Possession with Intent to Distribute
The South Carolina Highway Patrol served drug charges yesterday on a man from the Pee Dee who was initially charged with a traffic offense on Interstate 26 in Laurens County. Lance Corporal B.D....
View ArticleEnhanced Charge Added
43-year-old Jeannie McGarity Cartwright of 344 Red Bird Lane, Waterloo was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Laurens Wal-Mart. Officer Hal Martin issued a ticket charging her with Assault and Battery...
View ArticleAssault Suspect was Charged Before
Of the four people arrested early New Year’s morning at a night-club in Laurens, one is facing time for a previous offense. 22-year-old Asia Letedra Hunter of 14 Bub Avenue, Laurens was arrested by...
View ArticleElection Deadline Noon Today
With the 2014 General Elections now two months removed, one may not be thinking much about voting these days. But that’s not true if you’re interested in municipal government here in Laurens County....
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Oath of Office for County Council
Three members of Laurens County Council took the Oath of Office today in Council Chambers. Pictured are Keith Tollison, Ted Nash and Stewart Jones.
View ArticlePolling Locations for March
Polls that are to be open for the March 3rd Municipal Election in Laurens are Laurens 1, voting in Springfield Baptist Church at 503 Jersey Street, Laurens 2 in St. Paul Baptist church at 216 East...
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10 Seek 3 Mayor Positions – 6 in Laurens!
Six people have filed for the Mayor’s Office in the Laurens Election March 3rd. In addition to incumbent Sharon P. Brownlee, also to be on the ballot for Mayor are Henry P. Campbell, Jr., Travis E....
View ArticleDrug Possession, Seat Belt Violation
The Highway Patrol arrested 18-year-old Kion Osha Ligon of 86 Grove Street, Clinton yesterday afternoon and obtained a warrant to charge him with Possession of a Controlled Substance. A warrant alleges...
View Article‘Homeless’ Woman Now in Detention Center
Another woman was placed in the Laurens County Detention Center overnight to be held for Federal charges. Laurens County Deputy Charles Nations was dispatched to the Laurens County Memorial Hospital at...
View ArticleArgument over Christmas for HER Kids
Laurens Police were dispatched to Laurens Terrace at 8:47 last night on a domestic assault case. A woman said she had been assaulted by her child’s father. She said he came to see her and they began to...
View ArticleHit and Run on Laurens’ East Main
$3,000 in damage was reported to a car yesterday from a hit and run. Laurens Police were dispatched to 900 East Main at noon yesterday to investigate the vehicle collision. Officer Charles Simmons was...
View ArticleMan Yells at Speeding Car, Sees Gun Pulled
A report of pointing and presenting a gun dispatched the Sheriff’s Office to Lakewood Drive, Clinton at 4:48 yesterday afternoon. Deputy Taylor spoke with a man who said he was outside and a red Kia...
View ArticleChild Neglect X 3
A Clinton man arrested Sunday evening was served yesterday with three warrants that charged him with Child Neglect. He was accused of placing his three children, aged 12, 12 and 16, at unreasonable...
View ArticleOne Held from Clinton Police Chase
One person was arrested following a police chase in Clinton in the late afternoon/early evening yesterday. Clinton Public Safety was reportedly holding a driver overnight, pending charges, after a...
View ArticleDoors Broken in Break-In
At 2 minutes until midnight last night Laurens City Police received a report of a break-in at an apartment on Garlington Street. Arriving one minute after midnight this morning, officers talked with a...
View ArticleHighway Deaths Up, Suicides Down
Laurens County Highway Fatalities set an all-time record in 2014. Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols yesterday issued his Statistics for 2014, showing 26 fatalities considered ‘motor vehicle...
View ArticleClinton Approves $365K Fire Truck
Fire trucks are expensive. Very expensive. That’s what Clinton City Manager Frank Stovall told City Council at last night’s meeting. But, he said, the city has delayed the purchase of a new pumper...
View Article“Obama-Phone” Tips Cops about Squalor
Laurens Police were dispatched to a Conway Avenue residence at 101 yesterday afternoon after 911 received a call where dispatchers could hear a child in the background yelling and screaming. Lt. Don...
View ArticleArmed Man Looks For Another at Work
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday charged a man with taking a gun into a manufacturing plant Monday. 49-year-old Reginald Douglas Fuller of 5 Ashley Hall Road, Fountain Inn was charged with Breach of...
View ArticleCriminal Sexual Conduct 3rd Degree
Charges of inappropriate sexual contact with two minors were alleged in an arrest yesterday. The Sheriff’s Office charged 35-year-old Billy Lee White of 101 Laura Jane Lane, Gray Court with two counts...
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