Two additional political candidates
They are Don Mize for Seat 3, Oconee County Council. and Wallace Sparks, District One, South Carolina House of Representatuives. (county election officials say)
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They are Don Mize for Seat 3, Oconee County Council. and Wallace Sparks, District One, South Carolina House of Representatuives. (county election officials say)
Read moreTo create 13 new government jobs in the next Oconee budget, the county will have to budget $600 thousand, for salaries and benefits. In a workshop this morning, the county administrator gave her recommendations for budget year 2022-23, and elicited questions and comments from county councilmen, meeting as the members of the budget and finance committee. That prompted Administrator Brock […]
Read moreSheriff Crenshaw of Oconee says his investigators conferred yesterday with the circuit’s prosecutors, and it’s likely a statement will be issued today on the findings in the death Tuesday of Nathan Drew Morgan. The Walhallan was aboard a Jet Ski on Lake Keowee, and was a shooting victim in an altercation that involved occupants of a pontoon boat.
Read moreMembers of the Anderson Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority thanked the Oconee County Council this week for its service and requested the five councilmen make priorities of what the sorority deems important issues–voting rights, education, healthcare, domestic violence, and racial profiling by law enforcement. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is a sisterhood of pre-dominantly African American, college-educated women. The […]
Read moreThe School District of Oconee County invites families with students entering K5-Kindergarten this fall to participate in our Jump into Kindergarten program. This program will introduce students and families to school administration, teachers, and give a glimpse into what a typical school day looks like for kindergarteners. Families are encouraged to attend one of the sessions listed below for the […]
Read moreA 137-year old house in Seneca was described last night as “majestic”, but those words weren’t enough to win an appeal of the zoning administrator’s decision. The board of appeals voted 3-0 in support of the interpretation by zoning administrator Ed Halbig that 210 S. Townville Street doesn’t allow for a bed-and-breakfast in single-family, R-10 zoning. The decision disappoints Austin, […]
Read moreOconee’s state “C” Fund Committee agreed yesterday to dole out necessary money to allow Seneca and the DOT to pave roads and streets in the corporate limits and locations across rural Oconee. The Seneca request was approved for $561 thousand to pave parts of Hillandale Road, Red Cardinal Road, and Bluebird Court. For the DOT, Randy Russell received money approval […]
Read moreA new law signed into effect March 14 by Gov. Henry Dargan McMaster establishes on most of South Carolina’s major reservoirs a new 100-foot distance limit that boats underway must observe when approaching a dock, a person in the water or an anchored vessel. The new law, which doubles the previous distance of 50 feet, applies to the waters of […]
Read moreA special noon hour Oconee County Council meeting has been called off. The meeting had been planned to consider accepting for maintenance the streets within the Pointe West student housing complex near Clemson. However, only hours after the special meeting had been announced, word came from Jennifer Adams, the council clerk, of the cancellation.
Read moreEveryone is invited to an event Saturday in Westminster to mark the 147th year of Oconee’s third-largest municipality. From 11 am to 3 pm, there will be activities, snacks, and refreshments. Free punch and cupcakes will be served at the General Store Museum on E. Main. Across the street at the Depot, at noon Saturday, will be the place to […]
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