Category: News

  Solicitor Chrissy Adams said this afternoon the criminal investigation of the death of Clemson student Tucker Hipps, after nearly a year, remains at a standstill.  That’s even though, Adams says, that the Oconee Sheriff’s Office has conducted a thorough investigation.  An account made public this week from a man who claims to have seen a student on the bridge […]

Any time schools go back into session it’s good advice to stay alert around school zones and allow for delays.  The opening of Oconee public schools on Tuesday carries special attention for a section of n. highway 11, the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, where a new $54 million dollar Walhalla High School will open its doors.  For the first time […]

  The crime of breaking into a motor vehicle near a Seneca intersection late yesterday afternoon is an investigation which has carried into today.  And Police Chief John Covington predicts warrants will be issued for a man identified as the suspect.  The incident began shortly before 5:30 p-m behind 100 Century Plaza Suite-9 when the owner of a truck found […]

  Oconee’s school trustees appear to be on board with the idea of moving the district’s career center inside an Oconee County industrial park.  At their retreat meeting this week, Board Chairman Andy Inabinet says, the trustees looked favorably on endorsing and supporting moving the Fred Hamilton Career Center from Bountyland to the county’s Industry and Technology Park on South […]

  The police in Seneca say a crime suspect drove his vehicle into a pair of squad cars early last evening as the police investigated a car break-in in the parking lot of a motel.  Chief John Covington says the incident started around 6 o’clock at the Best Way Inn on the By-Pass.  That led to a pursuit on nearby […]

The key to what a Clemson professor said this afternoon in Seneca is whether her audience could remember it.  For those of advanced age and even the young, Dr. Cheryl Dye gave tips on how to avoid the devastating disease of the mind, Alzheimer’s.  As the director of the Clemson University Institute for Engaged Aging, Dye spoke as a professional.  […]

Richard Blackwell works for Oconee full time to recruit economic development that brings jobs, creates local spending, and strengthens the tax base.  His efforts have been recognized by an upstate group that is in the same business.  The Upstate Alliance yesterday awarded Blackwell its “Economic Developer of the Year Award.”  The award was announced this morning by Glenn Buddin, president […]