SDOC Looking for Bus Drivers

7/25/18 The School District of Oconee County is looking for bus drivers for the upcoming school year. Associate Superintendent of Administration, Steve Hanvey says starting pay is a little over $11 dollars per hour and drivers are guaranteed 6 hours per day and full benefits.  The district is offering a CDL Bus driver training class beginning August 6. To sign […]

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Seneca Teenager Arrested for Attempted Murder

7/25/18 (Story courtesy of www.wsnwradio.com) A Seneca teenager sits behind bars on two counts of attempted murder. The Central Police Department reports that 17-year-old Kevin Bernard Holden shot at two people over the weekend, injuring both of them. The incident occurred in the early-morning hours on Sunday at an address on Amanda Drive. Officers with the Central Police Department responded […]

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Everette Roger Blackwell

Westminster – Everette Roger Blackwell, 68, husband of Kathy Simmons Blackwell, of 141 Eva Frank Lane, passed away Monday, July 23, 2018 at Oconee Medical Center.      A native of Oconee County, he was the son of late Maltie Everette Blackwell and Easter Sarepta Carter Blackwell of Westminster.  Mr. Blackwell worked at the Beacon Mill and Jacob Chuck as […]

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Flexicrew Staffing Hiring Event in Cornelia

July 24, 2018   The Georgia Department of Labor is helping Flexicrew Staffing fill several positions in Eastanollee, Ga.   The event will be held Aug. 2 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Habersham Career Center, 215 Hodges Street, Suite 205, Cornelia.   Flexicrew representatives will be interviewing for machine operators, material handlers/forklift operators, brazers, CNC machine tool operators, […]

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Swiss Rolls Recalled

(This story courtesy of www.wnegradio.com)   Georgia-based Flowers Foods has issued a recall for bread products sold at stores in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina as well as Swiss Rolls sold at retailers nationwide due to the potential presence of Salmonella in an ingredient used in those products. That ingredient is whey powder. The baker, based in Thomasville, […]

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2018 Pre-Season ACC Football Media Predictions

(This story courtesy of www.theeveningsportspage.com)   GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Three-time defending champion Clemson is the preseason favorite to claim another Atlantic Coast Conference football championship, according to a poll of 148 media members who attended last week’s 2018 ACC Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Tigers, who posted a 12-2 overall record en route to earning a College Football Playoff […]

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OCPL hosts Paleontologist

7/24/18 (This story courtesy of www.wsnwradio.com)   Learn about the history of paleontology from Dr. Adam Smith, Vertebrate Paleontologist and Curator of Clemson University’s Campbell Geology Museum at the Oconee County Public Library (OCPL). Dr. Smith will talk about the history of paleontology, what it takes to become a paleontologist, and what it is like to be a paleontologist. It […]

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