Assault Alleged On Ride Home From a Bar
The Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a location on Highway 221 in the Waterloo area at 3:17 yesterday morning on a report of a woman having just been assaulted. A 96 woman met with deputies and said...
View ArticleTwo Allegedly Against One
Clinton Public Safety Officers Yelton and Metz responded to the Citgo at 102 South Broad at 1:20 this morning on a report of a fight in progress. Witnesses had reported that a man was on the ground...
View ArticleOne Held for Charges Following Police Chase
Clinton Public Safety was holding a 22-year-old man for charges this morning, following his arrest at 12:45 am following a police chase from West Main to Whitten Center. Details were still pending...
View ArticleDog Stolen from Residence
Deputy Edwards was dispatched to residence on Puckett Ferry Rd in Mountville yesterday at 5:43 pm concerning a burglary. The victim said she had left around 6:30 the previous night to stay with a...
View ArticleMan With Shoplifting Warrant runs from Police
Wednesday around 1:41 pm, Lt. Anderson of the Laurens Police Department responded to a call in reference to a subject being at Walmart that has active warrants for shoplifting. The officer located the...
View ArticleCity of Clinton Electric Rate Changes
Electric rates for customers of the Clinton Department of Public Works are going up, then down, then back up……….maybe. At this week’s meeting of Clinton City Council City Manager Frank Stovall asked...
View ArticleNew Zoning Classification for City of Clinton
Last month, WLBG News reported that a new zoning classification had been proposed to Clinton City Council and that Council had approved the new classification on first reading. It is designated I-2 and...
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Waterloo Man Curses County Dispatch
At 6pm Thursday, Deputy Edwards was dispatched to Pete St. in Waterloo in reference to a man complaining about his neighbor’s dogs barking constantly. While en route, dispatch contacted the deputy to...
View ArticleThreatening Phone Call To Gray Court Manufacturing Facility
Deputy Shepard was dispatched to ZF Transmissions around 1:00pm Thursday in reference to a threatening phone call. He arrived on scene and spoke with the complainant in the security guard station. She...
View ArticlePedestrian Killed on Interstate 385
A female pedestrian was killed on Interstate 385 last night. Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols said the fatal incident occurred at approximately 10:20 last night near mile marker 22 on Interstate 385...
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McDonalds Shooting Suspect Arrested and Charged
The suspect in the Laurens McDonalds shooting has been arrested and charged. You will remember our story from Monday concerning the shooting at McDonalds. Laurens City Police responded to 105 Fleming...
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Social Media – New Ways To Follow WLBG
Did you know that you can follow WLBG and stay up to date on local news and events via Social Media? Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. You can even follow us via RSS. Check out the links...
View ArticleToilet Overflows, Argument, Phone Into the Wall
Laurens Police were dispatched to the 400 block of Fleming Street at 12:43 Friday afternoon following a 911 hang-up call from a residence there. A woman indicated she had been asleep when her boyfriend...
View ArticleArrest from 3-Year-Old Domestic Assault, Multiple Previous Charges
The Sheriff’s Office made an arrest Saturday in connection with an alleged domestic assault over four years ago. 32-year-old Timothy Keith Smith of 346 Barley Road, Gray Court was charged with 3rd or...
View ArticleSunday Arrest for Saturday Stabbing
Laurens Police Officer James Nolen responded to the 800 block of Sullivan Street at 3:41 Saturday afternoon and met with a man who indicated another man had stabbed him in his right hand. He indicated...
View ArticleTearing Up Girlfriend’s House
Laurens City Police were dispatched to Moreland Avenue on a disturbance report at 6:55 Friday night and arrived to observe several neighbors standing in their yards, directing police to 212 Moreland...
View ArticleConspiracy to Kidnap
Laurens City Police Saturday charged a woman with involvement in the kidnapping of a man in Laurens this past May. 19-year-old Catherina Leeann Young of Apt 132, 218 Spring Street, Laurens was charged...
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Resisting Arrest by Assaulting Police
A Newberry man is facing charges of assault on police and multiple drug offenses following a Safety Checkpoint in Clinton this weekend. 30-year-old Jason Leon Herbert Sr. of 211 Green Acres Lane,...
View ArticleMore Counterfeit $10 Bills
More Counterfeit money surfaced yesterday afternoon in the Green Pond Community of Laurens County. Sheriff’s Corporal Brent Rushing was dispatched to G.T.’s store around 7 last evening. The store had...
View ArticleCongressional Tour to Laurens County Thursday & Friday
Congressman Jeff Duncan’s office yesterday announced he’s launching a “Jobs, Energy & Founding Father’s Tour” of the district today, highlighting private sector job creation, the importance of...
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