Category: News

A large crowd was seated in the Duke World of Energy auditorium for Myles Standish’s presentation on what’s ahead August 21.  Standish is a former NASA scientist living in Oconee County who has experienced two total eclipses of the sun.  “It’s fascinating.  If you have a nice, clear sky, it really is kind of awe inspiring.  All of sudden daylight […]

High on the trial docket for next week’s term of Oconee General Sessions Court are multiple charges against a Pickens County man arrested last summer after alleged incidents at Lake Keowee.  The office of the 10th Circuit Solicitor has placed its case against Frederick Sloan Parrington of Liberty in second position for trial during court week—Monday, June 19 thru Friday, […]

Andy Inabinet, chairman of Oconee School Board, made the following announcement last night:  “The board is very pleased with Dr. Thorsland’s leadership and the direction he is carrying the district. He rated exemplary or proficient on all 8 evaluation indicators. The board will extend his contract 1 year and grant a 3% increase in compensation.”  That 3% increase will be […]

Seneca will be ready later this month to place its new budget plans before the public for comments and questions.  Spending projected over the next year is calculated at $42 million dollars in the six separate budgets that make up city government.  Seneca’s annual budget hearing takes place at 6 o’clock Tuesday night, June 27 at City Hall.  After the […]

Water spewed apparently from a water line break this morning on highway 28 near Halfway Branch.  By 5:30 enough water had flowed down a hill to form puddles on Walhalla-bound traffic side of the highway.  County Dispatch sent deputies to that scene.  

Once again, there’s a significant algae bloom increase in Lake Hartwell, and it’s affecting the taste of water distributed by the city of Clemson.  The city attributes this development within the last seven days to the increase in lake temperatures and the significant rainfall of May.  The Anderson Regional Joint Water System has conducted laboratory tests on the lake water.  […]

Three mental health counselors for the Oconee School District have quit their jobs—leaving the district with openings before the start of the new year in August.  Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, announced the resignations during this afternoon’s annual planning session of the county trustees.  No reasons were given during the discussion.  Thorsland said the plan is to ask the state Department […]

Only hours before they will be asked to take a final vote on their new budget, Oconee school trustees were told this afternoon that changes made in Columbia will mean an extra $885 thousand dollars in 2017-18.  Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, called the additional money a surplus.  And trustees, during their planning meeting this afternoon, discussed how to incorporate that […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office believes an argument on social media led to a confrontation Sunday night at a business near Seneca and the eventual arrests of two men.  49 year old Lloyd Elmer Pearson of Snead Road in Walhalla and 27 year old Novie Michael Phillips of Wolf Stake Church Road in Seneca were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center […]

Too much noise on the northern end of Lake Keowee has chased away the bird of long necks and long legs—the heron.  Much to the chagrin of Jack Lewis, president of FOLKS—Friends of Lake Keowee.  Lewis writes in the FOLKS newsletter about what happened this year to scare off the herons. The birds had created a nesting and breeding place […]