Category: News

Clemson University graduation ceremonies return tomorrow to the refurbished Littlejohn Coliseum.  Bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates receive their diplomas according to college designation in 9:30 am and 1:30 pm ceremonies.    

The Mountain Lakes AccessHealth Community Dental Clinic recently received two grants to help offset Oconee’s only free dental clinic.  The Patterson Foundation awarded a $9 thousand grant and the Allstate Foundation awarded a $1 thousand grant.  The part time clinic is located inside the GHS Oconee Memorial Hospital and is the only dental clinic of its type to be housed […]

The fire ban has been rescinded at the three Sumter National Forest districts, which include Andrew Pickens.  The lack of rainfall prompted the Forest Service to implement fire restrictions in mid-November as a precautionary measure.  That limited campfires to developed recreation areas in two districts and restricted all fires on a third.  Campfires are now permitted outside dev eloped recreation […]

The police in Westminster are on the lookout for the driver or drivers responsible for a weekend of property damage.  Chief Dean Awalt said the damage occurred last weekend when mailboxes and garbage cans were run over in several parts of the city.  Awalt said the police are also investigating a report of a rock thrown thru the window of […]

At Walhalla, rain drops on car windshields did not register on the Official Weather Observer’s report for the past 24 hours.  The prominent weather condition this morning is fog that is causing problems for drivers.   But, according to the Army Corps of Engineers, the first six months of 2017 are going to determine how much worse the drought is going […]

A statewide group is offering help to South Carolinians trying to make sense out of options for marketplace health insurance, as national insurance law deadline looms tomorrow. One of the locations that the Palmetto Project’s signupSC network will have enrollment assisters available this afternoon from 12 to 3 is the Pickens County Library at Easley.  Free appointments may be made […]

The police chief in Lavonia, Georgia has identified the two policemen shot and wounded Monday night and given further details as to what happened in the parking lot of a Zaxby’s restaurant near I-85. Chief Bruce Carlisle said when the officers discovered a car driven by Khari Anthony Dashuan Gordon of Greenville was stolen, the officers attempted to arrest him. […]

Members of Seneca City Council hesitated last night to authorize a celebration on Ramcat Alley on New Year’s Eve in which the one block street would be shut down to vehicular traffic.  The idea, according to City Administrator Greg Dietterick, would be to allow for a large screen TV on which revelers could watch the Clemson-Ohio State national playoff game […]

An Oconee County Council committee will recommend the construction of a spec building at the Golden Corner Commerce Park at Fair Play.  Council members Cain, Dexter and Thrift, meeting last night as the council’s Planning and Economic Development Committee, voted to apply for a $3 million loan through the state’s Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper. The recommendation is subject to […]

Lawyers argued today in an Oconee courtroom to throw out civil claims against a bank and one of its former officers.  But the judge hearing the arguments indicated he first wants to read written arguments in the case of Debbie Baker Brookshire versus Community First Bank and former banker Benjamin Hiott.  Already, the court heard, 40 thousand pages of documents […]