Laurens County 5th in SC for Capital Investments
Positive Economic Development News was on the agenda for Laurens County Council this week, as Tuesday night’s meeting opened with Marvin Moss, Executive Director and Deputy Director Jon Coleman of...
View ArticleMan Asks County for Protection From the Feds
In the public comment section of this week’s Laurens County Council meeting, county resident Stewart Jones said he wanted to bring to council’s attention two sections of the 2014 National Defense...
View ArticleSometimes Silence Serves You Better
Laurens City Police Officer Charles Simmons responded to Lurey Street at 7:52 last night on a report of an assault in progress. He arrived to speak with a woman who said two subjects were intoxicated...
View ArticleArrest Follows “Scene” at Restaurant Drive-Thru
Laurens City Police were dispatched to Fleming Street at 3:01 yesterday afternoon on a report of a domestic disturbance. A call to 911 indicated a man in a white sedan at the McDonald’s Drive-thru...
View ArticleFour Charged with Illegal Attempts to Purchase Ephedrine
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested four people for charges of attempting to obtain illegal quantities of Ephedrine at various dates last year. Warrants from Detective Leann Riggott allege that...
View ArticleIntent to Distribute & Multiple Possession Charges
The intent to distribute illegal drugs this past Wednesday was alleged in the booking yesterday of 48-year-old Jerry Lee Jennings of 688 Old Oak Tree Road, Waterloo. Jerry Jennings, also known as...
View ArticleMountville Murder Trail
The prosecution continued presenting its case yesterday in the Murder trail of a Mountville woman in Laurens County General Sessions Criminal Court. 58-year-old Kathy Leonard Revan of 315 Revan...
View ArticleHospitals Ask Youth Not to Visit due to Flu Threat
Hospitals in Laurens, Greenville, Anderson and Pickens counties have joined together to request that children refrain from visiting hospitalized patients because of the level of flu and respiratory...
View ArticleNew Leader Named to Laurens CPW
John Young has been selected as the new General Manager of the Laurens Commission of Public Works. After an executive session discussion that included the personnel matter, the Commissioners...
View ArticleMultiple Arrests from Traffic Stop
Clinton Public Safety Officer Stephen Lawton made a traffic stop early Friday morning after he reportedly observed a vehicle make a right turn at the intersection without coming to a complete stop. In...
View ArticleTwo Assault Charges
Fountain Inn Police Saturday arrested 29-year-old Andre L. Batiste of 201 Wintergreen Terrace, Moore, SC on multiple assault charges. A warrant charging Assault and Battery 2nd Degree alleges that the...
View ArticleDrug Charges from Saturday Night Traffic Stop
Clinton Public Safety Officer Stephen Lawton was stationary at Westchase Apartments at 9:22 Saturday night he reportedly observed a white Ford Expedition with no tag light, headed towards highway...
View ArticleCross Hill Car Theft Arrest
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a suspect in a car theft from this past September. 28-year-old Darren Mandez Hill of 107 John Grant Street, Cross Hill was charged with Grand...
View ArticleWoman Sentenced to 25 Years in Killing
A Mountville woman was found guilty Friday of the killing of one woman and the attempt to kill another during a shooting at her home August 11, 2011. 58-year-old Kathy Leonard Revan of 315 Revan...
View ArticleWire Theft Thwarted ….by Electricity?
It appears a would-be thief was startled, if not shocked, during a theft attempt at 3336 Milam Road, outside Clinton sometime after 5:30 yesterday morning. Sheriff’s Cpl Jimmy Johnson was dispatched...
View ArticleOne Missing Tag is Located
There were three reports of missing vehicle tags in the Clinton area yesterday. One was actually solved before the report was filed. A Cross Hill man reported his license tag stolen from his 1999...
View ArticleMore on Rates; CPW Tweaks Map
The Laurens Commission of Public Works approved a new rate structure at their January meeting held last Friday, as we reported yesterday. General Manager Dale Satterfield noted that the concept of...
View ArticleMeth Charge Filed Yesterday
Clinton Public Safety yesterday charged 24-year-old Michael Leon Killingsworth of 107 Oakland Street, #8 with Possession of Methamphetamine. A warrant served yesterday states that Killingsworth had...
View ArticleRemains Identified – Ms. Dorothy Madden
The mystery that has haunted one Laurens County family has now been resolved, although not in a way they would have chosen. Yesterday afternoon Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols announced that...
View Article1st Degree Burglary – for Food?
A Clinton man is facing a 1st Degree Burglary charge following an alleged break-in discovered Monday night. Sheriff’s Cpl Nick Moye was dispatched to 285 Fuller Road outside Clinton at 9:08 Monday...
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