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Rebuilding from Helene

SC lays plans to rebuild or repair an estimated 900 homes damaged by Hurricane Helene ANDERSON — South Carolina plans to rebuild or repair an estimated 900 homes damaged by Hurricane …

Rural America & Clean Energy

WASHINGTON — Small business owners and community leaders from rural regions in Western states including Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Utah pressed lawmakers on …

Lessons of Los Angeles

Washington, D.C. – In response to growing threats from violent cartels, terrorist networks, and lawless sanctuary cities, Congresswoman Sheri Biggs (R-SC-03) has introduced two national …

FARMING: Hemp was supposed to benefit SC farmers. Many have ditched the crop.

Thomas Garrison, a multi-generation farmer in Anderson County (western neighbor of Laurens County), said he believed the hype around hemp. Garrison, who’s farmed in Pendelton since …

The City's $35 Million Budget

Clinton City Council on Monday evening approved a blueprint of next year's spending of $35 Million, a 4.45% increase according to an advertisement submitted by the City of Clinton (in the June 4 …
Opinion

I am not

They came for the Venezuelans, and I am not a Venezuelan. They came for the Cubans, and I am not a Cuban. They came for the Colombians, and I am not a Colombian. They came for the …

OPINION: Retirement Plan

In early April, I attended the  Hands Off! Rally  in Washington, DC. Living near the nation’s capital, I’ve always tried to engage in protests and events to support causes I …

Resistance

Think resisting authoritarianism is too big of a lift? Think again. This spring, while the U.S. resistance movement may not be in full bloom, it is blossoming. The “3.5 percent …

This Old House ...

Forty years. That’s how long I’ve been here – quietly bonding with this old house,  becoming it , you might say, as I clunk up the stairs every day with a cup of coffee …

Gun protections and a shooting in Myrtle Beach - And carrying guns in public places

Gun Rights Protected Under Two New Bills   Authored by Congresswoman Sheri Biggs Legislation Cuts Red Tape and Defends the Second Amendment Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheri …

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Laurens, SC – May 31, 2025 — The parking lot of Whiteford’s in Laurens came alive Saturday evening as the Greenwood Rock N Roll Cruisers hosted the first of two classic Cruise-In …
The powerful words of a former President of the United States, the late Ronald Reagan, rang out loudly and clearly over the Laurens County Veteran’s Monument at the Laurens Public Library …
No offense to the South Carolina High School League, but we want a State Championship trophy that’s old school. So, the Pride of Clinton Legacy Group bought us one. It’s the trophy being …
How do you name “a winner” of courage? That was a dilemma for organizers of the first ESPYs-style Laurens County Sports Awards program held at Presbyterian College. It was an …
Sports
A very successful season is celebrated
Clinton High School celebrated the student-athletes who competed for and won Region, State, and District championships in this academic year, at last Wednesday night’s Athletic Awards program. …
Moss is new PC VB coach
Presbyterian College and the Blue Hose athletic department have announced Maddie Moss as the new head coach of the PC volleyball program. A former collegiate team captain and standout …
The Journey Continues for Clinton High’s Brett Young
On Wednesday, May 21, Clinton High School hosted a special signing ceremony for senior Brett Young, who officially committed to continuing both his academic and athletic career at Newberry College. …
Kelly Hall earns esteemed Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – On Thursday afternoon, the Big South Conference announced that Presbyterian College women’s soccer superstar Kelly Hall was among a group of 12 student-athletes that …
The 2025 A-AA-AAA State Championship Runner-up - Clinton Red Devil boy's tennis
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe
The Clinton High boys’ tennis team is the state’s A-AA-AAA State Championship runner-up after competition Saturday in Columbia. The Red Devils -- the Upper State Champions - lost 6-0 …
Player of the Year -- Megan Powell, DP/P, Winthrop (action photos are from Winthrop vs Radford)
Clinton hosts a half-week's worth of fans for softball
The Big South Softball Tournament championship game was played in front of more than 500 fans at the Presbyterian College softball complex. The Saturday noon game came just hours after PC’s …
Crime
House and Senate hold their organizational sessions on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 at the Statehouse in Columbia, SC.
SC representative charged with distributing child sexual abuse material
COLUMBIA — A state representative has been charged with distributing child sexual abuse material, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Rep. RJ May, a founding member of the …
Rep. Jim Clyburn speaks at his annual fish fry on Friday May 30, 2025. (Photo by Shaun Chornobroff/SC daily Gazette)
SC congressman again proposes closing ‘loophole’ that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun
A decade after nine people were gunned down in a Charleston church, South Carolina’s lone Democrat in Congress is launching another effort to close the loophole that allowed the hate-filled …
Kevonte Cunningham
MURDER CHARGE - Kevonte Cunningham
  On June 4th at approximately 6:30AM, deputies responded to the area of West Corporate Center Drive and Highway 72 E in Clinton in reference to a gunshot victim. The victim …
Local, state and federal law enforcement gather Monday, June 2, 2025, to announce arrests during a raid of a Summerville-area nightclub a day earlier. (Left to right, front row): State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel, Gov. Henry McMaster, Charleston County Sheriff Carl Ritchie and Attorney General Alan Wilson. (Screenshot of Charleston County Sheriff’s Office livestream)
SC police, ICE arrest 80 people in raid of unlicensed nightclub - update: “That made me realize, how easily everything can be taken away.”
Two alleged cartel members and one person wanted by Interpol for murder in Honduras were among at least 80 people arrested during a weekend sting operation at an unlicensed nightclub in Charleston …
RONDARIUS RASHEED DAVIS
"Hot Boy" is sentenced
NEWBERRY – A Newberry man with a significant criminal history is headed to prison for 25 years after pleading guilty last Thursday to a charge of trafficking fentanyl, 8th Circuit Solicitor …
Athletic man in a balaclava, holds a pistol in his hand, is threatened with shooting, aiming
SHOTS FIRED at graduation party
The Clinton Police Department has issued this statement: Clinton, SC – On Saturday, May 31, 2025, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Clinton Police Department officers responded to a shooting …