Category: News

Former Congressman Gresham Barrett asked the audience for the start of the new Oconee United Way campaign to grasp that the key to solve needs and problems can be as small as helping one person at a time. Barrett conceded that the problems and needs faced Oconeeans and their Upstate neighbors are great, but not insolvable. Barrett got emotional when […]

This is apple time in Westminster and Long Creek, but you could just as easily say it is quilting time across Oconee County. The Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail will hang its 100th quilt tomorrow morning at Westminster City Hall. Through September 30, a number of quilts are on display at the Oconee Heritage Center in Walhalla. They offer vibrant selections […]

The judges in today’s apple goods baking contest in Westminster are moving slowly, after having devoured samples of all entries. Here are first place winners: Kathy Duncan won for adult apple pie; Jessica Freeman, for apple cake. Youth winner was Luke Burton. Henrietta Wright’s apple crunch won for miscelleanous.

Clemson’s bio-engineering senior design team won the design competition of National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance for a novel chest tube anchoring device. The Clemson team included Brennen Jenkins of the Pickens County town of Liberty. The student team, under the direction of professor John DesJardins, partnered with Greenville Hospital System pediatric surgeons Dr. John Chandler and Dr. Robert Gates […]

An audiologist invites the public to learn about hearing loss and the aging process during a seminar tomorrow morning at her office in Seneca. Dianne Koglin’s seminar will be informal and doesn’t require reservations. It begins at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Mountain Lakes ENT and Allergy Center at 105 Carter Park Drive, Suite B, Seneca.

Westminster City Administrator David Smith is calling attention today to a new city ordinance that forbids visitors and vendors at the Apple Festival from bringing animals, such as pet dogs. For safety considerations, the city council passed such an ordinance and this year’s festival is the first one at which it’ll be enforced. Affected mainly are people’s pet dogs, but […]

Traffic congestion and general public safety concerns are always issues during the busiest part of the annual South Carolina Apple Festival. Interim Police Chief Mike Crenshaw is making some announcements about events beginning tonight and continuing through Saturday. Sections of Main Street, from Alley Street to Lucky Street, will be closed for this evening’s fish fry at 5:30. An area […]

The South Carolina Department of Commerce is drawing attention today to this year’s earlier announcement of BorgWarner to expand its Seneca plant by 30 new jobs. “We are pleased to move forward with our expansion plans in Oconee County. Demand for our products has increased and South Carolina has provided us with an excellent business environment, so this expansion is […]

Two Pickens County residents, one wanted for escape from a work detail, were corralled Tuesday in Lavonia, Georgia. WLHR Lake Hartwell Radio reports that Lavonia police were first alerted to the pair when one of them approached a Lavonia officer, exhibiting a bizarre behavior and asking strange questions. The police then kept their eyes on the two and saw their […]

The Clemson University Planning Office holds a community meeting at 6 tonight at the Madren Conference Center to discuss and receive comments on the conceptual plan for the Douthit Hills Redevelopment Project. Interested community residents are invited. Free parking is available at the Conference Center. No visitor’s pass is required.