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Thursday, May 23, 2013  South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he's gotten calls from two conservative groups that feel they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A $15,000 reward has been offered to find the person who mailed threatening letters to Laurens County's two school districts.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Laurens County sheriff's deputies are investigating the discovery of a man's body on the edge of a creek.

Friday, March 08, 2013  The State Law Enforcement Division has been called in after threatening letters were sent to Laurens County's two school districts.

Monday, February 25, 2013  South Carolina's state-owned utility has agreed to loan the Laurens County Development Commission $1.5 million to build a shell building.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  Investigators have charged a second man in the killing of a Clinton woman in November.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Three Laurens County high school students have been arrested after officials say they took school buses out for a joyride.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Police say a drug investigation in coastal Georgia and South Carolina resulted in a whopping bust with 39 suspects charged and an estimated $2.7 million worth of cocaine seized.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012  Laurens County authorities say they have identified a man found burned in a field in Waterloo over the weekend.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Authorities say a man has been struck and killed by a car just minutes after his dog was run over on the same stretch of road near Honea Path.

Thursday, July 26, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley visits Greenville Thursday morning, as she tours South Carolina's northwest corner. She is visiting the Gateway House there to bestow a Northwestern Mutual Community Service Award.

Monday, April 16, 2012  Laurens County's sheriff says he has settled a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she was sexually harassed and forced out of her county job after refusing his request to have a second abortion. Sheriff Ricky Chastain said in a letter posted Sunday on his campaign website that the lawsuit has been settled for $35,000.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012  A Chinese company that makes plastic film often used to package food is building a new plant in Laurens County.

Friday, November 11, 2011  Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing a Laurens County deputy as he tried to arrest him on a murder charge in the death of his ex-girlfriend

Wednesday, September 07, 2011  The company said Wednesday it is adding $80 million to the $350 million project it announced in July 2010 to meet demand. The company had initially announced it would create 900 jobs beginning in 2012.