City & County Allege Drug Sales
Clinton Public Safety and the County Sheriff’s Office yesterday both served drug distribution charges on a Clinton man. 29-year-old Royshun Deangelo Clark of 221 Spring Street, Odell Acres was charged...
View ArticleClinton Public Library Stays on Jacobs Highway
The lease for the Clinton Public Library expires in two months on August 31st. At last night’s Clinton City Council meeting, City Manager Frank Stovall told Council that a 2 year lease for the current...
View ArticleNational Accreditation for Main Street Laurens
Main Street Laurens has been designated as an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Main Street Center®, a...
View Article22-year-old Killed in Wreck outside Clinton
A young Gray Court man was killed yesterday when the truck he was driving ran off the road and struck a tree. South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Corporal David Jones said the victim was driving a 1992...
View ArticleWater Restored, Boil Water Advisory Issued
Water service to a part of Clinton’s south side around 6 this morning after City Utility crews worked through the early morning hours repairing a leak under South Broad Street. The south-bound lane was...
View ArticleProbation Violations Alleged
State Pardon, Probation and Parole agents yesterday arrested two people who they state are in violation of the terms of their probationary release from jail. 46-year-old Horace Richard “Rick” McWhorter...
View ArticleDomestic Assault of High & Aggravated Nature
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday made an arrest from a domestic assault on Monday. 34-year-old Dale Allen Fell II of 1679 South Frontage Road, Fountain Inn was charged with Criminal Domestic Violence of...
View ArticleTail Light Leads to Drug Intent Charge
Laurens Police Officer Charles Simmons was on North Harper running radar at 1 am yesterday when he reportedly observed a burgundy sedan with no tail lights pass by. He initiated a traffic stop at...
View ArticleClinton Endorses Laurens County Trails
At Monday’s meeting of Clinton City Council, Stephen Taylor, Director of Community & Economic Development, came before council requesting passage of a resolution of support for the Laurens County...
View ArticleWoman Accused of Contributing to Juvenile Break-In
The Sheriff’s Office has charged another adult with causing or assisting a juvenile to commit a crime. This time its 34-year-old Brandy Holbert Deyton of 3731 Puckett Ferry Road, Mountville, charged...
View ArticlePC Pharmacy School Gets Full Accreditation
The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education’s Board of Directors has granted full accreditation status to the Doctor of Pharmacy program at Presbyterian College. ACPE is the national agency for...
View ArticleAbove & Beyond Call of Duty
The city of Clinton could add a new duty to the responsibilities of the Department of Public Works: Purse Recovery. At Tuesday’s meeting of Clinton City Council, City Manager Frank Stovall told Mayor...
View ArticleTwo Returned for Trial
Two people are now behind bars, charged with failure to report to court to face charges. An out-of-state resident was returned to Laurens County yesterday to face trail on a Domestic Violence case....
View ArticleContributing to Delinquency
Laurens City Police yesterday arrested a local man for allegedly providing beer and cigarettes to an underage minor last month. 41-year-old Samuel Howard Head of Apt 4-B at 800 Spring Street, Laurens...
View ArticleBurglary & Theft of Money
The Sheriff’s Office overnight booked a man on charges from an alleged burglary on Wednesday. 40-year-old Anthony Lee Gantt of 414 Conway Avenue, Laurens was charged with Burglary 2nd Degree and Petit...
View ArticleHoliday License Checkpoint
The 4th of July was welcomed in overnight with good driving suggestions in Clinton. South Carolina Highway Patrol joined with Clinton Public Safety conducting a license checkpoint on South Broad...
View ArticleMain Street Awards
Main Street Laurens has also announced recent 2013 Award Recipients. The Artist’s Coop won the Innovative Business Award. The Volunteer of the Year was Helen McGinnis. The Spirit of Main Street Award...
View ArticleFresh Peaches & Corn at Farmer’s Market
Main Street Laurens announced yesterday that South Carolina peaches and corn are going to be available at the Farmer’s Market tomorrow morning. The supplies will be on sale starting at 8 am until...
View ArticleStorms Slam Clinton
Severe thunderstorm warnings were out for Laurens and some surrounding counties yesterday afternoon. We had reports of hail and high winds. The north side of Clinton had a lot of trees down and power...
View ArticleMaking Momma Walk Home
Deputy Sheriff Farrah Cook was dispatched to Apple Orchard Road at 1:22 Sunday morning on a report of a young man putting his mother out of her car on US 76 and her having to walk home. The youth was...
View Article