Category: News

A 49-year old Pickens County man died in a motorcycle accident in his driveway.  Coroner Kandy Kelley said the victim, Gary Joseph Carlson, was a helmeted driver of a Harley Davidson in the accident Saturday night at 125 Lighthouse Lane, Pickens.  The accident is being investigated by the highway patrol.

A new bus stop has been established on the campus of Southern Wesleyan University in Central to serve students and others in the community.  The bus stop was made possible by collaboration among university officials and Clemson Area Transit, the Federal Transit Administration, Pickens County and the town of Central. CATbus’s fare-free system has served Southern Wesleyan’s campus for more […]

Oconee County solid waste facilities are open and operating today.

The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) will begin accepting Individual Income tax returns on Monday, January 23. Income tax returns are due Tuesday, April 18. The dates are consistent with dates set by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  The announcement includes the following:  “While the SCDOR’s anti-fraud measures remain aggressive, we do not anticipate delaying South Carolina Individual Income tax […]

The economic development recruiter for Oconee County, Richard Blackwell, senses a return of vibrancy to the economy.  Case in point, he says, is the latest Oconee jobless rate which, at 3.8%, is below that which experts regard as full employment.  With relatively so few county residents who are out of work and who are looking for work, Blackwell was asked […]

A home fire was reported during the midnight hour in a rural section of Oconee County near Westminster.  No one reported hurt.  The fire is said to have occurred at a home in the vicinity of Oliver and Mount Tabor roads.  Fire fighters spent nearly five hours at that scene.

Noted author and university President Walter M. Kimbrough will be the keynote speaker at Clemson University’s 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. The service is a highlight of the annual celebration of King’s legacy. Kimbrough is the president of Dillard University in New Orleans. He has been recognized […]

By the sound of her report today, Caroline Warner, the marketing and research director for the public-private partnership Oconee Economic Alliance, expects to spend a very busy 2017—advancing the cause of Oconee County economic development.  Warner today left the board of directors with a couple of unanswered questions—the answers to which she will strive during the next 12 months to […]

  The new Oconee Chamber of Commerce has secured Henry McMaster as a speaker for an event next month, and the question at the forefront is when McMaster makes his appearance will it be as Lieutenant Governor or as Governor.  Regardless, chamber leaders are looking forward to McMaster speaking at their event on Friday, February 17.  The announcement was made […]