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Ambassador of the Quarter
The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce presented the 3rd Quarter Awards Monday, October 27 during the October Board meeting. The Ambassador of the 3rd Quarter award was presented to Robi Owens,...
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Business of the Quarter
The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce presented the Small Business of the 3rd Quarter Award Monday to SwamBrown. Pictured are Jay Peay and Amanda Tate of SwaimBrown who were credited with working...
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Laurens County EMS Awards
Captain Eric Harold is presented with the “Command Officer of the Year” award recently by County Council Chairman Jim Coleman. Harold was one of the 2013 Laurens County EMS Award recipients. Every...
View ArticleCash & Firearms Valued Over $3,000 Taken
Firearms and cash valued at over $3,000 were reported stolen from an Upper Laurens County residence yesterday. A Deputy was dispatched to Acorn Trail, Fountain Inn at 8:25 last evening and met with the...
View Article$3,700 Cash Stolen
Around 10:30 last night Laurens Police were notified of the theft of $3,700 from a man’s car, apparently while he was at work in a business at Western Square. He said he had been saving for a new car,...
View ArticleDoor Smashed, Money Left Behind
Clinton Public Safety was dispatched to a Laundromat in the 700 block of West Centennial Street at 10:10 yesterday morning where the owner reported a break-in had occurred, perhaps between 6 and 10 am....
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Lucky Duck!
The Laurens Rotary Club presented cash awards yesterday to winners of this year’s Duck Race, held Saturday afternoon during Squealin’ on the Square. The owner of the winning duck, Bella Agnew, was in...
View ArticleChange in FILOT for Kimura Inc.
Laurens County Council this week unanimously approved a resolution that authorizes a first amendment to a to a 2002 fee agreement between Laurens County and Kimura, Inc. County Attorney Sandy...
View ArticleGrades for District 55 Schools
Results of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act measurements are out from the 2013-2014 school year, and show School District 55 with a passing grade. District Superintendent Dr. Billy Strickland...
View ArticleChange to Accommodate Anderson Hardwood Acquisition
Laurens County Council this week gave 1st reading approval for an ordinance that will amend a Fee-in-Lieu-of-Tax agreement with Anderson Hardwood Floors to accommodate changes in that company. The vote...
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King Dixon Honored
King Dixon of Laurens was presented with an award yesterday, honoring him for becoming a Major Donor for the Rotary International Foundation. Laurens, Clinton and other Rotary clubs raise funds to...
View ArticleManufacturing Meth in Presence of Two Children
The Sheriff’s Office yesterday charged a local woman with manufacturing methamphetamine in the presence of her children. 36-year-old Crystal Elaine Levister Barker was booked with an address in an...
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Have a Heart!
Bryan Bentley arrived at WLBG this morning wearing a “Happy Birthday” button on a shirt that gave notice “I Contain Recycled Parts.” Bryan was asked everyone “Are you an organ donor?” In this picture,...
View ArticleShould Have Got In the Car
Laurens Police Sgt. Joey Pittman was dispatched to a residence outside town at 3:13 Sunday morning on a report of an assault that had reportedly occurred on East Main. A man said someone had called his...
View ArticleWreck Near Princeton, Arrest near Ware Shoals
Laurens County Deputy Jamie Edwards was on patrol at 7:58 Friday morning when he received a report that a vehicle had wrecked in a man’s yard in the Princeton area and left the scene with two flat...
View ArticleForgery
The Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon arrested 34-year-old Seth Ryan Laakkonen of 685 Wham Lawn Road, Gray Court on a charge of Forgery. Lt. Cheeks states that on September 27th 2014 Seth Ryan...
View ArticleWanted Woman Captured in Laurens
Laurens County Sheriff’s Lt. Marlon Higgenbotham and Sgt. Nick Moye went to Laurens Villa overnight Saturday night looking for a woman wanted for charges by a downstate police department. At 1:16 a car...
View ArticleArrest Alleges Gun Pointed
Several Laurens County Deputies responded code three to a Western Laurens County residence at 8:37 Friday night on a report of a man putting a gun to his father’s head. Officers arrived on scene and...
View ArticleMan Allegedly Cuts Daughter with Knife
A 911 call through Greenville County dispatched the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office to Green Pond Road, Fountain Inn at 2:47 Saturday morning on a report that a young woman had been cut by her father....
View ArticleClinton City Council to Discuss Industry & a Tree Commission
Clinton City Council has 2nd reading votes on the agenda this evening for amending the city’s electric rates and for suspending blue law prohibitions for certain Sunday sales for another six months. At...
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