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Baptist event offers evening of music
Have you missed singing one of the old familiar hymns of your childhood? Do you long to hear a fresh new 21st century hymn? Then "Hymns Alive: Our Heritage, Our Future" is a performance that could stir your heart.
Southern Championship Wrestling and the Laurens County Sheriff's...
Southern Championship Wrestling and the Laurens County Sheriff's Office Tag Teaming to Benefit 'Christmas For Kids' Southern Championship Wrestling has announced that it will tag team with the Laurens County Sheriff's Office in a fundraising event to benefit the Laurens County Christmas for Kids Program.
Laurens man charged in cockfighting bust
A Laurens man is among 21 people charged in two ventures that authorities allege pitted roosters against each other in fights to the death.
Laurens District Genealogy Society Meeting Nov. 10
Subject: Laurens District Genealogy Society Laurens District Genealogy Society Meeting Date.. November 10, 2009 Time ... 7:30 PM Place ... Laurens County Library Speakers... Dianne Culbertson, Janet and J.D. Norris,and Sarah Jane Armstrong Topic ......Applications and eligibility to join the National Society Daughters of the American ...
Power rates upset co-op customers
INMAN - Dennis Harris has trouble keeping tenants in his rental home near this small Spartanburg County community.
DOT to close I-385 north in Laurens
Despite objections of economic hardship and higher transportation costs, the state Department of Transportation Commission decided to proceed with a plan to close northbound lanes on Interstate 385 in Laurens County for up to eight months.
Building permits up in Upstate
Upstate building permits are on the rise in the Upstate, but not all local home builders are experiencing the climb.
Laurens mother charged in daughter's death
A Cross Hill woman has been charged with killing her 16-month-old daughter in a case that Laurens County deputies said Sunday they are continuing to investigate.
More soaking rain has brought drought to an end in the Upstate, the state Climatologist's Office says.
Governor unlikely to supervise DHEC
Without hearing any public comment Wednesday, a Senate panel all but scrapped a plan to put the governor in charge of South Carolina's controversial environmental and health agency.
South Carolina law gives Legislature broad power to impeach
South Carolina's constitutional trigger for impeachment is so vague that it effectively hands the Legislature vast powers to remove a governor for anything lawmakers consider 'serious misconduct.' Legislators are exploring the steps and one senator said it may not be necessary to convene a trial because Gov.
Property dispute moving toward legal action
The dispute between a group of local businessmen and the Union-Laurens Commission on Higher Education may be headed to court.
Grant could revitalize downtown Fountain Inn
City leaders picture a meandering, park-like street with wide sidewalks leading to restaurants, cafes and shops along downtown Depot Street.
Toal announces deaths of two S.C. judges
Two respected South Carolina judges have died, the S.C. Supreme Court announced.
Harvest Hope Food Bank launches second annual a oeFeed Your Neighbora campaign
Officials at Harvest Hope Food Bank expect it to be one of the most challenging in years because of the economic downturn.
Shortage of college grads concerns Upstate leaders
Greenville's campaign to parlay high-skill and high-tech businesses into better wages across the Upstate is handicapped by what new census figures show is a startling lack of college graduates.
Greenwood mom drowned in backseat of submerged car, coroner says
Laurens County officials investigating the deaths of a mother and her daughter who were found Tuesda9 in a car submerged in Lake Greenwood said this morning tha4 the mother drowned, although the manner of her death is still being investigated.
S.C. GOP governor candidates to meet in debate
Republicans hoping to succeed South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will appear in their party's first debate.
South Carolina's drop in jobless rate encourages experts
Friday brought fresh signs to economists that South Carolina's dark march through the recession may be easing and that the dismal ranks of the unemployed may not grow larger.