Crimestoppers Tip Leads to Drug Arrests
Deputies from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office responded to 163 Christian Drive outside Laurens at 1:49 Saturday morning in reference to narcotics complaint and to serve outstanding arrest...
View Article$400,000 Bonds on Eight Drug Charges
A Laurens man has been charged with the sale of four illegal drugs to undercover operatives of Laurens Police earlier this year. Laurens City Police Friday arrested 35-year-old Kareem Dyshun Jackson,...
View ArticleArmed Robbery of Woman with Her Children Present
Laurens Police were dispatched to 1105 North Harper with lights and siren at 11:37 Saturday morning after a report that a woman had been robbed at gunpoint. Officers secured the store where the...
View ArticleUnidentified Body: Cause of Death Released
Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols released information today about a body discovered Friday afternoon in northern Laurens County. The body of a woman was found in a field off Bramlett Church Road...
View ArticleSports Report for Tuesday, 8-27-2013
Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 8-27-13 Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Tuesday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics… The Blue Hose are just 2 days away...
View ArticleFugitive from Justice
Clinton Public Safety yesterday arrested 29-year-old Jason Mark Rowland of 702 Musgrove Street, Clinton and charged him with being a Fugitive from Justice. In a warrant, Officer Lawton states that as...
View ArticleTraffic Stop Leads to Drug Charges
Laurens County Deputy Jeremy McMahan was on a call at Childress’ Grocery at the intersection of Highway 49 and US 221 at 25 minutes after midnight this morning when he reportedly observed a Lincoln...
View ArticleWhat’s in YOUR Trash?
Waste from a Meth Lab was found in the trash bin of a Laurens business yesterday. Sheriff’s Sgt. John Carter was dispatched to a car wash in the 1200 block of North Harper at 9:17 yesterday morning and...
View ArticleER Visit Leads to Arrest
Laurens County Deputy Michael Crockett was called to the Emergency Room at Laurens County Memorial Hospital at 10:22 yesterday morning, where a Cross Hill man had arrived for treatment of injuries...
View ArticleSheriff Chastain President of SCACEE
Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain is the new President of the South Carolina Association of County-wide Elected Executives. Chastain was installed August 23rd during a gathering of a state...
View ArticleHundreds Gather in Support of Rep. Duncan
Several hundred supporters descended upon the Civic Center of Anderson Monday evening for a BBQ fund-raiser supporting South Carolina 3rd District Congressman Jeff Duncan. Senator Rand Paul of...
View ArticleDistrict 56 Proposed Cell Phone Rules
New rules for use of a Wireless Communication Device by a District 56 student were given 1st reading approval by the District 56 School Board last night. The policy states use is a privilege that may...
View ArticleDistrict 55 Superintendent on Work Ready Community
School District 55 held it first board meeting of the new school year last night at the district office, with Superintendent Dr. Billy Strickland reporting enrollment for the year is 6,070...
View ArticleTop Ten Curious Federally Funded Research Projects
#10… Determining whether a snake will bite a squirrel if the squirrel does not shake its tail. (If the squirrel is wearing a raincoat to hide it’s tail, does that change the odds?) #9 … If a tree...
View ArticleSports Report for Wednesday, 8-28-2013
Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 8-28-13 Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Wednesday and it’s brought to you by Carolina Floor Covering – located in Laurens on Fleming Street in...
View ArticleViolation of Probation
South Carolina Pardon, Probation and Parole services yesterday placed 44-year-old Tommy Wayne McWatters of 405 Francis Street, Clinton in the Laurens County Detention Center on a Violation of Probation...
View ArticleFTC Fraud
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested 20-year-old Maisie Michelle Stansberry of 236 Shaw Court, Waterloo on a charge of Financial Transaction Card Fraud. A warrant alleges that on November of 2012...
View Article3 Drug Charges Pending Overnight
Clinton Public Safety arrested a man pending drug charges after being dispatched to a residence last evening. Booked at 7:45 last night was 33-year-old James Aaron Campbell of 301 Elizabeth Street. He...
View ArticleChild Neglect Charged
Clinton Public Safety yesterday arrested 46-year-old Sharon McRay Rhinehardt of 1321 South Broad. They charged her with Neglect of a Child. Mrs. Rhinehardt was released on a $20,000 personal...
View ArticleMetals Valued at $11,456 Stolen
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the Laurens County Water and Sewer Commission yesterday afternoon where a report was filed on the theft of over $11,000 worth of metals from a...
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