Category: News

Oconee County Republicans hold precinct reorganization at 10 o’clock Saturday morning at party headquarters at 102 W. North First Street, Seneca. You can sign up to be a delegate to the county and state conventions. Refreshments will be served.

Beginning with the next school year, 2013-14, all students entering the seventh grade must receive or have already received a dose of Tdap vaccine on or after their seventh birthday to protect them from pertussis (whooping cough.) Your child’s school will need a South Carolina Certificate of Immunization showing the student has received this newly-required Tdap vaccine. According to Oconee […]

The state police have announced the arrest of an Anderson man after the discovery of a weapon inside a car on the Clemson campus. According to a “SLED” announcement, 19-year old Anderson resident Brandon Tyler Lowe has been charged with one count of carrying or displaying firearms in public buildings or adjacent areas. The charge is a felony offense that […]

In the case of James Bartee, all parties are now muzzled from making pre-trial comments to conventional and other types of media. A circuit judge today warned those involved in the Oconee County criminal case against former Sheriff’s candidate Bartee. Although both sides today accused the other of making the kinds of extra-judicial comments that could taint jury selection, Judge […]

A DOT official says the job of patching Oconee County roads is a year-round job. When it’s dry, according to DOT resident maintenance engineer Mike Smith, Oconee’s patching truck often applies several tons of solvent, to try to keep the roads and highways smooth to the motoring public. But it can be frustrating, as Smith says, “Believe me, we have […]

A Seneca spokesman quotes the utilities director as saying the boil water advisory that applies to rural sections of the city’s water service territory should expire by the noon hour. But Seneca’s Riley Johnson says until then customers should continue to boil water vigorously for up to one minute before drinking or cooking purposes. A water main break was the […]

Doors open at 6 tonight at South Union Baptist Church for a “Sewer South” meeting with Scott Moulder, Oconee County administrator. The meeting, sponsored by Voice of Southern Oconee, begins at 6:30.

Fire broke out in a home last night inside the Mountain Rest Volunteer Fire Department service territory. Mountain Rest fire fighters were joined by others to put out fire in a home on Apple Orchard Road. No injuries reported. The call was sounded shortly before 7:30 and fire fighters were there for nearly two hours.

Solicitor Chrissy Adams has disclosed details as to why she’s headed for court in Anderson tomorrow for a gag order in the state’s criminal case against James Bartee. Adams this afternoon announced she’ll move in front of Judge Lawton McIntosh to restrain parties from, what she calls, further extrajudicial statements. She’s alleging that Bartee lawyer Jake Moore is quoted in […]

The world’s largest Christian church elected a new leader on Wednesday. Seventy-six year-old Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected Pope by the Conclave of Cardinals meeting at the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Bergoglio takes the name Francis I. He relpaces Pope Benedict XVI, who resigned the position in February.