quarles began her career at the Laurens District Hospital on May 1st, 1964. She recalled “When the lady training me said that hospital work gets in your blood, I thought it was the funniest...
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Raider Band in State Finals Saturday
The Laurens District 55 Raider Band went fourteen years without qualifying for the 4-A State Championship until last year. This year the band is going to the State championship for the 2nd year in a...
View ArticleNational Park Service to Help Laurens County Trails
The Laurens County Trails Association (LCTA) announced yesterday that it as been awarded a grant from the National Parks Service (NPS) to provide assistance with the planning and development of a trail...
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