$41 Million Budget for District 55
The District 55 School Board approved a $41 million budget for the 2014 – 2015 school year last evening, representing a $1.9 million increase over the current year. Superintendent Dr. Billy Strickland...
View ArticleSanitation Employees Find Meth Waste
Items from a meth lab were found by Clinton Sanitation Department employees just after 8:30 yesterday morning near the intersection of Washington and Lee Streets. Clinton Public Safety Officers were...
View ArticleInjured Man Charged with Domestic Violence
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Green Pond Farms Road just after 4 yesterday afternoon on a report of a stabbing. Deputy Jamie Lee Edwards met with the complainant at the corner...
View ArticleAggressive Dog Still After Folks
Laurens Police responded to the area around the Greenwood Road at South Harper Extension at 6:37 last night on a report of a large black dog chasing people. A caller advised the dog was trying to bite...
View ArticleWomen Charged with Harboring Wanted Man
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday charged two Joanna-area women with assisting a fugitive from being arrested around 4:37 Monday afternoon. 43-year-old Emily Black and 26-year-old Amber...
View ArticleGet Your High School Diploma!
If you didn’t get your High School Diploma because of failing the exit exam, you may be interested in Act 155. Dr. Laura Koskela provided the District 56 School Board with an overview of Act 155 at...
View ArticleCriminal Sexual Conduct Alleged
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested 70-year-old Joseph H. “Joe” Madden of 640 Benjamin Road, Gray Court on a charge of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor. In the arrest warrant,...
View ArticleLaurens County’s Run-Off Vote
7% of Laurens County’s registered voters turned out yesterday to participate in either the Democratic or Republican run-offs. Laurens County Democrats gave Tom Thompson just under 58% of the votes for...
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Wanted Man in Laurens County
Twenty-seven-year-old Dondrell Jerod Stevenson, last known address of 145 Cook Road, Cross Hill is wanted by the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office. On June 20th deputies responded to 217 South Cook Road,...
View Article“You Won the Grand Prize!”
A Laurens woman received a phone call last night from a man saying “You won the grand price!” She said the call came from an unknown number, and that the man had added “We will be coming to your home...
View ArticleAttempt to Contact Witnesses
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a man for allegedly attempting to make contact with witnesses in a court case last week. 47-year-old James Jerry Stovall Jr. of 244 Argyle Lane,...
View ArticleArrest from Theft 8 ½ Years Ago
A theft 8 ½ years ago was alleged with an arrest yesterday. The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office booked 37-year-old Kimberly Rena Stoddard of 200 Clark Street, Greenville on a Petit Larceny charge. In a...
View ArticleDrug Exposure to Unborn
A Waterloo woman was arrested yesterday on a charge of exposing her unborn child to drugs this month. 26-year-old Shirley Juanita Hughes of 151 Bob White Drive, Waterloo was charged with Child Neglect....
View ArticleMan Awakened & Arrested
Laurens County Sheriff’s Lt. Robbie Haupfear and Corporal Christy Johnson were dispatched to a Joanna residence on Moorehead Street at 8:16 yesterday morning to do a welfare check on the resident. When...
View ArticleBuilding Down, Traffic Flow Restored
Traffic on East Main off the Laurens Square was reopened yesterday, as the final bricks were removed from the scene of a building at the corner of East Main and North Harper. Work began on demolishing...
View ArticleDistrict 56 Trustees Told of “Quirky Figures”
In reviewing Fee-in-lieu-of tax receipts for the District 56 School Board this week, District 66 Finance Director Dr. Gerald Robinson noted what he called ‘quirky figures’ from the Laurens County...
View ArticleAnswers Await Jail Release
A 42-year-old Clinton man noted parts valued at $350 are missing from his moped, in a report filed yesterday afternoon with the Sheriff’s Office. He told Deputy McMahan that he had taken the moped to a...
View ArticleBicycle Painting Leads to Juvenile Arrests
Clinton Public Safety Officer Jamie Reid was dispatched to Westchase Apartments at 8:31 last night on a report of vandalism. The officer arrived and made contact with a 13-year-old male who indicated...
View ArticlePolicy Changes Increase Emergency Response
New forms of emergency medical assistance may be available by the start of the new school year in District 55 Schools. The School Board this week voted to approve policy changes that will make...
View ArticleMan Airlifted with Burns to 30% of His Body
Firefighters and the Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a mobile home residence on Sawmill Road, Gray Court last evening, where a man was burned on 30% of his body while reportedly fighting a fire...
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