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Sunday | GreenvilleOnline.com

Judge denies landfill permit

For close to four years, residents of Gray Court have fought to keep North Carolina-based MRR Highway 92 LLC from building a landfill near their homes in rural Laurens County.

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Related Topix: Gray Court, SC, Greenville Metro, Anderson, SC, Greenville County, SC

Fri Nov 06, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Southern Championship Wrestling and the Laurens County Sheriff's...

Southern Championship Wrestling and the Laurens County Sheriff's Office Tag Teaming to Benefit 'Christmas For Kids' Southern Championship Wrestling has announced that it will tag team with the Laurens County Sheriff's Office in a fundraising event to benefit the Laurens County Christmas for Kids Program.

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Related Topix: Laurens, SC

Wed Nov 04, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Greer Chamber of Commerce's Pelham Power Breakfast Series to Feature Bob Inglis

Greer Chamber of Commerce's Pelham Power Breakfast Series to Feature Bob Inglis The Greer Chamber's 'Pelham Power Breakfast' series is hosting an upcoming event on Wednesday, November 11 from 8:00am-9:00am at the Cottages at Brushy Creek.

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Related Topix: Greer, SC, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Inglis, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, Spartanburg, SC

Mon Nov 02, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Deputies seek Laurens man in Waterloo robbery

Authorities were searching Monday for a Laurens man and have arrested a Clinton man in the robbery of a Waterloo convenience store that led to a hunt involving bloodhounds and a helicopter.

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Related Topix: Laurens, SC, Waterloo, SC, Clinton, SC

Sun Nov 01, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Jeanne Brooks: Fight one, fight them all

We won't get into legalities here. Though an administrative law judge filed his decision Oct.

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Related Topix: Gray Court, SC

Fri Oct 30, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Laurens District Genealogy Society Meeting Nov. 10

Subject: Laurens District Genealogy Society Laurens District Genealogy Society Meeting Date.. November 10, 2009 Time ... 7:30 PM Place ... Laurens County Library Speakers... Dianne Culbertson, Janet and J.D. Norris,and Sarah Jane Armstrong Topic ......Applications and eligibility to join the National Society Daughters of the American ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy, Laurens, SC

Sun Oct 25, 2009

WIS-TV Columbia

Report: Retired patrolman brings gun on school trip

Newberry authorities are investigating a report that a retired South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper went on a school trip with about 100 students and parents while carrying a loaded weapon inside a holster.

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Related Topix: Newberry, SC, Prosperity, SC, Education Etc.

Fri Oct 23, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Letter: AT&T program delivers results

Recently the AT&T Corporation released a report on its citizenship efforts and the significant results those efforts have had in communities nationwide.

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Related Topix: Presbyterian College, Education Etc.

Wed Oct 21, 2009

WHNS

Gray Court Teen Killed When Car Hits Tree

Troopers said that a teenager was killed when her car slammed into a tree on Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Gray Court, SC

Tribune-Times

DOT to close I-385 north in Laurens

Despite objections of economic hardship and higher transportation costs, the state Department of Transportation Commission decided to proceed with a plan to close northbound lanes on Interstate 385 in Laurens County for up to eight months.

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Related Topix: Laurens, SC, Gray Court, SC, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, Simpsonville, SC

Mon Oct 19, 2009

WLTX-TV Columbia

Mom Charged in Death of 16-Month Old Daughter

A South Carolina mother has been charged with murder in the death of her 16-month-old daughter.

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Related Topix: Cross Hill, SC, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC

Sun Oct 18, 2009

WHNS

Mother Charged With Murder In Baby's Death

The Laurens County Sheriff's Office said has charged a 21-year-old mother in connection with the death of her 16-month-old baby.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Augusta Chronicle Online

SC high court orders new trial, sets precedent

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Monday overruled decisions on more than two dozen murder and assault cases dating to 1894 when it ordered a new trial for a 42-year-old man convicted of killing his cousin.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Life, Self Defense, Memorial Day, Holidays

Mon Oct 12, 2009

The Macon Telegraph

One dead in Laurens accident

One person was killed and another injured Sunday in a one-vehicle accident in Laurens County, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

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Wed Sep 30, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Stimulus money won't get to most of the Upstate's worst roads

Greenville and Pickens County are receiving $13.6 million in federal stimulus money for new road projects and plan to use it on three of their top construction priorities while leaving more than 75 others on the shelf.

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Related Topix: Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, Pickens County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens, SC

Mon Sep 28, 2009

The Carolina Channel

Walmart Speaks Out On 385 Closing

The South Carolina Department of Transportation is planning on closing down a 15-mile stretch of interstate 385 northbound for repairs -- and the Walmart distribution center will be right in the middle of the construction.

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Sun Sep 27, 2009

The Greenville News

DOT chairman to review I-385 closure plan

The chairman of the state highway commission said Friday he will investigate a plan to close the northbound lanes of Interstate 385 in Laurens County south of Greenville for eight months as part of a $50 million upgrade of the highway.

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Related Topix: Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, Spartanburg, SC, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Inglis, South Carolina

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Messenger

Surrett seeks top job in Edgefield County

September 25, 2009 - 10:57 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Former Oconee County Administrator Dale K. Surrett is apparently looking for work just a few hours drive away from his Lake Keowee home.

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Related Topix: Edgefield County, SC, Walhalla, SC, Edgefield, SC

WHNS

15-Mile Stretch Of I-385 To Close For 8 Months

Plans to close a 15-mile stretch of Interstate 385 for up to eight months have lawmakers and others concerned.

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Related Topix: Gray Court, SC, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, Fountain Inn, SC

Wed Sep 23, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Greenwood mother, daughter found dead in submerged car

A missing mother and her teen daughter were found dead Tuesday in the back seat of a car submerged under the surface of Lake Greenwood about 80 feet from the shoreline, leaving investigators perplexed about how it ended up there.

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Related Topix: Greenwood, SC, Cross Hill, SC

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