Man Arrives Finding Burglary in Progress
A man returned home yesterday morning to find a burglary in progress. Sgt. Ron Wood was dispatched to 2036 Rabon Road west of Laurens at 10:02. The man said as he pulled into his driveway at 10 am...
View ArticleArmed Robbery Suspect Seized Early Today
A man wanted for an Armed Robbery near Whitmire last Friday was arrested just outside Laurens early today. 41-year-old Jeffery Earl Gedeist was placed in the Johnson Detention Center. He reportedly...
View ArticleUnlawful Use of Telephone
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested 20-year-old Andrew Phillip Snyder of 706 Billy Leopard Road, Cross Hill and charged him with Unlawful Use of Telephone form an alleged incident earlier this...
View ArticleEarly Morning Stop at Wal-Mart
Laurens Police Officer James Woody patrolled thru the Wal-Mart parking lot at 2:14 this morning to check on a report of a car parked in the lower lot from the day before. He observed a gray Buick in...
View ArticleArrest in the Mini-Farms
Several deputies with the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office went to a residence on Barnyard Court in the Mini Farms area off Green Pond Road shortly before midnight last night on information that wanted...
View ArticlePalmetto Awards at District 55
District 55 School Superintendent Dr. Billy Strickland announced the seven Palmetto Gold and Silver Award winners at Monday night’s School Board meeting. The award program, founded in 1998,...
View ArticleParents Want 4K Maintained
Parental Pleas of support of 4K Kindergarten were heard at the conclusion of Monday night’s District 56 School Board meeting. Melissa Patton urged the board to not cut the seventh class of children...
View ArticleStolen Truck Recovered
Clinton Public Safety Lt. Casey Jones was on routine patrol on East Carolina Avenue just after 3 yesterday morning when he observed two men standing outside two windows of a car in the McDonald’s...
View ArticleDrug Charge Follows Night Arrest
Clinton Public Safety yesterday served drug charges on 36-year-old Rechelle Michael Cheeks of 105 North Bell Street, Clinton. He was initially arrested just after 10:30 Monday night on Jefferson...
View ArticleNewberry Power Outage
The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office reports that the city of Newberry is experiencing a widespread power outage on Wednesday afternoon. Most traffic lights are not functioning and motorists are...
View ArticleMan Upset While Repairing Cable
It all began when the dogs chewed through the cable wiring. A deputy was dispatched to a Main Street, Gray Court residence at 9:26 yesterday morning after a man called 911 in fear of an assault from...
View ArticleOver $5,000 in Tools Stolen
Tools and equipment worth thousands of dollars were found stolen from a yard in Laurens yesterday. Laurens City Police were dispatched to David Street at 8:08 last evening and met a man who said he...
View ArticleLaurens Idol Auditions at 6 This Evening
The City of Laurens Department of Parks and Recreation continues registering contestants for the 7th season of Laurens Idol. The competition is for people 16 and older, and is accompanied with a...
View ArticleBack in Jail
State Probation placed a woman back in the Johnson Detention Center this week. 41-year-old Sharon Rebecca Malone of 8207 Highway 92, Enoree was charged with Violation of Probation. A warrant accuses...
View ArticleBSMS 7th Grader Scores in Top 2% Nationally
Several 7th Graders were recognized at this week’s District 56 School Board meeting. They were saluted as participants in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP). TIP is described on...
View ArticlePRTC Sells Wireless Store to AT&T
Piedmont Rural Telephone Cooperative “PRTC” announced yesterday it is selling its retail wireless business to AT&T. Under the terms of the agreement, AT&T’s acquisition of PRTC’s wireless...
View ArticleUndercover Drug Distribution
Drug Distribution is alleged from an undercover operation back in March, according to an arrest yesterday. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office charged 26-year-old Joshua Douglas Bohler of 206 Sid Lee...
View ArticleArrest Alleges 2010 Sex Crime, 2012 Auto Break-Ins
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a suspect from an alleged sex crime in 2010 and two auto break-ins in 2012. 23-year-old Ty Niary Dodson of Apartment 15-B at 116 Garlington Street, Laurens was...
View ArticleBruises & Broken Nose
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday booked a man in connection with a domestic assault last summer. 35-year-old Robert Lamont Watts of 803 East Ferguson Street, Clinton was charged with Criminal Domestic...
View ArticleMetal Drug on Street Leaves Trail
Clinton Public Safety was dispatched to North Bell Street at 1:47 this morning on a call from a North Bell resident who reported hearing some loud noise in the neighborhood. Officer Doug Richardson was...
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