1st Reading on Laurens County Budget
Laurens County Council this week gave unanimous 1st reading approval for a 2019-2020 budget for county operations. Language cited no tax increase, noting a need to set millage sufficient for over $11.1...
View ArticleTen Years for Five Laurens-Newberry Church Burglaries
A string of church break-ins in Laurens and Newberry counties landed a Newberry man a 10-year sentence after he entered a guilty plea Monday afternoon to charges stemming from the incident. 8th Circuit...
View ArticleOvernight Arrest Alleges Assault
A Laurens County Deputy made an arrest last night following an alleged assault in the Laurens area. A 30-year-old man was arrested and issued a ticket charging him with Assault and Battery 3rd Degree...
View Article“Denim Day” for Sexual Assault Awareness
Lander University students, faculty and staff stood firmly against acts of sexual violence on college campuses and around the world this week as they celebrated “Denim Day” Wednesday. Part of a larger...
View Article“Manifesting Extreme Indifference to Value of Human Life”
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has now served a warrant from an alleged domestic assault Tuesday that caused a woman to lose consciousness. Having been arrested the day of the alleged crime,...
View ArticleNew Hires Approved for 2019-2010 School Year
The District 56 School Board this week approved the hiring of six persons for the upcoming school year, as requested by Superintendent Dr. David O’Shields. The unanimous vote of the trustees provides...
View ArticleDenied Diploma Now Granted
A former Clinton High School student who was denied his diploma will now be getting it. South Carolina legislation known as Act 207 makes it possible for someone who was denied a high school diploma to...
View ArticleSip-n-Stroll & Finally Friday
Main Street Laurens is holding it’s popular “Sip-n-Stroll” this evening. And this year, the spring event is combined with “Finally Friday,” that according to Main Street Director Jonathan Irick. He...
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Chamber Presents Awards for 1st Quarter, 2019
Quarterly award winners were recognized this week at the Board of Director’s meeting of the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce. Print-A-Matic on North Harper Street, Laurens, is the recipient of...
View ArticleWham Honored for Service to Laurens County Airport
Over a quarter century of service on behalf of the Laurens County Airport was recognized this week by Laurens County Council. George “Sammy” Wham of Clinton was presented a certificate of appreciation...
View ArticleArmed Robbery on South Broad
Clinton Police are charging three teens with an Armed Robbery Wednesday of this week. Placed in the Johnson Detention Center that day were 18-year-old Rodricus Latrell Smith and 17-year-old Jalyn Q’Daz...
View ArticleRaider Softball on the Air Tonight
The Raider softball team will be traveling to Nation Ford for an elimination game scheduled to start at 6:30. If you can’t make it over join us on Real Radio 860 and 104.1 as we bring all the action....
View ArticleThird Teen Suspect Arrested in Clinton Armed Robbery
A third suspect in a Clinton Armed Robbery this week was booked today (Friday). Clinton Police charged 17-year-old Akeevius Nathaniel-Seandarius Smith of 804 Airport Road, Clinton with Criminal...
View ArticleStalking Suspect Released on $100,000 Bond
A Gray Court man was arrested this weekend and charged with stalking a woman in Laurens over a nine-day period. Saturday, Laurens City Police arrested 41-year-old Chadwick Shane Bragg of 5792 Highway...
View Article1st Degree Burglary, Assault, Kidnapping and Weapons Charge
A home burglary with assault and kidnapping in Laurens this weekend is cited with the arrest of a Gray Court area man. Laurens City Police arrested 50-year-old Brian Keith Shumpert of 91 Georgia Acres...
View ArticleAssault in the Family
A resident of the Wattsville community was arrested early yesterday by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office from an alleged family assault Sunday. 56-year-old Andrew Crane Wait of 10 Townsend Street,...
View ArticleHusband/Wife Assaults
A husband and wife from Laurens County’s Green Pond community were served charges yesterday alleging a mutual assault between them Sunday. On that day the Sheriff’s Office had arrested 33-year-old...
View ArticleVisit to JDC for Charges
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday received an inmate from a state prison to serve charges on him that allege crimes in Laurens County in January of 2018. 49-year-old Charles Eugene Stokes...
View ArticleStalking, Resisting Arrest
A man who reportedly fled from Clinton Police in late March was brought into custody yesterday. 40-year-old Greg Thanh Vo of 200 Jefferson Street, Clinton was taken to Municipal Court on a charge of...
View ArticleTraffic Deaths Down
After ten traffic fatalities across the state over the weekend, South Carolina Public Safety yesterday indicated the death toll on state highways for the year has reached 281, as of midnight Sunday...
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