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The only municipal courts in Upstate SC

PICKLEBALL HAPPENINGS - the nation's fast-growing sport. For those who have not been to the Clinton Family YMCA lately, you may notice the new outdoor Pickleball courts at the YMCA Tennis and Pickleball Center. The Clinton YMCA has expanded its facility and added two new dedicated pickleball...

New assistant City Manager; Millers Fork Trail is a go

The City of Clinton has hired a new Assistant City Manager - W- CITY ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. Thomas R. Higgs II, 38, of Columbia, will start Monday, Oct. 21. Clinton City Manager Bill Ed Cannon confirmed the hire following a special called meeting of City Council on Thursday, Oct. 17. “We’ll work...

Vice-Chair: He was talking down to this council

Northern Area industries insisting on better lawmen response times. An expanded law enforcement presence in the northern area of Laurens County, and an accompanying call to move the sheriff’s office to a new but unoccupied building near ZF Transmissions, touched off a heated exchange last...

Drive-through flu shot clinic will be Oct. 22

FREE! Adults, get free flu shots on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 3-6 p.m. at Laurens County Hospital (rain or shine). Shots are for adults only and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Dress appropriately so that the upper arm is easily accessible to the person giving the shot. No one...

Disability Employment Awareness Month

“Embracing” Adversity: speaker changes the theme from ‘facing’ to ‘embracing’ everyone’s life challenges. Those who hire and train the differently-abled workers of Laurens County, and the students themselves who benefit from this training, got a pep talk last Tuesday from a South Carolinian whose...

Bond attorney will provide legal advice

CLINTON COUNCIL SCHEDULES CLOSED-DOOR MEETING. The Clinton City Council will receive legal advice behind closed doors tomorrow (Oct. 17) related to a bond. The bound counsel will present information that is covered by attorney-client privilege, according to the agenda. This called meeting will be...

Attempted murder is charged

Motorcyclist Shot, Two Men Arrested - also, Sterilite rumor. Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - WLBG on-line Two man have been charged in connection with an incident in which a man riding a motorcycle in Laurens County last night was shot during an encounter with men in a car. A Sheriff’s statement...

PMPA is where Clinton and Laurens get their electricity

CPW Authorizes GM to Terminate an Agreement -- PMPA: NO LAWSUIT ENDING AGREEMENT AT TODAY'S MEETING. Tuesday, October 15, 2019 -- WLBG FM The ongoing drama between utility departments in the ten cities of the Piedmont Municipal Power Association (PMPA) was part of the discussion at last...

Clinton - Quality of Life

Quality of Life has become more important to industrial prospects over the past few years. Historically, it has ranked between 15th and 20th in an annual survey conducted by an economic development magazine Area Development. Today it ranks in the top ten. We have just completed a new QOL video for...

State Report Cards - Results

District 56: One of the State’s Top 15. Issuing State Report Cards touched off a celebration last Tuesday for the Clinton-Joanna schools of District 56. “Could I have not called us together? Sure,” Superintendent Dr. David O’Shields said. “(But we wanted to say) Thank You, you do not get told...