2nd Offense CDV Charged
The Sheriff’s Office charged a suspect yesterday from a domestic assault incident Wednesday. 25-year-old Andre Samone “Dre” Penderman of 995 Boyd Road, Laurens was served with a warrant charging...
View ArticleMan Arrested Following ‘Sleepover’
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a Woodruff area young man for an alleged sleep-over in Laurens. 21-year-old Christopher Cody Simmons of Apartment F-39 at 100 Eastland Drive, Woodruff was...
View Article4 Charged From Traffic Stop
Four people have been served with drug charges following a traffic stop early yesterday morning. Clinton Public Safety Officer Stephen Lawton reported he was on routine patrol on West Main at 1:15...
View ArticleBurglary with Safecracking
A Ware Shoals man was arrested yesterday on charges of a Burglary and Safecracking incident in Western Laurens County last fall. 20-year-old Kevin Matthew Bowlin of Unit A-2 at 2 Hollway Drive, Ware...
View ArticleRetirement Celebration for CPW Manager
A drop-in was held yesterday afternoon at the Laurens Commission of Public Works (CPW) celebrating the career of General Manager Dale Satterfield, who retires today. Satterfield told us he never...
View ArticleSnow Day Make-Up Set
Plans are already announced a make-up day for school missed locally during this week’s storm. Laurens County School District 55 yesterday announced it will use February 14th as an inclement weather...
View Article“Super Bowl” of Laurens County Noon Saturday
The “Super Bowl of Laurens County” kicks off at Noon Saturday at Laurens Middle School, featuring a match-off between the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office and Laurens County EMS. We asked Laurens...
View ArticleSearch for Missing Man
A search continued yesterday for a missing man from Western Laurens County. 82-year-old Billy Joe Garrett of 13136 Highway 25, Princeton was last seen by his family on Monday, and a telephone contact...
View ArticleDouble Homicide in Cross Hill
Local and State law enforcement are investigating what appears to have been a double homicide in Cross Hill. The bodies of a man and his niece were found in their mobile home in Cross Hill a little...
View ArticleViolation of Probation
State Probation Friday arrested 46-year-old Bennie Brown of 105 Neighborhood Drive, Clinton and charged him with Violation of Probation. A warrant alleges he did not report as instructed last August,...
View ArticleBurglary on S. Harper Extension
Laurens County Deputy David Craig was dispatched to the 4000 address range of South Harper Street Extension at 1:12 Saturday afternoon to investigate a Burglary. A man reported his father is in...
View ArticleDad Reportedly Attacked by Juvenile Daughter
Laurens City Police were dispatched to a residence at 4:26 last Friday morning following an altercation between a 62-year-old man and his two daughters, aged 16 and 20. The man said that his...
View ArticleDrama Finding Man with another Woman
A woman’s emotions at seeing her fiancé and father of her child with another woman at a motel this weekend apparently led to a chase from Laurens up I-385 to Gray Court then back to Laurens on...
View ArticleLaurens County “Super Bowl” Delayed
A football game billed as “The Super Bowl of Laurens County” did not happen as planned Saturday. The game pitted the Sheriff’s Office against Laurens County EMS in a flag-football game to raise...
View ArticlePC’s 4th Spring PerformanceTonight
Master pianist and scholar Andrew Willis will perform on an authentic fortepiano, the forerunner to the modern piano, in a concert at 7:30 this evening in PC’s Edmunds Hall. The concert is part of...
View ArticleScott on National TV
GOP – “Great Opportunity Party” The GOP offers a way out of poverty. That comment yesterday from South Carolina Senator Tim Scott on national TV. Scott decried the suggestion of intolerance in the...
View Article$5,000 Reward to Find Billy Joe Garrett
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday evening that a reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to finding Billy Joe Garrett of the Princeton Community. The...
View ArticleCandlelight Vigil Planned for Double Murder Victims
Investigators from the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office and SLED this weekend continued their search for the perpetrators of a double homicide in Cross Hill Friday. Following an autopsy Saturday,...
View ArticleSports Report for Tuesday, 2-4-2014
Local Sports Results: CHS: The Clinton JV basketball teams had their first of 3 home dates this week last night as they hosted the Broome Centurions… Girls: CHS 31 – BHS 21… In the first game, the Lady...
View ArticleIncident Occurs Before Deputies
Laurens County Deputy Sweat and Sgt. Timmons were stationary in their patrol cars on Chapman Road near Fountain Inn at 2:37 yesterday morning observing the entrance to a mobile home park regarding an...
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