Category: News

A 46-year old Oconee County woman died yesterday morning of complications due to smoke inhalation and thermal injuries suffered three months prior in a home fire near Seneca. Coroner Karl Addis said Linda Kay Christian died at 7:40 a-m yesterday at the Cottingham Hospice House. She was admitted to hospice February 1, after being discharged from the regional burn center […]

A wind-driven Sunday afternoon fire in Anderson County, across Lake Hartwell from Oconee, exacted a heavy toll: three houses consumed by flame and two other houses at risk. Fire fighters from the two counties were there nearly five hours. Three of acres of woodland caught fire, requiring the use of a state bulldozer. The fire was apparently spotted just before […]

Dr. Mike Lucas, Oconee Superintendent of Education, as a strong advocate for kindergarten, is urging all parents and guardians of children who turn five years old on or before September 1 to report to one of the county’s ten elementary schools during March and April to register for kindergarten sessions starting this fall. A variety of activities to strengthen math […]

Tonight’s Clemson City Council meeting has been cancelled out of respect for the wife of Councilman Butch Trent. Memorial services are scheduled today for Hazel Trent.

Applause rang out at Saturday’s Oconee Democratic Party meeting for three members in honor of February as Black History Month. “Black History month stories generally focus on nationally famous people,” said Rosellen Aleguire, chair, Oconee Democratic Party. “We felt it important to honor three of our own.” Those three are Dr. Al Gaines, Seneca; Beverly Jenkins, West Union; and Bonnie […]

The Academy Awards will be presented this week and two Clemson professors have reason to cling to the remotes just a little tighter when the winners are called. Jerry Tessendorf, director of Clemson’s Master of Fine Arts in Digital Productions Arts program, and Robert Geist, program co-founder and professor in the School of Computing, both developed software used for visual […]

A pickup truck, stolen late last week from the parking lot of a Westminster drug store, remains unaccounted for today, but the police chief says an active investigation into the theft remains in progress. Chief Dean Awalt says the 1994 two-tone green Ford F-150 displayed a South Carolina tag of 4-9-6-F-G and contained someone’s personal papers. According to Awalt, the […]

The public should be watching and listening for a South Carolina statewide test of its tornado alert system. The drill is planned for approximately 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, March 5. Television and radio stations, such as 96.3/WGOG, will participate through the activation of the EAS and a message from the National Weather Service, explaining that it is a test only. […]

A Clemson student pursuing a graduate’s degree is getting real-world experience as an intern at the office of Oconee Economic Development. Kirsten Pratt was introduced during Friday’s meeting of the Economic Development Commission. She joins an office staff of Richard Blackwell, executive director, and Russell Johnson, project and marketing manager.

Congressman Jeff Duncan chaired his first hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. Friday’s hearing addressed the Department of Homeland Security’s progress and shortcomings in implementing various missions and ensuring that taxpayer dollars are being spent efficiently.