In their monthly meeting at the Laurens CPW Training Center on Wednesday night, Laurens City Council unanimously approved first reading of an ordinance that authorizes city administration and the mayor to negotiate the sale of 201 West Main Street in Laurens.

Presbyterian College’s mission to transform a piece of real estate in downtown Clinton into a social hub uniting the campus and local communities was accomplished Tuesday at the official ribbon-cutting for 112.

Thornwell Charter School (TCS) has been named a Charter Institute at Erskine 2021-2022 Gold School of Excellence.

The former Belk location on East Main Street in Laurens is a part of a new strategy by Belk to open outlet stores in areas with a growing population and value-driven customers.

Incumbent Nathan Senn outlasted challenger Randy Garrett in a runoff election for Laurens Mayor on Tuesday night. 

A Joanna man with a lengthy criminal history is headed back to prison after pleading guilty to drug and weapon charges the day his trial was scheduled to begin, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Tuesday.

The District 55 band programs will host a mattress sale on Saturday, March 25. The sale is used as a fundraiser to help grow the band programs in the district.

One of the country’s leading political analysts will address the current state of American politics at Presbyterian College’s annual Waters Lecture this month.

Young artists in grades 6-9 can explore and refine their artistic talents in overnight summer programs offered by the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities.

Laurens City Councilor Martin Lowry has announced his endorsement of Mayor Nathan Senn for re-election.

Piedmont Technical College (PTC) has been selected to participate in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Intermediaries for Scale” (IFS) initiative, a $100 million investment over five years to forge and support a network of higher education institutions committed to institutional trans…

Laurens County government plans to spend $5.1 Million in federal money to eliminate stormwater damage in the Watts Mill (Wattsville) community of Laurens. It’s ARPA money, meaning the Biden Administration’s American Rescue Plan Act.

Upon taking the Clinton Mayor’s seat on City Council Monday night, Randy Randall said, “This seems sort of familiar.” 

Congressman Jeff Duncan (R-3rd-Laurens) used part of his back-home time from Congress to hear from and thank first responders from around his far-flung district. His stops included the MS Bailey Municipal Building in Uptown Clinton on Tuesday.