COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 712 new confirmed cases and 19 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 45 additional confirmed deaths and one new probable death.

A Laurens County man will spend the next 55 years in prison after a jury found him guilty late Tuesday evening of a home invasion and brutal 2018 stabbing death of another Laurens County man, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Wednesday morning.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) released new data today that indicates local mask ordinances are helping to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Some Presbyterian College students will make face coverings to donate to organizations near the PC campus. Others will create hand sanitizer to use across campus.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) unveils a new online dashboard that provides detailed county-level data that helps provide a localized look at the impacts of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in South Carolina.

A third option for the re-opening of public schools (Sept. 8) in District 56 has emerged from a board meeting Monday night. For the fifth Monday in a row, the Board of Trustees of District 56, Clinton-Joanna-Cross Hill, has met to receive administration information related to the on-going Co…

The City of Clinton staff made the recommendation that was validated last night by the City Council that the Scots & Brats festival is canceled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Tiffany Blackmon had to postpone her interview for this article because she was busy assisting with a cesarean delivery of eight healthy puppies. 

One person has died as a result of injuries sustained in a 2-vehicle crash on Neely Ferry Road on August 3, according to Trooper Gary Miller with the SC Highway Patrol.

A routine newspaper assignment 30 years ago changed reporter Jennifer Ebert’s life.

The Laurens County Sheriffi's Office is reporting that Margaret Dawkins Williford has been found safe. Williford is 81 years old and was reported missing from 3800 Renno Road in Clinton.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Evidence is increasing about the high rates of infection in people who do not have symptoms and don’t know they are infectious. This places everyone at risk of getting the virus or unknowingly transmitting it to someone else.

Considering a change in these changing times? The Piedmont Technical College (PTC) Economic Development and Continuing Education (ConEd) Division has scheduled its next multi-session Manufacturing Job Readiness Pre-Employment Workshop to begin on Monday, August 24, 2020, for job-seekers in A…

Laurens County School District #55 (LCSD 55) will distribute free school supplies to LCSD 55 students on Friday, August 28 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

CLEMSON, South Carolina – Science can be taught from a textbook, but it is lived in action. When teachers experience it firsthand, it can translate to rich, memorable opportunities for their students that rise above typical lessons.

After staying home for seven years to take care of her two young children full-time, Piedmont Technical College (PTC) student Holly Guida decided that ― as her youngest begins school ― she, too, would re-enter the classroom. 

To improve location awareness, Prisma Health will pilot using two stationary COVID-19 community testing sites throughout the month of August as opposed to moving its testing sites throughout multiple communities each week. 

Dr. Stanley Walsh, a Clinton family physician, told the District 56 Board of Trustees Monday that it should “pivot” into a totally virtual learning environment for the Sept. 8 beginning of the 2020-21 school year.

Laurens County School District #55 (LCSD 55) recently released its full plan for reopening school buildings on September 8, 2020, the first day of school for all students.

Presbyterian College’s Summer Research Symposium typically takes place in Harrington-Peachtree Academic Center (HP) and the James H. Thomason Library.