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In the last set of national elections — the mid-term elections two years ago — nearly four of ten Clemson students cast ballots. That voting rate was enough for ALL IN Democracy Challenge to recognize the university with a silver campus designation for nonpartisan democratic engagement. A study by Tufts University used data from the National Student of Learning, Voting […]
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The chief of the Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Department worries that the special tax district proposition could become a casualty of the presidential election. At a community meeting Saturday at the fire station, Chief Kevin Christenbury conceded that it’s possible an electorate mostly concerned about who will be the next president might take a negative stance on creating a special tax […]
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One meaning for the word narrative is presenting or understanding a situation or series of events that reflects and promotes a point of view or a set of values. A woman in Clemson takes issues with the narrative she sees in a university town that grapples with where students live off-campus. And Tanya Hyatt spoke last night to the city […]
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Chad Nichols, the suspended sheriff in Rabun County, Georgia, has formally resigned. According to Toccoa Radio WNEG, Nichols’ formal resignation is part of a negotiated guilty plea. He entered a plea to violation of oath by a public officer as part of an investigation into accusations of sexual battery. In his place, in the interim, Chief Deputy Beth Darnell will […]
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The men and women who make the policy for South Carolina transportation will be in action this week in Anderson. The state DOT commission meeting will take place at 9 o’clock Thursday morning in the Legacy Banquet Hall at Anderson University. Anderson is the hometown of commission chairwoman Pamela Christopher, the 3rd District congressional member of the commission board.
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Financing considerations are triggering a change in the layout of the planned large housing development to displace crumbling textile buildings at Seneca. The city planning commission last night amended John Gumpert’s planned development-residential zoned property at 1300 ES 6th Street and will forward the change to Thursday night’s meeting of the city board of appeals. Xavier Bauguess, planning director, explained […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC– Horace Shedd, 82, husband of Debra Seabolt Shedd, of Walhalla, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mr. Shedd was the son of the late Lawrence and Ollie Lee Shedd. He was a United States Army veteran and retired from Duke Energy as a welder. Mr. […]
Read moreWalhalla – Pauline Whitfield Worley, 88, wife of the late Bobby Joe Worley, passed away on Sunday, September 15th, 2024 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born June 19th, 1936, in Anderson County, South Carolina, Pauline was the daughter of the late Stacy and Edna Spearman Whitfield. Pauline retired from Beacon Manufacturing where she worked as a seamstress. […]
Read moreNewry, SC — Rebecca “Beckie” Dawn Addis Cromer, 67, wife of Dana Marrett Cromer, of Newry, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at her home. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Cromer was the daughter of the late Nathan Earl Addis and Helen Catherine Williams Addis. She worked in textiles as a seamstress. In addition to […]
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The official tourism promotion arm of Oconee County – Visit Oconee – has reclaimed a trophy. For a second time, Visit Oconee was awarded Best Performing Tourism Bureau in a county whose budget falls below $1 million a year. Ken Sloan, the Visit Oconee executive director, said he and his staff returned last week from the Southeast Tourism Society – […]
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