Category: News

Oconee School District announced the appointment this afternoon of Lisa Simmons, the Blue Ridge Elementary principal, as assistant superintendent of education. The appointment is effective July 1. In that capacity, Simmons replaces Ginger Hopkins. According to Dr. Michael Thorsland, district superintendent, Hopkins will transfer to another position in the district, not yet specified.

When it comes to a couple of Walhalla jobs, David Hubbard of Hubbard Paving and Grading is in the catbird’s seat. He left City Hall this afternoon, knowing that his company is the lowest and only bidder to pave a parking area at Stumphouuse Tunnel Park and to pave and stripe seven streets in the Mill Hill area of Walhalla. […]

Illness among community members is the reason for the cancellation this week of the meeting of the Westminster PMPA Task Force.  It had been scheduled for Thursday.  Organizer Susan Ramey says the meeting will be re-scheduled.

Gas prices in the Carolinas have decreased of late, and so have pump prices in the rest of the country.  After a drop of three cents, South Carolina’s average today is $2.33.  The motor club AAA says South Carolina’s is still one of the top ten cheapest for gasoline in the country.  Today’s North Carolina average price was down by […]

Weekend after weekend of rain has helped ease the area’s drought. The Keowee-Toxaway basin has recovered to Stage 1 drought, the second of five drought stages in the drought management plan low inflow protocol. Still, voluntary water conservation continues to be recommended throughout the basin. Today’s announcement by the Keowee-Toxaway Management Advisory Group requests neighbors on lakes Keowee and Jocassee […]

The arrests of two Seneca residents bring to 10 the number of arrests in “Operation Avalanche”—the effort by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office to stop the transport of methamphetamine into the county. Jerry Scott Gibson, 48, is charged with conspiracy to traffic in meth; Ricky Lee Addis Jr., 33, is charged with trafficking in meth. Meantime, the Sheriff’s Office continues to […]

Oconee Public Library is about to embark on a new strategic plan to guide it the next two to three years.  Blair Hinson, the director, says this plan is a way for the library system to keep being responsive and remain a center for the community.  The library wants your input, and you can give it by attending next week’s […]

The 13th of March will be this year’s municipal election in Seneca. Last night the five men and one woman contesting for the available four city council seats spoke at a chamber of commerce political forum which allowed them to explain why they are running along with their thoughts about some of the more important issues facing their city. There […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office identified two people today who they consider major players in the importation of methamphetamine into Oconee County and other parts of the Carolinas. The Sheriff’s Office requests help in learning the whereabouts of Amy Deanna Cobb and Mickey Edward Cox.  Sheriff Crenshaw and his narcotics unit believe the sub group of a Mexican cartel in Atlanta has […]

Thirty Knox boxes, which serve as a lock box to a home, are now available to Oconee County senior citizens who live alone. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw this morning announced the criteria for seniors require they live alone and do not have in-county relatives who can check on their welfare. Sometimes, Crenshaw said, minutes can make the difference between life and […]