Category: News

There is movement on the movie made in Seneca and other parts of Oconee that turned out to be one of the last to feature Hollywood star Burt Reynolds.  The movie called “Elbow Grease” that was shown in a one-night premiere in Seneca last October has undergone a name change.  Associate producer Shelby Henderson says the move has been renamed […]

A request to vary 25 feet from a setback requirement has been denied by the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals.  The board acted Monday after a hearing on the application of John Gardner.  The property owner applied for the variance to place a manufactured home on Owens Road.  No one spoke in opposition to the request, but when it came […]

The Seneca city attorney, Bo Bowman, will go to work on an ordinance for the city to change elections from March on even-numbered years to November on odd-numbered years.  The change would means ramifications, including the requirement that the U-S Justice Department is satisfied there will be no weakening of minority voting strength. There are advantages, as well, as explained […]

Fire broke out late at night in a garage at Fair Play.  The fire was reported shortly after 10:30 on Woods Drive in the Northeast Shores subdivision near highway 182.  No injuries reported.

Public health experts and tobacco researchers want to know if E-cigarettes are a safe way for smokers to stop or a gateway to getting kids hooked on a habit that causes deadly diseases. Regardless, the Oconee Sheriff’s Office says, vaping is illegal for anyone under 18 years old. Any student caught vaping or possessing E-cigarette material is subject to a […]

The government’s nuclear watchdog will welcome the pubic next week to an information meeting about the safety performance of the Oconee Nuclear Station. The open house will be conducted 6 to 7 o’clock Thursday night, April 4 at the Duke World of Energy on the Rochester Highway. The open house will focus on a recent annual assessment letter covering all […]

George Mason University scholar and author David Wiggins will be at Clemson University Wednesday to talk about African-American athletes and their involvement in the civil rights movement. His talk, “An Altered Athletic Landscape: Sport, Race and the Civil Rights Movement,” will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. It is presented by the Robert H. […]

A Powerball® ticket sold in Anderson for Saturday’s drawing is worth $150,000. The ticket was purchased at the Publix Super Markets #563 store on Clemson Blvd. The ticket holder stands to benefit from the purchase of PowerPlay®. Because this player paid an additional $1 for PowerPlay®, his or her $50,000 prize tripled to $150,000 when a “3” multiplier was selected. […]

A civic and government leader in Walhalla, Dennis Owens, has a better grasp than before on what it might be like to live in poverty. Owens was one of more than 40 people who took part in what was, for Oconee, an unprecedented exercise last week “Know Your Neighbor” day—which offered simulations of what it would be like to be […]

A former Atlanta doctor sees the Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital in good position to add services which will mean better health care to the public. Dr. Scott Sasser, chief clinical officer for the Western Region of Prisma Health, led off a presentation yesterday to the Walhalla Rotary Club. Prisma, the new name for the parent corporation of the Oconee hospital, […]