Category: News

The coroner says a body found yesterday in the Seneca River arm of Lake Hartwell was that of a Clemson student.  Coroner Karl Addis says he was 22 years old from India, a graduate student, who lived in a Clemson apartment near the lake and railroad.  According to Addis, it’s presumed the student jumped from the Norfolk Southern trestle that crosses […]

Walhalla sanitation trucks will not run on Monday, Labor Day 2017.  Instead the city will pick up trash Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

A late morning fire inflicted what the fire chief called significant damage to a rental cabin on Carolina Landing Drive, Fair Play.  Chief Larry Wilkerson of the Fair Play Fire Department said fire fighters knocked down the fire in 10-15 minutes time.  No one was using the cabin at the time.  By late this afternoon, the cause for the fire […]

Officials need the public’s help to limit the movement of firewood as a way to help combat the spread of an insect pest that inhabits and destroys native ash trees.  The Department of Plant Industry at Clemson University will hold a public hearing regarding an emergency statewide quarantine of wood and wood products affected by the Emerald Ash Borer.  That […]

A close monitoring of the weather has led Clemson officials to call off this evening’s First Friday Parade–a prelude to tomorrow’s football opener.  Behind this decision is the likelihood of lightning and heavy rain during parade lineup, 4 to 6 pm.

An overturned tractor-trailer truck is causing delays this morning for I-85 traffic headed into South Carolina from Georgia.  WLHR Lavonia quoted witnesses saying the mishap occurred near the Hartwell exit.  If possible, motorists are requested to avoid that area.

Gas pump prices continue to rise.  At some Oconee gas stops the pump price early this morning read $2.49 a gallon for regular.  The shutdown of refineries and pipelines combined with tightened access to supply, along with the anticipated holiday weekend demand, means drivers may have yet to see the full impact.  AAA Carolinas predicts a short-term price spike.  The […]

In his job as director of the Mountain Lakes CVB, Ken Sloan has charge of helping bring visitors to enjoy the attractions of Oconee County–a by product of which is the money that visitors spend locally.  This week, however, Sloan, a Houston native, has turned thoughts to the wrath from Hurricane Harvey and how that affects the low-lying Texas area.  […]

A new drug roundup across Oconee is producing multiple suspects and large amounts of illegal drugs.  Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says in traffic stops the last few weeks his officers have seized more than a quarter of a million dollars in illegal narcotics.  In the sweep that started yesterday morning, 23 people are sought on charges involving meth, marijuana, heroin, crack, […]

An Anderson County resident has died of West Nile Virus, and DHEC says that is the first such death this year in South Carolina.  The virus has been confirmed in samples of seven humans, 10 birds, and 55 mosquitos, though the risk of serious illness or death to humans is considered low.  Less than 1% of people infected develop a potentially […]