Mayor Encourages Recycling Holiday Wrappings
The Christmas Holiday Season is approaching….and it brings hope and joy to many; but it also brings lots of trash. At Tuesday night’s Laurens City Council meeting, Mayor Sharon Brownlee noted the...
View ArticleClinton Meth Lab Waste Still Cooking!
Clinton Public Safety located waste from a methamphetamine manufacturing operation around 2:00 yesterday afternoon and called in SLED to process the dangerous debris. Public Safety Officer Daniel...
View ArticleThanksgiving Tomorrow at Backcountry Settlement
If you’ve ever wanted to recall the ‘good ole days,’ you need to come to Gray Court. Sara Jane Armstrong of the Gray Court-Owings Historical Society said they are inviting folks for an early...
View ArticleMunicipal Election Season Opens December 19th
While the Election Commission today was finalizing work on the 2014 General Election, they’ve already begun work on the next round of voting. Municipal Elections are set for this coming March in...
View ArticleLaurens & Clinton High Youth Helped in Election
Laurens County Elections Director Lynn West noted that Laurens County piloted a student worker program for the 2014 elections. The Laurens County Elections Commission had about 40 high school students...
View ArticleCanvas of Special Election Today
The Laurens County Election Commission meets this morning at 11:00 to form a Canvas of the vote during the Special Election held Tuesday. They’ll review any challenge votes, add any ballots determined...
View ArticleAnother Charged in Multiple Burglaries
Another suspect in burglaries in Western Laurens County was booked by the Sheriff’s Office yesterday. 35-year-old Major Alonzo Lee of 6 Evans Street, Pelzer was transferred from Anderson County...
View ArticleOne Killed in Five-Vehicle Wreck
A five-vehicle wreck west of Laurens yesterday afternoon killed one driver and injured four others, one of whom was airlifted to Greenville for treatment. South Carolina Highway Patrol Corporal Bill...
View ArticleOther Burglaries
The Sheriff’s Office this weekend investigated other Burglary, Breaking and Entering cases, including a Friday afternoon call to Burdette Road, Gray Court where $429 in clothing and electronics was...
View ArticleBurglary Valued at $12,500
Jewelry, cash, TVs and other items worth $12,500 were reported stolen from a Joanna residence on Pickens Street. Deputy Kenneth Donald Sibley was dispatched on the case at 6:38 Friday evening and met...
View ArticleEmployee Theft Alleged
Laurens Police were dispatched to Wal-Mart at 12:12 Friday afternoon on a report of a store employee stealing money. A Loss Prevention officer reportedly noted the particular employee had been under...
View ArticleBath Tub, Set of Fire Dog Statues Taken
Clinton Public Safety arrested two people at 4:05 Friday afternoon in connection with the alleged theft of a bath tub, fireplace tools and brushes, brass bins, an aluminum disk and a set of fire dog...
View ArticleDegrading Messages
Clinton Public Safety yesterday arrested a Clinton man and a Laurens woman for allegedly sending threatening and degrading messages to a Clinton woman. 22-year-old Shawn Nicholas Duty of 207 N. Adair...
View ArticleCar Wasn’t Stolen, After All
Deputy Farrah Cook and Lt Marty Crain assisted the Highway Patrol investigating an abandoned car found on Raider Road, off US 76 at 10:46 last night. An investigation indicated the car had struck a...
View ArticleGreen Street Assault
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a man for an alleged domestic assault on Green Street. 29-year-old Jeffery Kenneth Sullivan of 409 Green Street, Laurens was charged with Criminal Domestic...
View ArticleBond Denied on Domestic Assault Charge
Deputy Kenneth Sibley was flagged down in the parking lot of the Laurens County Detention Center at 11:49 Friday night and a woman reported that she had been assaulted earlier on Lake Road, Clinton by...
View ArticleCode 3 Response to “Somebody Help Me!”
Laurens Police were dispatched to Wilson Street at 8:37 Saturday night with blue lights and siren after a neighbor called to report a domestic altercation. The caller noted hearing the two arguing for...
View ArticleCallers Claim to be Calling from Your Utility
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office says utility customers all over the state have reported getting phone calls from people claiming to be utility employees. The scammer tells the...
View ArticleWoman Allegedly Pulls Gun on Boyfriend
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched just after 8 yesterday morning on a report of threats at gunpoint. A man said his girlfriend pulled a gun on him yesterday morning after he told her he knows what...
View ArticleGun Reportedly Pulled on Woman
A Laurens area woman came to the Sheriff’s Office early yesterday afternoon and reported another woman had pulled a gun on her. She said she and her cousin had gone to get her belongings from a vehicle...
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