Four Republicans and two Democrats are running in their party primaries on Tuesday to choose a successor to Mike Pitts in S.C. House District 14, which stretches across a large part of Laurens County and a small part of Greenwood County.

Join the Laurens County Library on Thursday, February 21, at 6 p.m. to learn how to preserve historical and cultural documents with Mr. Donald West, who will present “Preserving Black History and Culture through Historical Records and Documents.”

The 41st Annual Clinton YMCA Youth Prayer Breakfast series runs for five days, March 4-8, Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. at Broad Street United Methodist Church.

Clinton residents can prepare for the March 5 municipal elections during the “Meet the Local Candidates” forum on Monday, Feb. 25. The event takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. in Edmunds Hall on the PC campus. The forum is free and open to the public.

The public exhibit, run by the College of Arts & Humanities since the mid-1970s, featured more than 40 art pieces in the Monsanto Art Gallery from all levels of arts students.

Clay Sprouse’s students recently begged for more than their allotted time in the Piedmont Technical College pharmacy technology laboratory. They actually wanted to stay after hours. That was a first.

A Cross Hill woman reported that a low-flying yellow airplane sprayed a greenish liquid that got on her vehicle as she drove on S.C. 56 S. outside of Clinton on Thursday.

If tentative plans come to fruition, a wholesale bakery will locate in Hunter Industrial Park and bring more than 100 jobs to Laurens County.

“You should see Jordan cleaning all those little chick butts,” laughed Kelly at the feed store, as I turned to see where all the chirping was coming from.

The Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Foundation recently welcomed Justin Matthew Benfield to its board of directors.

Laurens Middle School student Mae Jacobs won a Samsung Chromebook during Piedmont Technical College's Middle School Open House in Greenwood.

Monday’s meeting of the Laurens Commission of Public Works board was business as usual.

Alexander Peskanov, a pianist and composer, will perform in Edmunds Hall on the Presbyterian College campus on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m.

Mike Pitts, who relinquished the S.C. House District 14 seat for health reasons, put on what was essentially his own personal Republican candidates’ forum Monday night for those who seek to replace him, and the Laurens County GOP tagged along.

Presbyterian College observes Black History Month with a lecture and campus events throughout February.

Members of the S.C. School for the Deaf and the Blind Chorus visited the State House to perform, and one of the chorus members is from Gray Court.

Robbie Ellis from ZF Transmissions in Gray Court was an informative and engaging guest speaker at eighth-grade Career Lunch and Learn at Laurens Middle School.

Fire crews fought a house fire on Garlington Street in Laurens near Family Video Sunday night.