Category: News

“As high temperatures increase, Duke Energy is urging customers in the Carolinas to reduce their energy use during periods of peak demand today, June 23 from 3-8 p.m. to help lessen the energy demand on the power grid and reduce the potential of isolated power outages.   As we continue to manage available power supplies, protect the grid and maintain […]

A proposed Oconee court docket shows the state will call for trial the charge of murder/homicide by child abuse against Michael Shane Blackwell Jr. for a term of court late next month at the county courthouse.  The case of Michael Shane Blackwell Jr. is listed at the top of the docket for the week of July 28.  Blackwell was arrested […]

A tuition freeze at Clemson University.  In-state undergraduate students will see no increase for the next academic year.  Clemson says it will be sixth year in a row for the freeze.  However, out of-state students will have to dig deeper to afford a Clemson education.  The board of trustees voted to raise their tuition by three percent.

In the aftermath of the Dr. Thorsland retirement, Chairman Durham of Oconee County Council is calling for a change in the way the office of county superintendent of education is filled.  Durham believes a return to popular elections of the superintendent is a conversation worth having, though he concedes a change overnight is unlikely.  In current times, Oconee’s elected five […]

Sheri Biggs, the 3rd District South Carolina congresswoman, was quick to react Saturday night to President Trump’s announcement of the U-S attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.  Republican Biggs opened her statement this way:  “I thank God that Donald Trump is the President of the United States to keep our Nation safe.  I trust his leadership during this critical time…”

Several people were shot – one fatally – at a Juneteenth celebration Saturday night in Anderson.  A chaotic scene was reported on Scarborough Road around 10 o’clock.  The fatal victim – 35-year-old Anderson resident Laporshia Janae Gray Cobb – died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen and the coroner ruled her death a homicide.  According to Coroner Greg Shore, […]

The office of Pickens County coroner identifies Easley resident Francis Andrew March the victim of a suspected drowning in the Saluda Lake.  According to deputy coroner Tommy Page, March jumped from his boat late Saturday afternoon, submerged but did not re-surface.  The body was recovered just before 8 o’clock Saturday night.  Multiple agencies are investigating the incident.

Allegations of civil rights violations are laid out in a civil lawsuit for of a former Oconee library worker.  On behalf of plaintiff Sue Andrus, Columbia attorney Lydia Robins Hendrix filed in the Oconee Common Pleas Court on June 12 allegations of retaliation, wrongful discharge, and violation of the first amendment of the U-S constitution.  The lawsuit, which seeks damages […]

When Oconee trustees go about hiring the next county superintendent of education, the candidate field will not include the man who holds the second highest administrative post in the department.  Associate Superintendent Steve Hanvey makes clear to 101.7/WGOG NEWS he will not be a candidate to succeed Dr. Michael Thorsland, whose retirement is timed for the end of June. After […]