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Former Prosecutor Plans New Law Firm in Laurens Downtown Eats & Sweets Closing in Laurens, Near Clinton $50,000 Powerball Ticket Sold on Musgrove Street in Clinton Foxtrot Company Ruck Club Launches in Laurens County U.S. Housing Payment Surge Poses Challenges for Clinton’s Workforce and Growth Cavender’s Boot City Opens First Upstate Store in Greenville Greer Councilman Urges Residents to Ask for a Trader Joe’s Bowers Ace Hardware Sets November Opening for New Store in Irmo Greer Lender Regional Management Posts $15.1M Quarterly Profit Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken Opens on East Main in Spartanburg
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Former Prosecutor Plans New Law Firm in Laurens
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Former Prosecutor Plans New Law Firm in Laurens

Clinton SC Business News LAURENS, S.C. — Laurens County is set to gain a new law practice. Attorney Michanna Talley Tate says she will open her own firm in Laurens, though a site for the office has not been chosen yet. The firm plans to concentrate on three kinds of cases: disputes over real estate, […]

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Downtown Eats & Sweets Closing in Laurens, Near Clinton
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Clinton SC Business News LAURENS, S.C. — Downtown Eats & Sweets, the scratch-cooking cafe and bakery on the public square…

,000 Powerball Ticket Sold on Musgrove Street in Clinton
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Clinton SC Business News CLINTON, S.C. — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Clinton for the Wednesday, Oct. 14…

Foxtrot Company Ruck Club Launches in Laurens County
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Clinton SC Business News A new fitness group, the Foxtrot Company Ruck Club, recently launched in Laurens County, offering Clinton…

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  1. Former Prosecutor Plans New Law Firm in Laurens

    LAURENS, S.C. — Laurens County is set to gain a new law practice. Attorney Michanna Talley Tate says she will open her own firm in Laurens, though a…

  2. Downtown Eats & Sweets Closing in Laurens, Near Clinton

    LAURENS, S.C. — Downtown Eats & Sweets, the scratch-cooking cafe and bakery on the public square in Laurens, Clinton’s fellow Laurens County city, will shut its doors for…

  3. First Solar Opens First Phase of $330 Million Gaffney Plant

    GAFFNEY, S.C. — Upstate South Carolina now has a working solar module factory. First Solar opened the first phase of its Cherokee County plant on Oct. 28, with…

  4. SC Restaurants Must Now Flag Imported Shrimp Under New Law

    COLUMBIA, S.C. — Diners across South Carolina should start seeing notices about where their shrimp came from. The Truth in Shrimp Labeling Act, House Bill 4248, took effect…

  5. Santee Cooper Board Votes Friday on Two-Year Rate Increase

    CONWAY, S.C. — The board that runs Santee Cooper, the state-owned electric utility, meets Friday morning to decide whether customers will pay more for power over the next…

  6. Greer Lender Regional Management Posts $15.1M Quarterly Profit

    GREER, S.C. — Regional Management Corp., the consumer lender based in Greer, turned a third-quarter profit of $15.1 million, according to results it released Wednesday. That works out…

  7. Data Center Rules Set to Headline SC Legislative Session

    COLUMBIA, S.C. — How South Carolina handles the wave of proposed data centers is shaping up as one of the biggest fights waiting for the General Assembly when…

  8. SC Unemployment Falls to 4% as Employment Hits Record

    COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's unemployment rate edged down to 4.0% in September, the seventh monthly decline in a row, and the number of residents with jobs climbed…

  9. New Orleans Biotech Obatala Opens First East Coast Site

    CHARLESTON, S.C. — A New Orleans biotechnology company has picked Charleston County for its first operation on the East Coast, a $656,000 investment the state Commerce Department says…

  10. Seven Upstate Suppliers Add 200 Manufacturing Jobs for Scout

    SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Seven automotive parts makers in the Upstate will expand to supply Scout Motors, putting more than $82 million into new work and adding about 200…

  11. $50,000 Powerball Ticket Sold on Musgrove Street in Clinton

    CLINTON, S.C. — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Clinton for the Wednesday, Oct. 14 drawing is holding a $50,000 prize, and the South Carolina Education Lottery…

  12. Greenwood Wins Duke Energy Main Street Grant

    Greenwood, S.C. — The City of Greenwood is one of 22 South Carolina groups that won a Duke Energy Foundation Main Street revitalization grant in a $190,000 statewide…