Evan Prince won the individual race, and Laurens’ boys’ cross country team finished second to Dixie High School on Tuesday at home.

Every varsity football team in Laurens County enters the weekend feeling as if it has something to prove, a bar to cross and a form to mold.

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Another confirmed case of West Nile Virus has been found in Laurens County, and the Emergency Management Director, Joey Avery, has again ordered precautionary mosquito spraying at the recommendation of the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control.

On Saturday, Sept. 15, the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a call for service at the Dollar General on Hwy. 56 in Clinton.

On Monday, the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a call for service at 3S International on Neely Ferry Rd. in Hickory Tavern.

Destruction and delay stemming from Hurricane Florence has led the S.C. High School League to extend football season for the third time in four years.

Eighth Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo and Laurens County Sheriff Don Reynolds announced Tuesday morning that the State has served formal notice that it intends to seek the death penalty against William Ryan Looper for the murder of 2-year-old Brantley Justin Smith.

The Presbyterian College football team has added a game to its 2018 schedule as the Blue Hose will welcome in Lindsey Wilson College on Thursday, Sept. 27, at Bailey Memorial Stadium.

Monday, Sept. 17 – volleyball – Sanders at Laurens Middle, 5; Anderson Christian at Laurens Academy, 5; Clinton Middle at Hickory Tavern, 5; tennis – Laurens at Hillcrest, 5; golf – Laurens at Lady Eagle Invitational (Greenwood, Stony Point), 12:30 p.m.; women’s golf, PC at Lady Pirate Inter…

Both Laurens County public school districts, 55 and 56, are back to regular schedules after the remnants of Hurricane Florence passed through the area on Sunday.

A detention officer at the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has been charged with domestic violence, second degree, and kidnapping.

Due to Hurricane Florence and the unknown weather conditions it may bring to the Upstate of South Carolina, the Seventh Annual Roger Rice Memorial Ride, scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed until Sunday, Sept. 23.

The term “hurricane” will be a memory, and Florence will be considerably weakened by the time it reaches the Laurens County area.