Category: News

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release yesterday notifying the public of a phone scam that pertains to an automated service claiming to be from Duke Energy. According to the release, the caller states that electrical power service will be disconnected if the customer will not pay a certain sum of money within an allotted time.  The caller […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating the suspect responsible for the burglary of The Fishing Hole business in Seneca. On July 23rd, 2019 Oconee County Sheriff’s Office deputies’ responded to 590 JP Stevens Road (The Fishing Hole) in Seneca in response to a break-in. Sheriff’s Office deputies processed the scene and determined that over […]

COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s state veterinarian announced Monday that the state’s first case this year of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in Chesterfield County. The infected horse, a year-old Appaloosa colt, had not been vaccinated and did not survive. Boyd Parr, South Carolina state veterinarian and director of Clemson University Livestock Poultry Health, said “This is a clarion […]

Columbia, S.C (July 23, 2019) — It will probably still be quite warm, but nonetheless thousands of eager wing-shooters will take to the field for the start of the mourning dove season in South Carolina in early September. For many in South Carolina, the opening day of dove season is synonymous with the beginning of fall and all of the […]

Oconee Country Club will be hosting a Red Shield Golf Tournament to benefit the Angel Tree program for the Salvation Army of Oconee. The tournament will be held on Saturday, August 10th with registration beginning at 8 am with a 9 am a shotgun start. To register for the golf tournament, you can contact the Oconee Country Club at 864-882-8037. […]

Deputies in Pickens County are investigating vandalism incidents that occurred at three churches over the weekend. Bible Baptist Church, Pickens View Wesleyan Church, and Seventh-Day Adventist Church, all located on Gentry Memorial Highway, were all vandalized at some point between Saturday evening and Sunday morning. There were busted windows at the Adventist Church, and the tires on the church van […]

A West Union man has been charged in connection with an early-morning fire that occurred in the restroom at Itron on Saturday. Anthony Jason Mathis, 33, has been charged with second-degree arson in the incident and warrants allege Mathis initiated the fire “willfully and maliciously.” He has since been released from the Oconee County Detention Center on a $10,000 personal […]

The Chattooga Conservancy, a non-profit organization that serves the Georgia/North Carolina/South Carolina tri-state area, is having a fundraiser event this Friday, July 26th at Chattooga Belle Farm in Long Creek. The “Stay Wild” Celebration & Fundraiser starts at 6 PM and goes to 10 PM.  There will be a BBQ supper (with vegetarian option), live music, raffles, and a silent […]

PENDLETON — Galen DeHay, newly-elected president of Tri-County Technical College, will deliver the College’s summer commencement address Thursday, August 1, at 6 p.m. at the Anderson Civic Center. Approximately 360 students will receive degrees, diplomas and/or certificates. In addition to families and guests of the graduates, alumni and other friends of the College are invited to attend the ceremony. DeHay, […]

Possibly as many as 700 or more members of the notorious Hells Angels Motorcycle Club will arrive in Clemson next Monday as they prepare to hold their national summer convention in Tigertown from July 29 to August 2nd. Despite their reputation as an “outlaw motorcycle gang”, Clemson Area Chamber Tourism Director, Kade Herrick says he has no concerns that the […]