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4 days ago · Essay contestants help carry King’s legacy forward; Laurens home destroyed by fire, no injuries reported; Warming stations set up around county
Obituaries - The Laurens County Advertiser
Jan 4, 2025 · Essay contestants help carry King’s legacy forward; Laurens home destroyed by fire, no injuries reported; Warming stations set up around county
Breaking News - The Laurens County Advertiser
Jan 15, 2025 · Laurens County Council members spoke of unity as a theme for the coming year Monday night at council’s first meeting of 2025. Council welcomed newly elected members Matthew Brownlee (District 2), Justin Lane (District 7) and Arthur Lee Philson Jr. (District 6), and in its first order of business elected a new chairman and vice-chairman.…
Obituaries - The Laurens County Advertiser
Jan 13, 2025 · Laurens, South Carolina Bobby Lee Hughes, 89, of Laurens, and husband of the late Miriam Norwood Hughes, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at Brookstone Terrace in Woodruff. Born in Gray Court on August 20, 1935, to the late Robert and Sallie Worthy Hughes. A United States Army veteran ...
News - The Laurens County Advertiser
6 days ago · The Governor has ordered that the flags atop the State Capitol and on all state buildings shall be returned to full-staff and the ordinary manner of display in accordance with Title 4, Section 6(d) of the United States Code, at sunrise on Jan. 20, 2025, in recognition of the inauguration of the 47th President of…
News – The Laurens County Advertiser
Dec 30, 2024 · The President of the United States has issued a directive to display the flag of the United States at half-staff in honor and tribute to the memory of former President James Earl Carter, Jr., and as an expression of public sorrow, for …
County officials working around the clock, assessing damage
Oct 1, 2024 · A map of Laurens County is attached to a long blue trailer that typically houses the Charleston County Unified Mobile Command. That’s in the parking lot outside the county’s Hillcrest office and judicial complex.
SLED investigating shooting incident involving LCSO deputy
Oct 9, 2024 · A traffic stop led to shooting that involved a Laurens County Sheriff’s deputy in Gray Court on Wednesday, Oct. 2. As is protocol, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating the incident.
One of two escaped horses dies in downtown Laurens
Dec 11, 2024 · Laurens, South Carolina – The search for the second of two escaped horses ended sadly Wednesday afternoon when the horse passed away soon after it was captured in downtown Laurens. “We had been looking for the two horses that escaped Sunday, and the first horse was caught Monday in a pasture behind a fence, and that one is doing well,” said Laurens Police Chief Heath Copeland.
County council approves plan to secure $35 million in bonds
Apr 10, 2024 · The Laurens County Council voted 6-0 at its regular meeting Monday to set up the nonprofit entity that will secure $35 million funding to complete two major capital projects.