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A new relaxation of the rules governing COVID-19 protection. In line with new guidance from the CDC, the South Carolina Deparrtment of Education has removed the requirement that students and staff wear masks on state-owned and operated school buses. “Therefore,” says Oconee School District, “effective immediately, SDOC students and staff will no longer be required to wear masks on buses.”
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The field of candidates is set for next month’s special Westminster election. By the qualifying deadline at the noon hour today, the candidates were Adam Dunn, Wendy Golten, Audrey Reese, Susan Alexander Ramey, Jerry Sanders, and Daby Snipes. Pulling out of the contest, according to a letter received by the Oconee Election office on Friday, was Robert McDaniel Morrill. Election […]
Read moreUnder debate at the state capital: A bill requiring counties to follow same practices, as created by the South Carolina Election Commission. And Seneca’s state representative, Republican Bill Sandifer, approves. Said he: “I am always glad to see legislation focused on safeguarding the democratic process.” One component of this legislation would forbid any county election board from taking private money. […]
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Private property taken in thefts at a housing complex near Clemson led investigators to a Seneca business last week and the arrests of suspects. The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces two of the arrested individuals–Austin Matthew Land and Robert Creed Gibson–were taken into custody at an Oconee Square business where a stolen bank card was used and the victim’s name forged. […]
Read moreWhat was first reported as a woods fire, in the end, turned out to be a house fire near the Walhalla city limits. That fire on Campbelltown Road near Botany Lane remained under investigation over the weekend as to the circumstances of why the fire started. No one reported hurt. The fire department rolled its equipment and manpower around 1:45 […]
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The police department at Clemson is under review this week to gauge how well it reaches professional standards, and there’s a chance for the public to take part. The Clemson police are scheduled tomorrow and Wednesday for an on-site assessment in a program to achieve state accreditation by verifying that it meets professional standards. Administered by the South Carolina Law […]
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Only one year having left Oconee government, Wayne McCall still sounds much like the councilman he was for 12 years. Although he insists he’s through with politics, he remains outspoken on county spending priorities. McCall founded off Friday to 101.7/WGOG NEWS after he had a 22-minute phone conversation with Sheriff Mike Crenshaw. The former District Two councilman is convinced that […]
Read moreBack from this week’s legislative session at the state capital, Oconee Rep. Bill Whitmire says the House is determined to raise teacher pay and other benefits, mainly because the state is facing a large teacher shortage. Whitmire says teachers are, in some cases, retiring and some have decided to leave the profession. The increased pay benefits Whitmire, in his words, […]
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The mayor and the eight-member city council in Seneca are being called together for a special meeting Monday to receive legal advice on the “pending legal matter with OJRSA, the City of Walhalla & the City of Westminster.” Late last year an attorney for Seneca put the Joint Regional Sewer Authority and its fellow members Walhalla and Westminster on notice […]
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A time of reckoning, of sorts, will come before Oconee County fathers next week. At their first March meeting, County Council is to receive the audit covering the year 2020-21, Presenting the comprehensive financial report: the audit firm of Mauldin and Jenkins. The 20-21 year was the first full government year during the pandemic.
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