Distribution of Methamphetamine
A Waterloo woman was charged yesterday with selling methamphetamine late last month. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office served a warrant charging 59-year-old Shirley Greene Pace of 2442 Riverfork...
View ArticleIntent to Distribute Marijuana, Distribution of Crack
Clinton Public Safety served drug distribution warrants yesterday on a man arrested Monday night. 50-year-old Thomas Keith Stevenson of Landau Apartments at 1321 South Broad Street is charged with...
View ArticleClinton Squeezes Penny to Fund Police & Fire
The Local Option Sales Tax has been around for years. It’s a one cent sales tax collected locally and used primarily to reduce property taxes. According to South Carolina law at least 71% of the...
View ArticleSports Report for Thursday, 5-9-2013
Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 5-9-13 Local sports: CHS: Golf: The CHS golf team finished 13 in the upper-state tournament held earlier this week… While the team did not qualify to move on the...
View Article$3,000 Damage for $20 in Copper
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Royal Food’s #11 at 24824 Highway 76 East, near Clinton, at 9:41 yesterday morning on a Theft of Metals and Malicious Damage case. An employee...
View ArticleCross Hill Man Accused of Assault
Clinton Public Safety yesterday arrested a subject for an alleged assault last month. 18-year-old Deandre Martavious Bowers of 6 High Top Drive, Cross Hill was charged with Simple Assault. He is...
View ArticleMunicipal Sentence on CDV
Clinton Public Safety yesterday placed 35-year-old Eric Tyree Watson of 103 Gary Street Extension, Clinton in the Laurens County Detention Center, following an appearance in Municipal Court. A Bench...
View ArticleMan Charged with Cross Hill Theft
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Upstate man in connection with an alleged theft in the Cross Hill area yesterday. 40-year-old Harold Dean Elder Jr. of 1844 John Dodd Road, Wellford was...
View ArticleMan Charged with Two Assaults in April
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a Joanna man on multiple charges in connection with alleged crimes against a girlfriend on two days last month. 22-year-old Dashua Terrell “Dash”...
View ArticleClinton Updates to Continue “Peak-Shaving” this Summer
The Electric Department of the City of Clinton saves on electrical rates by generating additional electricity during peak use hours in the summer. Electricity costs more when the demand stresses the...
View ArticleFoot VS Bicycle Chase this Morning
Local law enforcement questioned a possible suspect around 2 this morning in connection with a firearm theft, but no charges were filed. Laurens City Police were dispatched to Sherwood Drive at...
View ArticleYouth Charged with Weapon on School Grounds
A 13-year-old juvenile was arrested by Laurens Police yesterday afternoon on a charge of Carrying a Weapon on School Grounds. A Student Resource Officer at Laurens Middle School was called to a class...
View ArticleSuspicious Barn Fire
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a suspicious fire at an isolated hay barn at 10:20 last night. Hickory Tavern and Gray Court firefighters were on the scene. Deputy Devin Hodges...
View ArticleEight Year Sentence on Meth Manufacture Plea
A Laurens County man is heading out of the county for an extended stay with the Department of Corrections, following sentences handed down yesterday in Laurens County General Sessions Criminal...
View ArticlePerhaps Call Earlier next Time
Laurens Police were dispatched to a motel room on Bolt Drive at 2:27 yesterday afternoon, where a woman reported that another woman had pulled a knife on her. She said the incident started when she...
View ArticleEscape by Jumping Fences
A Laurens man is wanted following a police pursuit through Wattsville early yesterday afternoon. Captain Richardson and Lt. Young were patrolling the community at 1:15 pm when they observed a vehicle...
View ArticleBut the Tires Were OK!
Laurens Police were dispatched to an apartment at 900 Church Street at 2:20 this morning when a woman called to report a man was there cutting her tires. On arrival Master Patrolman Charles Simmons...
View ArticleMan Allegedly Passed Counterfeit $100 Bill
An arrest was made yesterday by Clinton Public Safety in connection with an alleged passing of a counterfeit $100 bill last month. 41-year-old Donald Vestus Ellis of 133 Paul Shore Road, Waterloo...
View ArticleNew Dean for USC-U
New leadership has been named for the University of South Carolina at Union. Alice Taylor-Colbert has been named dean of USC-U, building on a 30-year career in higher education administration that...
View ArticleUndercover Drug Sale Alleged
Laurens City Police arrested a local man yesterday in connection with an alleged undercover drug purchase last December. 30-year-old Sheron Carine Walker of 54 Dragon Trail, Laurens is charged with...
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