Category: News

Emergency responders were busy yesterday with a car accident near Westminster on the Dr. John’s Road in which a car overturned near Barrett’s Way and three people were hurt. Charlie King of Oconee Emergency Services gave 101.7/WGOG NEWS these details:  “The wreck occurred around 4:15 yesterday afternoon on Dr. John’s road near Barrett Way.  Single vehicle with three occupants.  One […]

Seneca — James “Jeff” Fredrick Rees, Jr., 75, husband of the late Darlene Merritt Rees of 152 Stephens Farm Road passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.  A celebration of life will be held at 2 pm, Saturday, December 17, 2016 from the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home.  The family will receive friends from 12-2 pm, Saturday, […]

Boating is fun, but dangerous if those at the controls lack the necessary skills to navigate water.  A boater education class takes place Monday at the Clemson DNR Office from 9 to 3.  In South Carolina, all resident and non-resident boaters under 16 must successfully finish a course that is approved by the Department of Natural Resources before operating a […]

Clemson University awarded approximately 1,300 degrees today at graduation ceremonies in the refurbished Littlejohn Coliseum. The degrees included 1,028 bachelors and 255 masters. In a hooding ceremony Wednesday, 60 doctoral students received their Ph.Ds. Clemson President James Clements expressed his hope that the graduates got everything they expected and more from their time at Clemson – academic and otherwise.  

At Seneca, a state lawmaker said the public is finally beginning to see an appreciable amount of road paving, but Rep. Bill Sandifer concedes it’s not enough to allow South Carolina to get rid of its reputation as one of the states with the worst roads in the country.  Sandifer told the Seneca Rotary Club that the legislature has funneled […]

Those who believe meaningful improvement to South Carolina roads and bridges won’t take place until the state raises the gas tax may have an ally in the next person who occupies the Governor’s office.  Representative Bill Sandifer of Seneca today said Lt. Governor Henry McMaster “understands” when it comes to recognizing that South Carolina’s failure to raise the gas tax […]

An employer in Anderson County is in the expansion mode.  Governor Haley’s office this morning announced that Techtronic Industries, known as TTI, over the next several years will expand its Power Equipment Group’s operations in Anderson, make a $75 million dollar investment, and create 250 new jobs in the Upstate.  Headquartered in Honk Kong, TTI considers itself a global leader […]

Oconee County Council will sit down to an agenda Tuesday night containing a pair of big ticket spending items.  Each approximates a half million dollars.  The council will consider recommendations to spend $446,093.83 to buy a new 9-1-1 Center radio console system from Avtec of Lexington and $488,870.00 to Thomas and Hutton of Greenville for engineering services at the Industry […]

An eighth grader at Seneca Middle School won a VFW Patriot’s Pen essay contest.  Holly Whaley closed her winning essay with this statement:  “While working together, we can inspire each other to make America a place where others dream of living and where new beginnings are a reality.”  Holly’s essay will be submitted in district level competition.  The overall national […]