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SC teacher vacancies decrease but remain above pre-pandemic levels, report finds Increases in teacher pay could have helped keep and recruit more teachers, advocates said BY: SKYLAR LAIRD - …

Your Thanksgiving Reading: The Hurricane Helene Recovery, with Western NC update

Laurens County continues its remarkable bounce-back from the devastating damage of Hurricane Helene. County Council Chairman Brown Patterson said at the Nov. 11 meeting that a half million pounds of …

Letters to Santa

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year! Help us magnify this feeling for all those little ones by having their letters to Santa special delivered! Spread holiday cheer by submitting your …

HOLIDAY TRAVEL

SC Department of Public Safety Announces Thanksgiving Safety Breaks, Urges Caution During Holiday Travel Period COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Department of Public Safety urges drivers …

FOOD PRICES

Trade Wars & the Dinner Table: Which Foods Are Most Vulnerable to Import Tariffs? A new study on behalf of Trace One has identified the potential impact of import tariffs and foreign good …
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Things you see along the highways

My wife and I just completed a three-week vacation tour of the American southwest and mid-western states. In all we crossed twelve state borders and traveled 5,565 miles in 20 days. During our trip …

Teaching 2 - a cool part of my job

One of the coolest things about my job is getting invited places - getting the chance to see cool people do cool stuff. I don’t always hold up my end of the bargain, because of a failing …

A Mystery Continued

Ever since President Donald J. Trump and others told me that TikTok is an agent of the Chinese Communist Party, I have tried to avoid it. I’m not sure what they would want to find out about me, …

A Mystery (&) A Case Closed

So, reading the obituary below, would you have thought this is a homicide? As far as I know, local authorities have not publicly announced this as a homicide, although a published report indicates …

Our SC votes matter most in state and local elections

When a motorist slammed into the back of my car a few years ago, I didn’t call the White House. Actually, I didn’t call anyone. I was all shook up, and not in the pleasant way Elvis …
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Sports

Tuesday Night: collegiate wrestling is back at Templeton
Reaching the end of a two-week break in competition and poised for their first dual in nearly a full month, the sixth-ranked Presbyterian College women’s wrestling team returns to Templeton …
Javen Cook (#3, in previous action) - 269 yards in 3rd round playoff game.
Who's zoomin' who & Cook Honor
Javen Cook zoomed, battered, and broke-tackles his way to 269 yards on 24 carries and 3 trips into the Batesburg-Leesville end zone as Clinton earned a trip to the AA Upper State Championship with a …
Finalist for a major award
Originally on the watch list for the 2024 Jerry Rice Award last month, an honor given to “the most outstanding freshman player in the Football Championship Subdivision”, quarterback …
He saved the best for last
Sealing his senior season with a performance that ranks as his all-time best, running back Quante Jennings of the Presbyterian College football team has been selected as the Adidas / Game One PC …
Congratulations, Blue Hose Football (in pictures)
PC Bites #23 Butler to End Season on Four-Game Winning Streak, 30-27 Anchored by a career-best performance from  Quante Jennings  in his Blue Hose swansong and a two-touchdown effort …
Rhett Gilliam
An old-school pounding
They went back to their roots, strapped on their boots, and kicked Chester right out of the playoffs. For the past 2 games, the Clinton Red Devils’ quick-strike offense made time of …
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Laurens County’s “red-letter day” was Friday as it relates to the on-going effort to preserve Revolutionary War heritage in the county and, by extension, in the …
The West Virginia Batman brought his personal testimony on Saturday to Lucas Avenue Baptist Church during a 45-minute talk to people assembled there, on a busy day in Laurens and as the culmination …
Even if your team is having a great year, a little disappointing year, or a better than it has been in the past year, you had the chance to celebrate one of America's unifying traditions -- College …
Clinton proves that despite a devastating fire and severe hurricane damage, our city can still put on a festival, with Scots & Brats this past Saturday at The Lumberyard on Gary Street. …
Crime
Susan Smith pictured during her Nov. 20, 2024, hearing in Columbia. (Screenshot of the Court TV press pool livestream)
NO PAROLE
Parole denied for SC mother Susan Smith, convicted of murdering her 2 sons 30 years ago COLUMBIA — The state parole board denied parole for Susan Smith, a mother convicted of murdering her …
JOSHUA LEON LUSK
Regional Crime: Hatchet-killing defendant tells court he did it
Man pleads guilty in Abbeville hatchet killing ABBEVILLE – An Abbeville man was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the killing of another …
Jordan Trevion Sweeney
BOLO: suspect violently kidnapped a victim, authorities say
Officers from the Laurens Police Department were dispatched to a residence within the city limits on Saturday in response to a reported kidnapping. Upon arrival, officers confirmed that a violent …
JUSTIN RAWLINS MOODY
Claiming to be God, he killed his neighbor; TV report says he was a law enforcement officer
Justin Rawlins Moody, 43, pleaded guilty as charged to murder in advance of his upcoming Monday trial date in Greenwood and threw himself upon the mercy of the Court. Circuit Judge Frank R. Addy Jr. …
Kamarius Lee Cunningham 
WANTED, reward is possible - Victim ID
Laurens County Sheriff's Office WANTED: Kamarius Lee Cunningham,   9/26/2006 -Murder -Possession of Weapon During a Violent Crime   If you have any information …
RUDY MANCELO RENOJ-TEPE
"No means no in any language"
Solicitor’s Office: Illegal immigrant sentenced to a decade in prison for Greenwood sexual assault, subject to deportation GREENWOOD, September 10, 2024 – An undocumented man living …