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The Algebra 2 students at Tamassee-Salem High School celebrated Earth day in a unique way. The students participated in a project based on a learning unit on Solar Cooking with Conics. The students were given a task of constructing solar cookers out of materials they had in their own homes, utilizing Algebra 2 ideas of conic sections, in order to […]

Between May 4 and 7, approximately 150 civilian and military personnel with gather in Greenville for the annual Mobil Airborne Fire Fighting Systems or MAFFS training and certification. During these training session, military C-130s equipped with MAFFS will drop water on 4 target sites identified in the Pisgah National Forest, Sumter National Forest, and Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. The training will […]

A young Seneca man has been jailed by sheriff’s officers in the investigation of an incident near Carson Road. The Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Jarrett Lee Honeycutt and a warrant charging the 18-year old with assault and battery first degree. Four deputies showed up on Wood Gate Drive Thursday night after being told that a machete was used […]

Motorized traffic slowed or, in some instances, was forced to come to a complete stop these past two days, as 123 from Seneca to Clemson was used as the route for bicyclists competing in national competition.  Devoting the passing lanes of 123 from Seneca’s Lindsay Road to 93 and 123 on the Oconee County side near Clemson forced normal car […]

Today’s Westminster cleanup has been rained out until Monday. Bill Brockington hopes everyone will join him and other Westminster Rotarians to help clean up the city to get ready for Mayberry Days. The cleanup is now rescheduled for 4 to 6 o’clock Monday evening.

The Oconee FOCUS broadband project and the Oconee Public Library recently collaborated to bring Wi-Fi to the community clubs in Long Creek and Mountain Rest. With the infrastructure in place at the communities’ fire stations, the Wi-Fi signal for accessing the Internet was extended to the adjoining community clubs. And Phil Cheney, county library director, says it means that residents […]

An Easley woman arrived a few minutes late for the start of her trial in Walhalla. Teresa Annette Davis told Oconee General Sessions Judge Lawton McIntosh that she had car trouble in what, for her, was a bad week. Davis’s week got worse yesterday when she was found guilty on two charges and sent to prison for 18 years. She […]

Attorneys for Seneca are back in the city Municipal Court seeking a judge’s order to hold a downtown building owner in contempt for failure to follow an earlier order. A motion hearing is pending for an order and rule to show cause involving the city and Efford Haynes, the downtown building owner. Haynes owns the building that used to be […]

Thirty truckloads of concrete were poured this week at the construction site at the Seneca Water Treatment Plant. It’s a multi-million dollar upgrade that is proceeding well, according to Bob Faires, Light and Water superintendent. The Harper Corporation of Greenville is the general contractor for the work. Faires predicts the work will finish earlier than next year’s contract end date.

More than 1,300 athletes from across the country are in the Clemson area today and tomorrow for national championship competition in the USA Triathlon’s Collegiate Club. The main venue is Campus Beach, but the run route will follow highway 93 into Oconee. The bike route takes place at 93 and 123. Racing is scheduled to start at 9 this morning […]