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A lawsuit has been filed and defendant parties have responded in an alleged incident in which “scalding hot tea” spilled onto the lap of a Clemson University student. The suit, filed for Abigail Emsley, names the university and Aramark, a company providing dining services at McAlister Hall. Originally, the lawsuit was filed in Anderson County, but last week was transferred […]
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Here is a statement from Matthew Durham, the suspended District Two Oconee County councilman: “I oppose giving incentives and property tax breaks to high density residential developments that bring in hundreds to thousands of new residents/students that will consume county services and resources while not paying their fair share due to the tax cuts and incentives they receive.” Because the […]
Read moreAt its afternoon meeting, the Joint Regional Sewer Authority could vote on a Sewer South Phase II contract. According to this afternoon’s agenda, in line for the contract is Don Moorhead Construction of Belton. The commissioners are to receive a presentation by John Reynolds of the engineering firm Davis and Floyd.
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A decision looming for the Oconee County Council tomorrow night is a renewal of the county’s arrangement with a Georgia concern for the disposal of solid waste. On the meeting agenda: the approval of the hauling and disposal of waste with Waste Management / R&B Landfill, of Homer, Georgia for an amount to not exceed what’s approved in the county’s […]
Read moreOn Thursday last week, the state senate confirmed Howard Knapp as the new chief of South Carolina elections. Announcement from the state election commission credits Knapp with implementing election reform legislation that establishes no-excuse early voting, changed the absentee ballot process, changed crime penalties, among other significant modifications to voting statewide. Previously, Knapp served as interim executive director and director […]
Read moreFair Play’s Churck Kormelink has registered his disappointment at Friday night’s news that, at least for now, developers’ plans for I-85 exit 1 are no more. He’s referring to the revelation that Sancutary Pointe’s long-running lease for state property is going by the wayside. Kormelink, who has commercial properties at the interchange, has for years pressed for the extension of […]
Read moreA Friday evening phone call from a Sanctuary Pointe developer was a surprise. El Henry had what he called “disturbing” news to pass on. He and his partners received an email from an attorney for the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism announcing PRT had terminated Sanctuary Pointe’s long-running lease on a 325-acre peninsula which his group plans a […]
Read moreA 34-year old man in Walhalla is charged in arrest warrants with assault and battery 1st degree and attempts to burn a N. Poplar Street home and an occupant of that home – by alleging pouring gasoline on her. Arrest records show Thomas James Littleton was jailed late yesterday afternoon – the result of a call by the city police […]
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Clifton Newman, the judge in the Murdaugh trial, has adjudicated matters in Oconee County — even though he’s a judge based in the low state town of Kingstree. Research by Lisa Burton, the Oconee clerk of court, shows Judge Newman’s Oconee bench time included conducting post-conviction relief hearings in 2012. He presided over court terms in Anderson County in 2005 […]
Read moreScout Motors Inc. (“Scout”) is establishing its first manufacturing plant in Blythewood, which is near Columbia, South Carolina. At the Richland County site, the company will build all-electric, next-generation trucks and rugged SUVs harkening back to the iconic Scout vehicles produced from 1960 to 1980. The company’s $2 billion investment has the potential to create 4,000 or more permanent jobs. […]
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