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Spartanburg physician Shannelle Campbell says being a surgeon allows her to combine her love of science and her desire to help people. While attending Clemson University, Dr. Campbell earned a bachelor’s in biochemistry and volunteered at free clinics in Seneca and her hometown of Columbia. One of her first rotations as a third-year medical student at Yale was in pediatric […]
Read moreIn an arrest made by the Seneca police Friday, a 30-year old man is charged with 2nd degree assault and battery by mob. Law enforcement records show the police arrested and charged Austin Tyrell Cousins. He is accused in a warrant issued by the municipal judge of causing head and neck injuries to an individual on November 7 at a […]
Read more9.1%. That was the COVID test positivity across South Carolina on Saturday–the first time it has dropped below 10% in quite some time. If accurate, it may be testimony to the belief COVID-19 has begun somewhat wane.
Read moreLook for the sunny sky to turn a possibly gray shade today as the result of a new prescribed burn carried out by the U-S Forest Service in Oconee County. A spokesman says this burn in the Yellow Branch section of the forest is to cover 213 acres.
Read moreFire this morning near Seneca has apparently severely burned one person, and spread to a nearby patch of woods. According to Richie Caudill, the fire is believed to have originated in a homeless camp in the vicinity of Utica;’s Goddard Avenue–an attempt by those inhabiting the camp to keep warm from this morning’s 25 to 30 degree temperatures.
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The mat men of West-Oak High School are celebrating the accomplishment of being number one among all 3-A high school wrestling teams in South Carolina. The Warriors over the weekend out pinned their match rivals from Horry County, Aynor High School.
Read moreThe South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution Andrew Pickens and Fort Prince George Chapters calls public attention to the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit Saturday, February 19 from 10 am to 4 pm at Nettles Park, 102 Nettles Park Road. The event is free to all.
Read moreA Test to Stay recommendation has now been included by South Carolina DHEC in its COVID-19 Guidance for Childcare Centers. It is similar to the one being implemented by some South Carolina school districts, but not Oconee County’s. The state health agency encourages schools to use TTS—the Test to Stay program—to better ensure healthy students can continue in-person learning. TTS […]
Read moreConstance Carpenter Lawrence, age 79, of Salem, SC wife of 57 years to Thomas Edward Lawrence passes away on Friday, February 11, 20221 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born October 26, 1942, in Melrose, MA, she grew up in a traditional loving family and was the daughter of the late Rev. Lewis Bennett Carpenter, a Methodist minister and Charlotte […]
Read moreWestminster – Jerry Wayne Smith, 70, passed away Saturday, February 12th, 2022 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, Jerry was the son of Fred Smith of Westminster and the late Geneva Pitts Smith. Jerry started his career at JP Stevens where he was employed for 37 years, and later worked at Covidien. Jerry was the […]
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