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Election 2022-Summer

INCUMBENTS WIN NOMINATIONS. Only two local races faced opposition in the SC primaries on Tuesday and each incumbent defeated their competition. SC Rep. Stewart Jones captured 61.5 percent of the vote to win the Republican primary for SC House of Representatives-District 14. Jones, of Laurens,...

The Electric Rates Stabilization Fund

Mayor: Where is $4M in electric rates money? The City of Clinton should have about $8 million in a fund designed to stabilize the costs to consumers of electricity. The fund actually sits today at $3.4 million - Mayor Bob McLean on Monday evening asked a simple question, “Why?” City...

A Miss South Carolina Message

Lander nursing major brings heart health message. GREENWOOD -- Anna Joy Hulsey will be bringing a bit of disco and funk to the 2022 Miss South Carolina Pageant with her clogging routine to the music, “Boogie Shoes,” by KC and the Sunshine Band. The 85th annual pageant will be held at Township...

City of Clinton's New Budget

CALLED MEETING -- BUDGET HEARING. Citizens interested in the City of Clinton's new, proposed $30.3 Million budget can learn more tonight, at a called City Council meeting. The June 13 meeting will be at 6 pm in the PS Bailey City Council Chambers of the MS Bailey Municipal Building, 211 North...

Donations for animals

We need your assistance! HEART of LCAC is partnering with Clinton Animal Hospital to neuter/spay 28 dogs from the Laurens County Sheriff's Animal Shelter this Friday, June 10th! This will help us with immediate adoptions and prepare for our upcoming Pick Me SC adoption initiative. The cost...

The need for blood

The Blood Connection in Critical Need of Vital Blood Type. Not Enough O Negative Blood Available to Sustain Local Hospitals, Program to Help Victims of Uvalde Shooting Also Announced CAROLINAS & GEORGIA (June 1, 2022) – The Blood Connection’s O negative blood supply has now reached...

Trail connects to Swamp Rabbit

The community is invited to attend the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Loop Trail, the official beginning of the Prisma Health Swamp Rabbit Trail (SRT) in Laurens County, this Friday, June 3 at 11:30 a.m. The groundbreaking program and reception will take place at the new trail site at...

Kalah "didn't have to die"

An attorney representing the family of a young woman shot to death by a Sheriff’s deputy last weekend at a home between Clinton and Laurens says Kalah Shannon Gary, 26, would be alive if a mental health counselor had gone to the house with law enforcement. Justin Bamberg told TV cameras...

New Industry in Hodges

E.A. Sween Company establishing operations in Greenwood County. $38 million investment will create 300 new jobs E.A. Sween Company, a leading supplier in the ready-to-eat sandwich industry, has announced plans to establish operations in Greenwood County. The company is investing $...

Law Enforcement & Blood

The Blood Connection Partners with Local Law Enforcement Agencies During National Week of Recognition. Blood Drives to Help Urgent Need for Blood Donations GREENVILLE – In recognition of National Law Enforcement Week, The Blood Connection (TBC) is urging the community to honor local...