Laurens News

A 24-year-old from Gray Court who sang "For Once in My Life" as her talent has been named Miss South Carolina for 2009.

The Dawkins House droops on its foundation, a decrepit mongrel of a structure kicked to the curb in recent years.

UPSTATE, S.C., [June 30, 2009] - The Laurens County Development Corporation and Upstate SC Alliance today announce the groundbreaking of the county's Hunter Virtual Spec Industrial Building, the first of its kind in South Carolina.

Thumbs up to the S.C. Department of Transportation Commission for approving a bridge replacement contract with Florence Concrete Products Inc., allowing 25 laid-off employees to return to their jobs.

Gov. Mark Sanford said Thursday he would reimburse taxpayers almost $10,000 for his costs on the Argentina leg of a 2008 trade mission that led to the announcement of a plant for Laurens County.

The plan to develop a comprehensive preservation plan for eight Revolutionary War battlefields spread across six Upstate counties is beginning to take shape as members of the project team met with area residents Monday to unveil what has been accomplished so far.

Power was back on in Laurens County on Thursday, but storm victims were not out of trouble entirely.

Mary Frances Griffin of 108 Jennings Street, Laurens, died peacefully Tuesday, June 16, 2009, in the National Healthcare Center of Clinton, SC.

Residents from Fountain Inn to Laurens began cleaning up Wednesday after a storm with 100-mph winds killed one person, knocked down hundreds of trees, took away electrical power from thousands and damaged dozens of homes and other structures.

An Upstate councilman was lucky to alive on Wednesday after he was trapped inside his home during a storm in Laurens County.

Greenville police arrested a 23-year-old Laurens man they say solicited who he believed was a 13-year-old girl online.

LAURENS - A South Carolina woman has been killed when a tree toppled by strong winds fell on her car.

Two students were awarded scholarships in memory of Jacob Riggins, an 18-year-old Fountain Inn man who was killed in a car crash on Christmas Eve 2007.

The Dawkins House, used as a refuge for the Palmetto State government in 1865 when Columbia was burned and its capital building destroyed, will now be restored to its former glory, an official with the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation says.

Anna Kate Rampey and David Robinson Ballinger Jr. were united in marriage on June 6, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. at Simpsonville First Baptist Church in Simpsonville.

Five men charged with robbing the home of Laurens County Councilman Ed McDaniel were being held Wednesday without bond, deputies said.

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When the local middle school needed a defibrillator, George Coleman Ford in Travelers Rest made sure it got one.

South Carolina state Sen. David Thomas is joining a crowded field of Republican challengers looking to unseat U.S. Rep.

Mistress of ceremonies was Miriam Kilgore. Other participants included Evelyn Westfield, who read scripture, and Pastor Michael Greer, who offered the prayer.