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After two Westminster council members took opposite positions, Mayor Rick McCormick said he will devote part of next month’s meeting to whether his city is too aggressive in enforcing sign rules. A Bible class sign judged in violation of the city’s rules led to a debate last night between council members Yousef Mefleh and Bill Brockington that ended without resolution. […]

Westminster has a new budget in place for the new government year that beginin seven days. The budget ordinance passed last night, although two councilmen objected to what Mayor Rick McCormick described as a $10 thousand administrative package for Jeff Lord, who will start his second year as city administrator. Councilmen Doug Williams and Yousef Mefleh objected. But their sentiments […]

A 32-year old man in Anderson has been sent to prison for 40 years at the end of a murder trial in the General Sessions Court. Judge Scott Sprouse handed down the sentence to Jeremiah Johnson after a jury convicted Johnson of the murder and armed robbery of Chandrakant “C-J” Patel. Part of a family that managed an I-85 Exxon […]

An encounter with sub-surface rock slowed Streetscape progress late yesterday afternoon in Walhalla. The impediment caused by rock beneath the ground is something that workers expect to re-cur through out the project. The electrical sub-contractor has started the installation of underground power lines to replace those above street level. Yesterday work continued on the new sewer service connection for Martha’s […]

About every eight years, states that are home to fixed nuclear facilities are required by the federal government to prepare for the worst. Now it’s South Carolina’s turn. Next month in Florence, the state will host an “Ingestion Pathway Exercise”—during which the nuclear industry, state and county emergency management teams, radiation experts and others will devise intricate plans on how […]

The lunch meal you buy Saturday at Keowee-Ebenezer Fire Department will help a volunteer Oconee County fire department. Saturday’s BBQ lunch serves as the annual fundraiser for the department. You can dine-in or take-out a plate at the fire station, 7031 Keowee School Road, next to the elementary school. Plates are $8 dollars. You get BBQ, baked beans, cole slaw, […]

The City of Clemson requests motorists and the general public to use caution and expect delays through Friday when traveling through the intersection of Keith Street and College Avenue. As part of the Downtown LED Street Light Upgrade project, the traffic signals for the intersection will be temporarily disabled to allow for construction of the new street lights.  

Salem played host today to the visiting Marines. Thirty-eight Marines enjoyed breakfast this morning at the community building and were welcomed with remarks by the mayor, Dianne Head. Once the breakfast finished, the Marines were given a police escort leaving town for nearby Little River Community, where Little River’s Jim Williams will lead the Marines on a river adventure.

Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative plans to tell its story this summer of 75 years of rural electric power service. The anniversary will officially be marked August 14.

Workers completed repairs to a sewer line break near Seneca at 2:30 this morning. They replaced eighty-feet of pipe on the Reedy Fork Road, after seepage was discovered Monday. Workers from the Oconee Joint Regional Authority needed parts of two nights and one day. And they got help yesterday from the Westminster company, Tugaloo Pipeline. The line in question, 34 […]