Community Gardens Planned for Laurens
Laurens City Council held their first meeting of the year Tuesday night. Mayor Sharon Brownlee’s opening remarks referred to the passing of the holidays and the property tax deadline, and her...
View ArticleSix Charges of Attempted Murder
Three suspects from the Upstate were arrested in Laurens County this past December 3rd following a police chase from Spartanburg County into Laurens County. It all began with the alleged...
View ArticleTop Ten Crops for the New Laurens Community Gardens
#10..We’ve beeen going through hard times lately. Everyone needs a good laugh. Nothing’s funnier than flatulence #9 … To keep our police officers happy, the Mayor is planting Cheerios to grow donuts...
View ArticleSports Report for Friday, 1-18-2013
Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 1-18-13 Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for Friday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics.. The men’s basketball team got to...
View ArticleOfficer Victim of Vandalism
The Highway Patrol is not immune from Vandalism. Laurens County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Wood was dispatched on a report of vandalism to a car belonging to a State Trooper near Clinton at 9 yesterday...
View ArticleTires Cut….Again
Damage to a race car’s trailer and the truck that pulls it was reported in the Gray Court area yesterday. The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Cheek Road at 4:17pm. A resident said that between 9pm...
View ArticleWhere’s That Breeze Coming From?
The Laurens County Sheriff’s office was dispatched to Hill Road, Waterloo late yesterday afternoon on a Burglary and Vandalism case. A woman indicated she was gone from the house yesterday from 8am...
View ArticleOne Bottle Missing, One Still Here
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to investigate a Burglary at a residence on Tracy Lane, Cross Hill at 4:56 yesterday afternoon. A woman had let at 9:30 yesterday morning, and...
View ArticleWaterloo Meth Lab Alleged
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office allegedly located a methamphetamine lab on Arnold Lane, Waterloo Wednesday evening and obtained warrants to charge a man with multiple drug violations. 42-year-old...
View ArticleTwo Charged in Alleged Gray Court Meth Lab
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested two men on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine at Gray Court area home in the presence of a minor child. Both were served with warrants...
View ArticleMore Gardens, Healthier People
Laurens First United Methodist Church operated a “giving garden” on church grounds last summer, providing fresh produce to share with others, including through the church’s food pantry. Meanwhile,...
View Article35th Annual Chamber Banquet
In these days of conflict between our nation’s politicians, in dispute over how to handle critical financial matters of the nation, South Carolina’s new United States Senator told a Laurens County...
View ArticleMan Gets 20 Years for Faking His Dissapparance
A Florence man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for intentionally causing the United States Coast Guard to conduct a search and rescue operation when no help was actually needed. After any...
View ArticleArrest or Just Roll
Clinton Public Safety was dispatched at 1:21 yesterday morning on a report of a stolen debit card. A woman who had an odor of alcohol coming from her person stated that her debit card and her E.B.T....
View ArticlePWID Marijuana
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office booked a man late yesterday afternoon from a Bench Warrant that states he failed to appear in court. 28-year-old Robert Paul Maes of 114 Miracle Drive, Laurens...
View ArticleNot Tonight, Dear
Laurens Police were dispatched to an apartment on West Main at 10:28 last night regarding a possible domestic violence case. A woman alleged that her boyfriend had assaulted her by smacking her in the...
View ArticleMan Allegedly Threatened Woman with a Gun
Charges were pending following an incident that reportedly happened in the North Broad area of Clinton around 9 o’clock Sunday night. A man reportedly came to a location where a birthday party was...
View ArticleNew Board Members for Tennis Association
Clinton-Laurens-Newberry Tennis Association has announced its slate of newly elected Directors. The community tennis association is affiliated with the United States Tennis Association and promotes...
View ArticleGovernor Calls for Unity with Presidential Inauguration
President Barak Obama was formally inaugurated for his second term with ceremonies in the nation’s capital yesterday attended by hundreds of thousands of people. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley...
View ArticleShoplifting Crime of the Day for Laurens City Police.
Officers were dispatched to Wal-mart in the early afternoon where a 16-year-old male from Laurens was apprehended and charged under juvenile statues for alleged activity between noon and 1:30pm....
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