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The group Indivisible Clemson announces plans to picket the Pendleton office tomorrow of Lindsey Graham and to deliver a letter requesting that the U-S senator spend Christmas at a facility where immigration children are taken after being separated from their parents. Short of that, the activists want Graham to visit caravan refugees at the border to hear their stories about […]

The student-led non-profit Clemson Hope wrapped and delivered more than 1,100 presents for children at Oconee’s James Brown and Westminster elementary schools. It was part of their Adopt-A-Classroom campaign. The gifts came from community members who donate toys or give money to Clemson Hope to purchase toys on their behalf. Groups of two-to-five Clemson Hope volunteers split off into each […]

“The best opinion we can give you” is the way that Don Estep, Oconee School District’s outside auditor delivered his annual report at the county trustees’ meeting for December. Estep’s report covered revenues and expenses of the public schools for the government year 2017-18. In the language of certified public accounting, the trustees and district administrators received an unmodified opinion. […]

Controlled burns are ahead at three South Carolina state parks in Oconee and Pickens. The plan is to treat up to 75 acres at Table Rock State Park in Pickens County and up to 322 acres at Devil’s Fork State Park in Oconee and up to 239 acres at Keowee-Toxaway State Park in Pickens County. The purpose is to improve […]

Oconee school trustees convened a private meeting last night for a report on the quest to find property for a replacement Seneca middle school. However, Chairman Jerry Lee said beforehand there would be no deal coming out of the executive session. In a brief chat with reporters, Lee said the fact that there are multiple property owners involved complicates the […]

With temperatures at or around freezing, it’s a good idea to drive especially carefully throughout Oconee County this morning. No major weather-related problems are reported this morning; however, early morning drivers are encountering moderate-to-heavy fog in parts of the Seneca area. Oconee public schools are closed for a second day. There is one change from district administration. Because temperatures are […]

The School District of Oconee County has announced that due to continued inclement weather concerns, there will be no school on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 for students and teachers. 225-day + employees should report on a 2-hour delay, if conditions are safe to do so.

As of 11:45 a.m. today, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative had 3,611 members remaining without electric service. The by-county breakdown: • Anderson 0 • Greenville 1,211 • Oconee 711 • Pickens 1,641 • Spartanburg 28 Crews have restored power to 785 members since daybreak today. Thus far, linemen have encountered 33 broken poles. A broken pole, on average, quadruples the time […]

(Walhalla, SC)——————————————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Walhalla man last Friday afternoon on multiple outstanding warrants, including a charge of Attempted Murder. 36 year old Matthew Carlton Moss of Stribling Shoals Road was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 5:35pm. Moss was placed into custody after deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Moss was driving […]

(Walhalla)—Oconee County Veterans Affairs Director Jerry Dyar along with his staff…Eric Suttles and Tanya Adkins are rolling out the “holiday red carpet” on Friday, December 14th for all area veterans and wives. “The Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office will take the occasion to spend some time with all our great veteran heroes on this day”, said Dyar. Throughout this coming […]