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ALERT: DJJ Escapees -- Both are in custody

PUBLIC SAFETY AWARENESS: CALL 911 AND SLED IF YOU SEE 2 ESCAPED DJJ MALES   Anyone with information about two males who escaped from the Three Rivers Behavioral Health facility in Lexington …

PC alumnus and trustee Steve Smith ’84 to deliver annual Vance Lecture on Business Ethics

Presbyterian College alumnus Steve Smith ‘84 will deliver the 2024-25 Robert M. Vance Lecture on Business Ethics at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, in Edmunds Hall. Smith, a member of the PC …

Georgia, national Democratic leaders call for gun safety legislation after Apalachee High shooting

Americans watched in horror on TV and social media Wednesday as students from Apalachee High School in Winder evacuated the building following a shooting that left four dead and nine injured, …

The Laurens County Battles of Fort Williams - The Most Contested Site in the American Revolution

Somewhere between Mountville, Cross Hill, and Newberry County, near a small creek, was located Fort Williams.   The fort changed hands six times making it the most contested site in America …

A Call for bottled water

The Carolina Choo-Choo man, Joe Fuller, of Clinton, has issued a call for bottled water, to replenish supplies that were given to firefighters at the Aug. 27 Uptown Clinton fire. The donated …

What's Happening as fall approaches

OCT. 17 - 20 - Presbyterian College Homecoming; the schedule: https://www.presby.edu/alumni/alumni-events/homecoming/ Church Sept. 15 - Full Gospel Assembly Church, 1970 Charlottes …

Labor Day: 90 years after a deadly labor strike, SC textile town may finally be ready to own its history

HONEA PATH – Ninety years after one of South Carolina’s deadliest labor strikes, the remains of the mill where flaring tempers escalated into gunfire that left seven dead are set to come …

An often overlooked asset in Laurens County

400-mile Palmetto Trail gets a boost in state aid to connect, maintain the pieces;  Effort to connect the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Intercoastal Waterway started 30 years ago COLUMBIA …

When the Jessamine Grows

Author Donna Everhart Comes to Laurens! Laurens, SC—Southern fiction writer visits the Laurens Library, September 10 th at 4 pm. She will be talking about her latest title When the …

Giant Investment in Data -- More details & images

Meta selects Aiken County for first South Carolina data center $800 million investment will support 100 new operational jobs   Meta  has announced it is establishing the …
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Javen Cook (3) – 235 yards rushing for Clinton – Fletcher Pruitt Jr. photo
Clinton pounds Newberry behind Cook's 235
Javen Cook, Clinton junior running back, behind Clinton’s massively efficient offensive line, hammered Newberry for 235 yards on the road Friday, as the Red Devils took The Battle of the Belt, …
THIS SATURDAY: crossing the lake - update: PC wins, next game at home
GREENWOOD, S.C. – Already their second time under the lights this season, the Presbyterian College football team will clash with the recently-revived Erskine Flying Fleet on Saturday, September …
A PHOTO GALLERY: Football so far
THE TALE OF TWO WEEKS - Aug. 23 & Aug. 30 -- The Clinton Red Devils fall to Woodruff and defeat Laurens; NEXT is Newberry, a winner last week over its rival, Mid-Carolina. Also, PC Football …
Keith Richardson has 6 State Championships in football, and 3 more as the tennis coach
We are a tennis town
Setting the Standard. Fifty years later, the Clinton High School AAA State Championship Tennis Teams of 1971 - 1974 are remembered as, not only tennis, but all Red Devil athletics’ …
Chris Boyd (7) and PJ McGowan (81) make the defensive stop in Clinton's county championship win.
Red Devils claim the county crown
Clinton’s punishing ground game churned out 327 yards, as the Red Devils handed their head coach, Corey Fountain, his 100 th career win, 35-8, over visiting Laurens Friday night. The …
TONIGHT: Football on the road ... and on ESPN+
MACON, Ga. – The 112 th season of Presbyterian College football will begin approximately 48 hours earlier than all the past iterations when the Blue Hose travel to Mercer tomorrow night for a …
Crime
STATEWIDE BULLETIN: Shooting Investigation
TIPS FROM THE PUBLIC REQUESTED AS SLED ASSISTS DENMARK POLICE WITH SHOOTING INVESTIGATION The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) was requested by Denmark Police Chief Leroy Grimes on …
MOISES HERNANDEZ ALMAZON
REGIONAL CRIME: Cartel member sentenced to 20 years in prison in Greenwood trafficking case
Greenwood – A Greenwood man with ties to a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to charges stemming from several controlled buys of cocaine and …
Adrian Adonis Simpson Jr.
Alleged armed robberies
Teen Charged with Armed Robberies WLBG on-line: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Demanding money at gunpoint from two people in Laurens last Thursday was alleged with an arrest by Laurens City …
CALVIN JEROME GOGGINS
Clinton career criminal sentenced to 20 years for house burglary
Laurens – A Clinton man with a criminal history dating back four decades is headed to prison for 20 years after pleading Monday to charges stemming from a 2022 burglary, 8th Circuit Solicitor …
Kylique Zyquan Lyonel Alston
Police nab alleged robber
Laurens Police Department 8m Shared with Public Armed Robbery in Laurens Ends in Suspect's Arrest. Laurens, SC - May 14, 2024 - A series of armed robberies across two counties …
17-year-old's shooting death probe needs video
LCSO has announced: “The Laurens County Sheriff's Office is seeking information relating to the May 11th shooting that occurred at the Ware Shoals Dragway and resulted in the death of 17 year …
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Opinion
About this time every four years in the presidential selection process, it’s important to remember that nothing is over until it’s over.  Two or three unexpected things often happen …
This past June (2024) the southeastern United States experienced a once in thirteen-year event. A certain species of cicadas rose forth from the earth to begin their life cycle above ground.   …
Editor,   Please allow me to make a few points concerning matters which may have been presented to your readers from your most “liberal” viewpoint. First, Trump as a felon. …
It is time for you to get up off your couch, go out the front door (the back door in our case), get in your car and go to a football game. I know, you don’t want to do it, what a hassle. …
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PHOTOS : a cloud that blocks out the sun

Firefighters battle blaze in the rear portion of the House of Pizza in Uptown Clinton. The business was destroyed. The Laurens County Development Corporation posted, "Sending heartfelt prayers …

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PC men win

Coach Farrell talks about the 10 point win over Campbell that makes PC men's basketball 1-0 in Big South play.