Bond Denied on Kidnapping Charge
Bond was denied on Kidnapping charges served on a Clinton man yesterday. 30-year-old Tomeze Mondale Wise of 1016 North Sloan Street was arrested after Clinton Public Safety was dispatched his residence...
View ArticleNew Club Opens with Four Taken to Jail
Opening night for a new business at 345 East Main in Laurens turned a bit rowdy with Laurens Police called early this morning and four people went jail. Sgt. Joey Pittman and Captain Chrissie Cofield...
View ArticleBoyfriend Talks with Baby’s Daddy
Laurens Police were called to Chestnut Street on a Domestic Violence in progress at 8:09 yesterday morning. A male suspect was gone on arrival of the officers. A woman said she was in bed and heard...
View ArticleLong New Year’s Eve Night Out
Laurens Police were dispatched to Laurens Glenn at 7:26 yesterday morning on a report of a domestic disturbance in progress. A 30-year-old woman told of having gone to a New Year’s event with a...
View Article“Nothing Going on Here”
Laurens City Police were dispatched to East Farley at 9:26 yesterday morning on an assault in progress report. A woman had called to say she and her husband were watching a man on top of a female...
View ArticlePossession with Intent to Distribute
The South Carolina Highway Patrol served drug charges yesterday on a man from the Pee Dee who was initially charged with a traffic offense on Interstate 26 in Laurens County. Lance Corporal B.D....
View ArticleEnhanced Charge Added
43-year-old Jeannie McGarity Cartwright of 344 Red Bird Lane, Waterloo was arrested Wednesday afternoon at the Laurens Wal-Mart. Officer Hal Martin issued a ticket charging her with Assault and Battery...
View ArticleAssault Suspect was Charged Before
Of the four people arrested early New Year’s morning at a night-club in Laurens, one is facing time for a previous offense. 22-year-old Asia Letedra Hunter of 14 Bub Avenue, Laurens was arrested by...
View ArticleElection Deadline Noon Today
With the 2014 General Elections now two months removed, one may not be thinking much about voting these days. But that’s not true if you’re interested in municipal government here in Laurens County....
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Oath of Office for County Council
Three members of Laurens County Council took the Oath of Office today in Council Chambers. Pictured are Keith Tollison, Ted Nash and Stewart Jones.
View ArticlePolling Locations for March
Polls that are to be open for the March 3rd Municipal Election in Laurens are Laurens 1, voting in Springfield Baptist Church at 503 Jersey Street, Laurens 2 in St. Paul Baptist church at 216 East...
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10 Seek 3 Mayor Positions – 6 in Laurens!
Six people have filed for the Mayor’s Office in the Laurens Election March 3rd. In addition to incumbent Sharon P. Brownlee, also to be on the ballot for Mayor are Henry P. Campbell, Jr., Travis E....
View ArticleTheft from Barrell Stave Road
Sheriff’s Corporal Christy Johnson responded to a Barrell Stave Road address at 4:15 yesterday afternoon, where an air conditioner was reported as stolen. A woman who said she does not live there...
View ArticleTheft from Home Garage
Sheriff’s Deputy Brad Shepard was dispatched to Canterbury Trail, Fountain Inn yesterday afternoon to investigate the theft of items from a garage. The house is currently unoccupied but the owner...
View ArticleBurglary at Church
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a Burglary at Fountain Inn Church of God on Abercrombie Road late yesterday morning, where four out-buildings out back had been broken into. Televisions valued at...
View ArticleComes Home to Discover Her TVs Gone
Clinton Public Safety was dispatched to Brandy Lane at 10:36 night to investigate a Burglary. A woman had arrived home to find televisions were missing from her living room and kitchen. Officers...
View ArticleArrest Alleges 2 Assaults on X-Girlfriend
Laurens Police yesterday arrested a man in connection with attacks on a former girlfriend in Laurens last September and this month on New Year’s Day. 27-year-old Jakheam Rasaahn Rice of 117 Fielding...
View ArticleMachinery Plant Coming to Moore
Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in the manufacture, sale and service of construction and transport machinery, is establishing operations between Woodruff and...
View ArticleGood Audit for City of Clinton
The city of Clinton is in good financial condition. That was the basic message heard by Mayor Bob McLean and the members of Clinton City Council during Monday’s January meeting. Toni McKinley of the...
View ArticleTwo Big Grants Now At Work
Some Students in both Clinton and Laurens High Schools are now receiving additional assistance, based on two Federal Grants received over the past year. District 55 Assistant Superintendent Tara Dean...
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