Golf Clubs & Night Stick as Weapons?
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested one young male in connection with assaults on two other males at his home on March 30th of this year. 17-year-old Tommy Lee Williams of 175...
View ArticleProbation Violation
State Probation and Parole yesterday arrested 27-year-old Kirby Diane Prather of 3 Rivers Street, Pelzer and placed her in the Laurens County Detention Center. She is charged with Violation of...
View ArticleLDHS Robotics Team Followed with Apprenticeship Program
The US Department of Labor has approved a new Apprenticeship program between Laurens District 55 High School and the Bosch Rexroth plant near Fountain Inn. Mike Bryan, a Training Specialist with the...
View Article$19.9 Million Expansion to Add 57 Jobs Locally
57 new jobs are expected to be created with a new $19.9 million investment in Laurens County. Alupress AG, an aluminum casting company based in Italy, yesterday announced that it will establish its...
View ArticleAthletics Events Cancelled for CHS and LDHS
Friday, 4-19-2013 All athletic events involving Clinton and Laurens High School today have been cancelled. As of this posting, any contest scheduled for tomorrow are still on. Clinton will make up...
View ArticleSports Report for Monday, 4-22-2013
Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 4-22-13 Local sports: CHS: JV Baseball: Clinton 8 – Laurens 3… Catching up on CHS JV baseball, last Thursday the JV baseball team hosted Laurens and the Red Devils...
View ArticleShe Spilled the Pills, Again
Laurens County Deputy Sheriff Paul Max Bollman II was dispatched at 5:55 Saturday afternoon to look out for a woman walking on Whitmire Highway, Joanna who had reportedly tried to sell some pills to...
View ArticleRelease on Bond Following ‘Knifing’
A Clinton woman was released from custody this weekend after being arrested on a charge of Criminal Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature. Clinton Public Safety arrested 29-year-old Amanda...
View ArticleMJ Hidden in His Shorts, Under His Jeans
Laurens City Police and Highway Patrol troopers were conducting a traffic safety check point at the intersection of Fleming Street and Mill Street at 2:40 Saturday morning when a green Chevrolet Sedan...
View ArticleWoman Awakened – Pot Thrown thru Window
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Rocky Springs Church Road outside Laurens at 3:26 Sunday morning on a report from a woman that indicated her x-boyfriend had just broken out her...
View ArticleArrest Follows Early Sunday Break-in & Assault
Laurens City Police were dispatched to Laurens Terrace Drive at 3:20 Sunday morning on a report of a break-in. Officer Michael Gainey reported arriving to find the subject in a vehicle out front of...
View ArticleLaurens City Budget Workshop
When Laurens City Council held a budget workshop this past Wednesday, they were presented with a proposed budget that is balanced, at $6,464,000. That figure contains grants, including the new...
View ArticleMeth Waste Discovered While Cutting Grass
A man cutting grass at his residence on Smith Village Road, Waterloo reportedly found items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine yesterday and called for law enforcement. The Sheriff’s office...
View ArticleOne Man & Three Women Arrested Early Saturday
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man and three women early Saturday morning in connection with an alleged Methamphetamine Operation in Upper Laurens County. Deputies received a tip about...
View ArticleTwo Held for Meth Charges After Sunday Night Arrests
Laurens County Sheriff’s Deputies visited a Booker Street, Joanna residence just after 9 last night and allegedly found items used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. Two men were arrested and...
View ArticleTop Ten Possible Reasons for the Suspicious Saudi Deportation
#10…This fellow had received an urgent call from his mother back home, saying his pet Camel had neither eaten nor slept since he’d been gone. You know, camels can go a long time without food or water,...
View ArticleJostens Cutting Laurens Workforce by 1/3rd
A staff reduction was announced today for the Jostens Plant in Laurens, with local employment reduced by about 1/3rd. A statement from Corporate says that the company is transitioning the remaining 2%...
View ArticleSports Report for Wednesday, 4-24-2013
Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 4-24-13 Local sports: CHS: Baseball: Abbeville 6 – Clinton 5… The Red Devil baseball team closed out their season last night as they hosted the Panthers of Abbeville...
View ArticleNeighbors Pick Up Trash Together
Laurens Police were dispatched to Crescent Drive just before midnight last night on a report that a neighbor had come into the woman’s yard and was dumping all the trash from her outside trash can onto...
View ArticleWhere’s the Paint Ball Gun?
Laurens Police were dispatched to Hillcrest Drive at 3:06 yesterday afternoon on a report of individuals shooting paint balls out of a vehicle. Officers were told that a 16-yer-old juvenile offender...
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