Armed Robbery Attempt Alleged in Fatal Shooting
An October 31st shooting that resulted in the death of an Enoree area man may have begun as an attempted Armed Robbery, according to warrants served on a suspect. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleSports Report for Friday, 12-13-2013
Local sports Results: CHS host Laurens in JV basketball Boys: CHS 59 – LDHS 47... Clinton used a big first quarter to take a 17 point lead on Laurens and Laurens could just overcome that lead as the...
View ArticleSports Report for Monday, 12-16-2013
Local Sports Results: CHS @ LDHS: last Friday night the Red Devils travel to Laurens to take on the Raiders in varsity basketball action… CHS 42 – LDHS 23…. The Lady Red Devils took two of three games...
View ArticleChristmas Decoration Cited as Weapon
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office responded to Wexford Way, Fountain Inn at 2:35 Friday afternoon and arrived to find a woman bleeding from the head. Deputy Edwards had EMS respond. He arrested a...
View ArticleIt’s Not Nice to Disappoint the Judge
A Clinton man has been jailed on a General Sessions Court bench warrant. 35-year-old Thomas Benjamin “Tom” Matthews of Apartment 8 at 113 Tallwood Drive was served with a Bench Warrant citing Failure...
View ArticleAlleged Calls to 911, Threats to a Deputy
Sheriff’s Deputy Justin Yarbrough was dispatched to a location on the Whitmire Highway, Clinton at 4:21 Saturday afternoon after a man had reportedly called 911 Dispatch several times and refused to...
View ArticleMom Joins Daughters with Charges
First two sisters, now their Mom has been charged with trying to purchase an excessive amount of Ephedrine. At 38 minutes after midnight Saturday morning Clinton Public Safety arrested 44-year-old...
View ArticleMultiple Drug Distributions Alleged
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Saturday on charges of multiple drug violations in October. 59-year-old Marion Jackson of 305 Pickens Street, Joanna was charged with two counts,...
View ArticleMan, Woman Accused of Meth Manufacture around Children
The Sheriff’s Office arrested a man and woman Saturday in connection with an alleged Meth lab on Rocky Springs Church Road outside Laurens that same day. 44-year-old Joseph Myles “Skeet” Brown Jr....
View ArticleMan Wanted by the Feds Arrested around 5 this Morning
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man wanted by Federal Agents this morning. Sheriff’s Cpl Nick Moye reportedly received information that the subject was at his residence west of...
View Article2nd Person Arrested in Fatal Halloween Shooting
A second person was arrested Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of an Enoree Man on Halloween. The Sheriff’s office charged 40-year-old Christopher Jermaine Wells “Sugar Bear” of 65 Jones...
View ArticleSports Report for Tuesday, 12-17-2013
Local Sports Results: Middle School Basketball Sanders @ Gray Court-Owings: Girls: SMS 25 – GCO 16… The Sanders girls remained undefeated last night as they took a 25-16 win over GCO… Cali Heisey led...
View ArticleHVAC, Appliances, Even the Well Pump Taken
A heating and air conditioning unit was discovered stolen from a home west of Laurens yesterday. Deputy Jamison Taylor responded to an address on Steve Thompson Road at 5:30 in the afternoon after a...
View ArticleDo You Have a Clue? Need One?
The first clue was apparently not enough to help someone find the Magic Christmas Box. The box was hidden in a store somewhere in Downtown Clinton on December 5th. A new clue about the location for...
View Article$70,000 Bond on Probation Violation Charge
An Enoree woman was arrested yesterday on a Violation of Probation charge. State Probation placed 40-year-old Sharon Rebecca Malone of 8203 Highway 92, Enoree in the Johnson Detention Center. Bond on...
View ArticleTesting…This Is Only a Test
Officers from the Fire Service, EMS, Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, Clinton Public Safety, Laurens Police Department, Presbyterian College Campus Police and others will participate in a unified...
View ArticleSafecracking & Grand Larceny
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest yesterday in connection with an alleged theft from Westerns Laurens County a month ago. 19-year-old Kayla Nicole Morse of Apartment 2 at 2 Holloway...
View ArticleMeth Lab under a Bridge
Meth Lab materials were found under a bridge in Upper Laurens County yesterday. Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Sibley was dispatched to Gentry Road, Fountain Inn at 1:34 yesterday afternoon after an employee...
View ArticleFour-Car Wreck Monday Morning
There was a rather spectacular wreck on the east side of Laurens around 9:40 yesterday morning. A report indicates that a green car described as Unit 4 was westbound, headed into Laurens when it...
View ArticleLocal Road Fatalities Reduced Over Half
Laurens County highway fatality statistics officially remain less than half the number for this time last year. According to the State Public Safety Department preliminary statistics as of midnight...
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