Category: News

Seneca’s Jazz on the Alley is said to have accommodated its largest crowd of the warm weather seasons.  Stores and restaurants were crowded.  Last night’s attendance was bolstered for a couple of reasons.  One, the numbers of competitors in this weekend’s Road Titans bicycle competition and the influx of evacuees from the coastal parts of the state.  At a Clemson […]

A new stretch of four-lane U-S 76 awaits re-paving between Clemson and Anderson.  The contractor has announced that, thru Friday, October 14, men and equipment are  at work between  Westinghouse Rd at Bojangles to the Pickens Co line. They are in the process of milling the highway, prepping it for a new surface.  You are asked to pay attention to […]

The evacuation order has been extended to Jasper and Colleton counties in South Carolina. South Carolina fears storm surges from Matthew to surpass those of Hurricane Hugo.

All South Carolina voters will now have more time to return voter registration applications for the 2016 General Election.  This will provide additional opportunity for citizens to register who are affected by voter registration office and post office closures related to Hurricane Matthew.  Post offices are also closed on Monday, October 10 due to a federal holiday.  The following deadlines […]

  The new Dacusville fire substation in Pickens County will be dedicated during a 2 o’clock ceremony Sunday afternoon, October 16 at 120 Hamilton Road in Marietta. Refreshments will be served from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm with the ceremony to start at 3. Once the speakers finish, a plaque will be presented that recognizes all those who were involved […]

The office of 10th Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams will ask the courts to allow her to try Jesse Dewitt Osborne as an adult on the charges arising from the September 28 shootings at Townville. Adams seeks to have the 14-year old boy to stand in the General Sessions Court on the two charges of murder, three charges of attempted murder, […]

This month marks the second year of the Oconee hospital affiliation with the Greenville Health System, and the sole Oconeean member of the GHS board of directors says he believes the arrangement has worked for the best.  “I can’t help but think how fortunate we are, as a community, to be part of that system,” said Rick Phillips.  Like a […]

The Walhalla utilities superintendent says it’s only a matter of days before his city sends  an application that is a major component of creating a new water supply.  Scott Parris says the application to “FERC” for permission to place a water intake at Lake Keowee was delayed a week to accommodate Duke Energy’s request to review the document.  Walhalla intends […]

Eligible property owners on Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee have until Dec. 31, 2020, to apply for dock modifications to reach deeper water. The program allows dock owners to make permanent modifications to the use of their dockwhen lake levels may be lower, such as during an extended drought.  There are no fees to apply during a one-year special period […]

A phone caller recently told an Oconee County resident she had won a $1.6 million sweepstakes.  But the caller was a scammer and posed as a representative of the Publishers Clearing House.  All she had to do, the caller said, was follow instructions on how to claim the award.  She was asked to pay taxes on her winnings and then […]