County Clean-up Saturday Locates Meth Lab Waste
A report placed on file yesterday at the LCSO indicates that during the country-wide cleanup this weekend Lt. Jimmy Sharpton Jr. collected methamphetamine waste found by clean-up crews in Laurens. The...
View ArticleRailroad Ties Stolen
The Sheriff’s Office was called to Old Laurens Road near Kellet Apartments, Owings at 3:00 yesterday afternoon to investigate the theft of railroad ties. A Carolina Piedmont representative indicated...
View ArticleShooting Investigation Leads to “False Info to Police” Charges
A report of someone firing gunshots at a house dispatched Sheriff’s Deputy Timothy Byrd and Lt. Marlon Higgenbotham to Grandview Acres near Clinton at 1:24 yesterday morning. A resident named a man he...
View ArticleWoman & Three Teens Face Meth Charges
Four people were charged yesterday with Manufacturing Methamphetamine, following their arrests by Sheriff’s Deputies in the overnight hours. The four were brought to the Johnson Detention Center in the...
View ArticleServices for Ed McDaniel
“I praise the Lord I got to know Ed McDaniel.” Laurens County Council Chairman Joe Wood said yesterday during funeral services for the long-term County Councilman. Of McDaniel’s death, Joe Wood said...
View ArticleName Selected for New Middle School
The middle school for Laurens County School District 56 will move to North Adair Street for the 2015/2016 school year, leaving it’s home at Bell Street Middle School and occupying the building that...
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Do You Need A Friend? Ricky Does
This is little Ricky. He’s nearly a year old shepherd mix and he’s the WLBG Pet of the Week. Ricky has a gentle disposition. He’d be a great dog for kids or……..he could be an only child. Ricky needs...
View ArticleHarassing Love Texts
A Hickory Tavern woman reported telephone harassment to the Sheriff’s Office yesterday morning. She said she and a Honea Path man broke up over a year ago, but he continues to contact her by text...
View ArticlePut a Cork in It
Have you heard the expression “put a cork in it?” Wonder what that means? A Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a residence east of Laurens at 5:33 yesterday afternoon and met with a woman who reported...
View ArticleOfficer Runs Off Road to Avoid ‘Head-On’
A Sheriff’s Deputy reported he was on patrol on Torrington Road near the airport at 2:53 yesterday afternoon when he observed a Toyota pickup approaching him from the opposite direction. The deputy...
View ArticleMore Tax Return Fraud
Yet another case of a fraudulent tax return has surfaced in Laurens County. This one was reported to Laurens Police at 5:35 yesterday afternoon. A Laurens woman said her tax preparer has notified her...
View ArticleSuspicious Behavior
Suspicious Behavior observed early yesterday morning eventually resulted in one of three people being placed in Clinton City Jail. Public Safety Officer Stephen Lawton reported that at 1:58 am while...
View ArticleDrug Possession & Failing to Stop for Cops
A local man arrested Monday was served yesterday with warrants alleging three drug law violations on Monday. 43-year-old Stephen Scott Dial of 148 Goldwood Road, Laurens is charged with Possession of...
View ArticlePossession & Intent to Distribute
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday served multiple drug charges on a man who cite unlawful drug possession in the county last Thursday. 64-year-old Ralf Richard Wrenn Sr. of 42 Ezell Drive,...
View ArticlePower Outage
Duke Power was working on a power outage in the Hickory Tavern area this morning. District 55 School Superintendent Billy Strickland this morning said Hickory Tavern School will be open for students on...
View ArticleNow Easier to Address District 56 School Board
Public participation will get better billing at District 56 School Board meetings in the future. At Monday night’s meeting of the Laurens County School District 56 Board of Trustees, Board Chairman Jim...
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“Yes” to Next Big Improvement in Fire Coverage
White roses were placed at the nameplate of the late County Councilman Ed McDaniel at last night’s Laurens County Council Meeting. During the public comment period, former County Council Chairman...
View ArticleGunshot to Chest Thought Self-Inflicted by Accident
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a Waterloo area residence at 6:38 last evening to investigate a gunshot injury. A man indicated he was reaching for his weapon when it fell. It discharged,...
View ArticleHabitual Offender
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday responded to the Laurens-Clinton Highway at 5:35pm on a report of a person who appeared to be intoxicated leaving Destination Honda on a motorcycle. Officers learned the...
View ArticleRobbery outside Waffle House
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the Waffle House on Highway 56 at Interstate 26 at 6:11 yesterday morning and met with a man from Flint, Michigan who reported the theft of all his possessions....
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