Across the board jumps in unemployment claims

First-time jobless claims increased last week in the U-S, in South Carolina, and in Oconee County.  In fact, claims jumped not only in Oconee, but in three areas counties:  Anderson, Pickens, and Greenville.  From the July 4 week through July 11, the state Department of Employment and Workforce received new claims from 276 Oconee residents.  That’s a 68 increase.  There […]

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Oconee Sheriff addresses Wal-Mart mask policy

  Wal-Mart next week becomes another of major American stores to require facial coverings for everyone inside their buildings.  The company has more than five thousand U-S locations, and one is located near Seneca on the Sandifer Boulevard.  On a day last week when we looked, many customers at the Seneca store shopped without wearing face coverings.  The start of […]

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COVID-19 discussions to resume in Westminster

Talk about COVID-19 will pick back up next week at a special meeting of the Westminster City Council.  It’s one of several items for a meeting planned for 5 o’clock Wednesday evening, July 22 in the training room at the city fire department.  The name of Councilman Brad Chastain is linked with the agenda item.  Last week Chastain implored his […]

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Glass recycling returns

Oconee County recycling centers are now accepting glass for re-cycling.  But you can help prevent contamination and enhance the safety of the workers by first cleaning both the glass and the lids.  An increase in municipal waste and recycling materials has led to longer wait times, so recycling center visitors are requested to be patient.  At this time, they still […]

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Cubs sign pitcher with ties to Oconee

Baseball’s Chicago Cubs signed an outstanding collegiate player this year from Texas whose parents are former Westminster residents.  He is Ausley Burl Carraway IV, son of Freda Herring Carraway and Burl Carraway.  According to Baseball America, Carraway’s signing bonus amounts to more than $1 million.  The 20-year old has been described as an elite left-handed short reliever with a dominating […]

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“CAT” bus route changes in Clemson

Pipeline work at Clemson’s Cochran Road will divert the Red Route of Clemson Area Transit.  The “CAT” bus will not drive on either Cochran or Lindsey roads.  Instead the Red-Central route bus will proceed on Old Central Road to Clemson Street, turn right onto Calhoun Street.  From there, the bus follows its regular route.

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Fatal head-on crash

An early afternoon accident near Westminster turned fatal for the driver of a pickup truck. Authorities say Rachel Ann Barker, 73-year old Seneca resident, died at the scene of the crash of her pickup truck and a car.  Trooper Gary Miller called it a head-on crash on SC 24, the West-Oak Highway, two miles south of Westminster near Blue Haven […]

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1,850 new South Carolina cases, but no new deaths

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,850 new confirmed cases and five new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, no additional confirmed deaths and five new probable deaths. There are currently 1,560 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19, and 206 of those patients […]

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