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2 days ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
Laurens County Administrator Thomas Higgs has resigned in order to take the same post in Colleton County after nearly four years on the job here. Higgs, who was hired to lead the county administration and staff in August of 2021 and navigated through Hurricane Helene and an ensuing emergency disaster declaration this past fall, told County Council Chairman Jeff Carroll of his decision to accept the new post on Friday.
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1 week ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
A Gray Court teen was killed Wednesday in a crash at Greenpond and Simmons roads that involved an alleged drunk driver. Tyler Bishop, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Barrett Power of Fountain Inn has been charged by the South Carolina Highway Patrol with felony DUI resulting in death. Power was released from the Laurens County Detention Center on $50,000 bond.
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2 weeks ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
Fountain Inn junior right-hander Brayden Passmore won a pitcher’s duel Tuesday night, beating host Laurens 1-0 and helping the No. 1-ranked Fury firmly into the driver’s seat for the Region 1-4A championship. LDHS pitchers Grayson Ledford and Caleb Rice did their job shutting down the Fury offense, but the Raiders’ bats floundered as Passmore struck out eight and walked one in the complete-game shutout.
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3 weeks ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
April 17 will be a new kind of Opening Day in Joanna. Organizers of the Joanna Project have planned a groundbreaking ceremony for the renovation of Joanna Stadium, which once was the home of textile league baseball at 917 Milton Road. The ceremony is set for 10 a.m. at home plate on the old stadium grounds.
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3 weeks ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
More than 40 firefighters from agencies in Laurens County helped in an attempt to contain wildfires at and around Table Rock this past week. Crews from Laurens County Fire Services, the City of Laurens Fire Department and the Clinton Fire Department worked rotating shifts as the blaze spread, eventually burning more than 13,000 acres across the area in South Carolina and nearly 600 acres in North Carolina.
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3 weeks ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
Laurens County Emergency Services along with agencies from across the Upstate will conduct a full-scale mass casualty exercise from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16 at The Sawmill Training Complex on Neely Ferry Road and The Gulches Off-Road Vehicle Park on Indian Mound Road. The training exercise is designed to enhance preparedness and response capabilities in the event of a large-scale emergency, said Laurens County EMS officials.
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4 weeks ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
Customers were lined up at Childress Cash & Carry Friday from the meat counter straight back down a narrow aisle nearly to the door during lunchtime Saturday. They were ordering what most said were arguably the best hot dogs in town for the last time, saying so long to owner Curtis Childress and the folks who work there and just gather to talk on any given day.
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4 weeks ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
As a teenager at Clinton High School with an interest in broadcasting, Emil Finley was hired for his first job in radio. His last one will end Monday. Now the owner-operator of WLBG Radio in Laurens, Finley is set to close the doors at the station that began broadcasting in Laurens in 1948 during what is considered the “golden age” of radio. WLBG will sign off Tuesday, April 1.
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4 weeks ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
An elderly Waterloo woman was killed Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash on Riverfork Road. Mary Anderson, 84, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred just after 6 p.m. about 1.5 miles north of Waterloo. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Brittany Glover, Anderson was driving a 2000 Ford Taurus at the intersection at Flymm Smith Road and Riverfork Road.
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1 month ago | 
laurenscountyadvertiser.net | John Clayton
A second incumbent failed in her bid for re-election to the Clinton City Council in a run-off election for the city’s Ward 3 seat Tuesday night. Natalie Cogsdill defeated incumbent Robbie Neal in the runoff after falling just one vote short of winning the seat during a three-way race in the municipal election on March 4. Cogsdill won the seat with 58 votes, while Neal received 30 votes.
