COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today, December 6, announced the following COVID-19 updates for December 4-6. 

The Friends of the Laurens County Library held their first ever Thanksgiving Pie raffle and raised more than $550. 

Commencement exercises for Lander University’s fall graduating class will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 15, in the Finis Horne Arena.

Amber Graydon, Director of Business Development for Hospice of Laurens County, was recently named the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the 3rd Quarter of 2021.  

Before Lynn Rogers got home from her job interview with ZF Transmissions in Gray Court, an email offering her the position already had landed in her in-box.

The Laurens County Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated Woodbridge of Clinton’s new management with introductions and a ribbon cutting.

The Christmas season is here and Laurens and Clinton are ramping up to make the holidays one to remember.

NEWBERRY – MAU Workforce Solutions will be holding a manufacturing job fair for positions on the MAU team at Samsung. MAU representatives will be interviewing for multiple manufacturing positions from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, and Wednesday, Dec. 8 at the Holiday Inn Express & Su…

Piedmont Agency on Aging is currently collecting items for the Meals on Wheels Holiday Bags Project. Over 500 Meals on Wheels clients will receive a gift bag of items in the four-county serving area, including Greenwood, Abbeville, Saluda and Laurens Counties.

Laurens District 55 will host a teacher recruitment fair on Thursday, Dec. 9 from 9am-1pm at their administrative office, located at 301 Hillcrest Drive in Laurens.

For the 2021 holiday season, the Laurens County Public Library System will be doing its own version of “giving” and “receiving.”

Waterloo Elementary School will kick off their “Change for Change” campaign with a school walk on Monday, Nov. 29 at 8:15am.