The District 56 Board of Trustees had small changes to the promotion and retention, and graduation requirements policies before them Monday night, to comply with the SC Read To Succeed Act, State Board requirements, and rules of the SC Department of Education.

The Lakelands YMCA in Laurens will offer line dancing classes in April.

The City of Laurens announced Monday that the City’s annual Independence Day celebration held on July 3, 2023, will feature not one, but two internationally known award-winning bands: Capital Cities and Better than Ezra.

On Saturday April 1, Battle of Musgrove Mill State Historic Site will be offering a guided hike of the Battlefield Trail.

Keep Greenwood County Beautiful (KGCB) recently partnered with Keep Laurens County Beautiful (KLCB) to host their 15th annual Lake Greenwood Cleanup on Saturday, March 18.

Presbyterian College recently celebrated a lasting legacy of love and loyalty at the dedication of the Butch and Brenda Woodward Lobby in the Smith Administration Building.

Institutions that support excellence in workforce development love company. Accordingly, the U.S. Department of Labor has selected Piedmont Technical College (PTC), Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCtech), and Aiken Technical College (Aiken Tech) to form a consortium to develop a virtu…

Olivia Malone participated on the color guard team for the Laurens District 55 High School Raider Band all four years of high school and on the winter guard team for two years, graduating this past May. Since graduation, she has been a member of the Furman University color guard, through her…

The Laurens Tractor Supply store is supporting Big Blue Marble in developing a school garden that will provide students with an enriched, hands-on learning experience.

A Clinton man is headed to prison for 10 years after pleading guilty to charges resulting from a multi-county crime spree that ended with him fleeing to New York to evade arrest, 8th Circuit Solicitor David M. Stumbo announced Friday.

Recruiters from South Carolina’s public school districts hope to fill their known and anticipated teacher vacancies at this year’s South Carolina Teacher Expo.

After a thorough investigation, two people have been arrested by the Laurens County Sheriff's Office on a multitude of charges stemming from an incident in early March.

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.

As much as things change, they often also seem to stay the same. That can be said of the machine tool industry — even in the midst of digital advances and increased automation. Don Lytch has been teaching machine tool at Piedmont Technical College (PTC) for nine years and with the Greenwood …

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.