Category: News

It’s graduation day at Clemson University. More than 1,100 students are to receive diplomas in ceremonies at the Littlejohn Coliseum. Yesterday James Barker, the retiring Clemson president, thanked the faculty and staff during what was his last general faculty meeting. About 100 people attended the meeting held at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts.

President Obama is expected to sign a budget deal, but it’s a deal that South Carolina’s senior U-S senator opposes. Senator Lindsey Graham announced he voted in the minority, as the budget deal passed the Senate 64-36. Graham’s reason? The deal cuts retirement benefits for current and future military retirees. He calls unacceptable asking those in uniform to take a […]

An Oconee sheriff’s deputy spotted a suspicious car on the premises of a business closed for the night. That sighting two weeks ago led to the arrest this week of a 32-year old Seneca man, charged with possessing tools capable of being used in a crime. The deputy found a dark-colored Honda backed in close to a chain link fence […]

Campus police at Clemson arrested a Seneca man who they say entered a residence hall room and took items from a student’s purse. Richard Clayton Sr. was being held in the city jail charged with burglary first degree, financial transaction card theft, petty larceny, and trespassing after notice. The police believe Clayton followed someone into the locked Manning Hall and […]

Official word is out on two requests pending before the Oconee Capital Project Sales Tax Commission to share in the potential of one-cent local sales tax money. The board of trustees for the Oconee Public Library this afternoon announces a special meeting 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, January 8 at the Seneca Branch Library to review and approve an application “to […]

  A teacher at West-Oak High, Jill Moore, has become the Oconee School District’s 105th Nationally Board Certified Teacher. Earnestine Williams, district director for human resources, congratulated Moore by saying, “We commend her efforts as she continues to grow professionally to impact student learning in the classrooms.” Most states provide salary incentives and cover the cost for teachers to pursue the […]

Once a year, Oconee’s three state lawmakers gather in one public setting to talk about a new session of the legislature, as well as take the opportunity to hear directly from their constituents. State Senator Thomas Alexander, chairman of the Oconee Legislative Delegation, has announced the delegation’s 2014 public meeting will be 5:30 Monday evening, January 6 at the Seneca […]

Two city councils cast votes last night against the idea of releasing Oconee County from its annual obligation to pay the Joint Regional Sewer Authority $610 thousand a year. The city councils in Walhalla and Westminster, during their regular December meetings, convened open meetings following executive sessions to officially respond to JRSA resolution 2013-22. In each instance, the vote was […]

Walhalla has a new member of the city council. Kathy Rogers accepted the oath of office last night to begin a four-year term January 1. The ceremony, administered by Mayor Danny Edwards, took place during last night’s December council meeting. Two incumbents who gained second terms in last month’s election—Josh Holliday and Jennifer Woodward Crawford—also accepted the oath for their […]

Oconee County will get a smaller jail than first planned and at a lower cost than first estimated. Meeting with architect and contractor representatives and Sheriff Crenshaw, County Council approved a schematic design for a jail to hold 200 inmates, with emergency capacity for an extra 40 beds. It’s to be a 65 thousand square foot, two-story building to adjoin […]