Category: News

Traffic both ways on parts of I-85 in Anderson County was moving slowly this morning past a serious accident scene.  According to reports, there were multiple vehicles and injuries.  The wreckage is believed to include tractor-trailer trucks at the 9-mile marker northbound. Backups were described as far back as into Georgia.

At their meeting on Monday, the commissioners who govern Tri-County Technical College will receive a projection on enrollment this fall.  Dr. Ronnie Booth, Tech President, will address enrollment–as well as several other items as part of his report at the meeting.  The Tech commission will meet at 12:30 pm Monday in the Pendleton Campus Board Room.

A serious I-85 accident this morning in Anderson County has created tie-ups for northbound interstate traffic as far back as into Georgia.  It’s a multi-vehicle accident, involving tractor trailer trucks, at the 9-mile marker.  Northbound 85 traffic is being urged to detour onto exit 4 at Townville.

Now that Clemson University has assumed maintenance for a long stretch of SC 93 thru the campus, those in the university’s planning and design office likely will look at what changes, if any, are needed.  SC 93 from the traffic lights opposite the President’s House to the Bill McLellan intersection across from the Esso Club could see change, officials have […]

South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott has joined a handful of his colleagues, a mix of political persuasions, to offer a bill to help the country’s young who are aging out of foster care.  The “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act” would allow priority preference for federal housing assistance for foster youth by allowing them to apply as early as 16 […]

A countywide fiber optic network outage means all branches of the Oconee Public Library will be closed tomorrow.  It’ll be a network connectivity issue.  One Tone is moving its equipment from Oconee County facilities to its own network operations center in Walhalla, and the libraries are among the customers to be affected.  The work is set to start at 6 […]

The Mountain Rest Observatory will see action on the day of the total eclipse of the sun.  Everyone seems to be in anticipation of the rare event.  Especially the amateurs who man the site.  Clemson scientist Andrew Mount says astronomers who will apply a telescope August 21 belong to the Chauga Village Astronomers and the Clemson Area Astronomers.  Mount told […]

Two Westminster area residents remained in jail today, charged with safecracking at Fair Play. Warrants against the defendants identify Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism as the victim of the crime.  According to the Sheriff’s Office, Sally Ruth Duncan and James Russell McCurley were arrested yesterday.  A deputy spoke to a PRT employee about the theft of money safes, called […]

Westminster plans to join the Great Oconee Cleanup effort this weekend with a litter pickup this weekend.  Volunteers are asked to gather at the Methodist Church on E. Main Street.  From there, according to Mildred Spearman, they’ll start to pick up litter between the backs of the E. Main Street and the railroad.  How far they’ll get will depend, in part, […]

From within the Oconee Public Library System, the trustees found their replacement for Phil Cheney, who resigned.  Alisa Suddeth, board chairman, said, “We received applications from all over the country, and our selection committee worked diligently to find the candidate who would best develop and guide our library system into the future.”  Blair Hinson has an undergraduate degree and a […]