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At Columbia, Oconee’s Julian Davis took the chance yesterday to promote recreation to help children avoid lives of trouble by speaking to Governor Henry McMaster. Davis heads a committee that is looking to enhance recreation offerings across Oconee County, and he wanted to impress on the governor how wholesome recreation can help a child avoid a bad path in life. […]

The effort by Clemson to annex seven acres at Hartwell Village in Oconee made for discussion yesterday in Columbia, where a couple of Oconee County councilmen were at the state capital for an Association of Counties’ event. Seneca’s county councilman Paul Cain said the proposed annexation was discussed with Oconee’s state lawmakers and at least one member of the Pickens […]

The third, and final transformer to be hauled to Duke’s Bad Creek hydro plant has begun its last leg of the journey.  The truck hauling the transformer departed from the Cherry Hill Campground this morning.

Seneca is now in the possession of a lifetime of manuscripts, writings, and photographs that belonged to the city’s late historian, Louise M. Bell. And the collection is considered asvaluable possession for the city’s museums—both the Lunney and the Bertha Lee Strickland. Mrs. Bell died last year, and her sons donated the collection to the city for which Seneca is […]

A community outreach meeting takes place in Clemson tonight to inform the public about utility construction next month that will affect traffic on highway 93. The first phase of the work will be underground electrical duct banks and water lines from Cherry Road to Centennial Boulevard. Tonight’s meeting takes place at 6:30 in the Bellsouth Auditorium at the Madren Center.

State troopers report injuries this morning near Salem in a traffic accident at SC 11 and Little River Road.

Mike Smith, Seneca city attorney for 30 years, said good-bye last night to his employers. Smith, who is retiring, expects that last night’s special meeting would be the last time he would attend a city council meeting in the capacity of legal counsel for the city. He told the mayor and the council: “I’ve enjoyed it.” Smith is being succeeded […]

The Seneca mayor and the council met in private for one hour last night. They came back, took no action, and adjourned the meeting. Neither did anyone make a public statement as to exactly what was discussed, other than “water agreements” which were the reason for an unusual middle of the week meeting. However, it came at a time when […]

Instead of education, Oconee schools yesterday spent a large part of their day dealing with threats and rumors of threats of school violence. Not one of the threats was deemed creditable. However, two high school students were charged with disturbing school. Several others were suspended for violating behavior code. According to the district announcement, “School and law enforcement officials will […]

A 22-year prison term has been meted out to a Marietta resident who pleaded guilty to sex crimes in Pickens County. The sentence went to Tony Calhoun Fulmer and required 67-year old Fulmer to serve at least 18 and a half years before becoming eligible for parole. He pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree and […]