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A meeting next week will renew the idea of a back road off 123/the Tiger Boulevard as a partial solution to frequent traffic backup in Clemson. “Issues related to Potential Development of Commercial Area Access Road” is item #6 on the city planning commission agenda for the 6 o’clock Monday, January 9 meeting at city hall. Art Holbrooks, city planner, […]
Read moreConservative Republican matters will be at the front on the night of Thursday, January 26 at an Oconee County meeting hall venue. From 6 to 8 that night at the Lighthouse Event Center, Oconee Republican Men invite all interested Republican men and women for a meeting and dinner, guest speaker for which will be the former U-S lawmaker from South […]
Read moreSenator Tim Scott considers of all legislation in which he played a part in 2022, a total of 21 were in part or fully enacted. The office of the South Carolina Republican said the senator introduced 18 bills, 7 resolutions, and 13 amendments. Many fell into the category of Scott’s “Opportunity Agenda.” Scott voted against the omnibus bill, which he […]
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It’s early to say much about the new year. However, when it comes to replace a state bridge over Village Creek in northern Oconee, an official of the Department of Transportation says we can expect the project titled, S-258 (Chattooga Ridge Road) to go to construction in the late fall. DOT has set this Friday the official deadline for public […]
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For Oconee law enforcement, the New Year’s weekend started Friday night with a chase that, as one bystander described it, “They were letting the gravel fly” – a reference to the dirt road when the vehicle chase came to a stop. The location was Cody Lane near SC 28/the Highlands Highway. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said suspicion led officers to check […]
Read moreOn the second day of the New Year, the first traffic fatality of the year is being reported in Oconee County. He’s Jeffrey Dion Holden. A spokesman for the state patrol said the victim was a 58-year old Seneca resident, who was struck by a mini-van just after 5 this morning on 123, the Sandifer Boulevard, while trying to cross […]
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Oconee County Rock Quarry intends 2023 to be a year for enhanced customer service, safety and operations. The quarry will start on tomorrow to implement a new traffic pattern to reduce congestion and better the flow of incoming traffic. Vehicles are to enter through a new entrance next to Hubbard Paving. The former entrance to be converted to an exit-only. […]
Read moreDeputy Coroner Heather Harrison of Pickens County identifies Easley resident Simon Landreth the victim of a Friday accident in the northbound lanes of U-S 123 at Eighteen Mile Road Central. Nineteen-year-old Landreth died at the scene when the Lexus SUV left the highway and hit an embankment. He was ejected from the car. The accident was logged at 5 pm. […]
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An Oconee County government reorganization is in the wings Tuesday night at Pine Street. District One’s John Elliott, the county council chairman, and Don Mize-District Three councilman-elect, were among those seated Friday for the swearing-in of the county’s new judge of probate, Danny Singleton. In one of his first official duties, Singleton will administer the oath office to both Elliott […]
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A son of a retired sheriff was introduced this afternoon to a crowded courtroom as Oconee County’s next probate judge. The black robe that Danny Singleton now wears is the apparel for him to make decisions on estates, individual commitments, and one traditional joy of a probate judge, conduct marriage ceremonies. Today’s ceremony featured Clerk of Court Lisa Burton and […]
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