Category: News

A bill by U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan to help stop the exploitation of children has gained 31 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives.  Duncan sees the bill as a bi-partisan effort to require prison time for individuals convicted of importing “child-like sex dolls” into the U-S and adding the dolls to a legally-defined list of banned obscenities.  He calls the […]

Law enforcement authorities now say a 35-year old man fatally shot this month at a Seneca apartment complex was a case of self-defense and no charges are legally supported.  The fatality September 12 at the Fair Oaks apartments on Lindsay Road was Charles Antonio Clark.  The Seneca police say their decision follows interviews with 20 individuals and the gathering of […]

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Tuesday announced 739 new confirmed cases and 30 additional confirmed deaths.  One of those deaths was that of an elderly Oconeean on September 18.  Eight new confirmed cases of the virus among Oconee residents were part of yesterday’s report. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 137,406, probable cases to […]

South Carolina DHEC made the following announcement yestereday: “On September 21, Augusta University Healthcare in Georgia reported approximately 15,000 negative and positive test results to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). Those test results cover a time frame of March 18 through September 17. They are reflected in today’s cumulative numbers and are assigned to the […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office is part of this year’s “Operation Clear Track” — considered to be the largest rail-safety initiative in North America.  Coordinated by AMTRAK, Clear Track aims to reduce the number of railway crossing and trespassing incidents in the U-S and Canada.  Those incidents each year seriously hurt or kill more than 2,100 people.  The event is part of […]

A fifth student at Seneca High School has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the case reporting kept by Oconee School District.  A total of 753 students are enrolled in face-to-face classes so far this year at the high school. Classes re-opened their doors on August 24.

Getting into and around Columbia by interstate highway should be safer and more mobile by the year 2029.  South Carolina DOT has announced approval of the last major, federal permit needed to improve and re-build 14 miles of I-20, I-26, and I-26 corridor.  The project is called Carolina Crossroads, but the interchanges are often referred to as “Malfunction Junction.”  DOT […]

Chairman Lindsey Graham of the Senate Judiciary Committee delivered an answer yesterday to critics who say he’s gone political in the process to nominate a successor for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  The Republican U-S senator from Oconee says he’s had a change of mind about the judicial-confirmation process and believes it important to proceed right away to process any nominee put […]

If you’ve grown weary of locating a politician in real life and real time, try Clemson on Thursday evening.  The Clemson Farmers Market and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute are announcing a candidate town hall for 5 to 6 pm on the Green Stage at the Patrick Square Village, featuring candidates for Clemson mayor, city council, and the state legislature.  […]

The Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a skunk found near Walhalla in the vicinity of  Earlestead Drive and Wildwood Road has tested positive for rabies. One pet was exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act. The skunk was submitted to DHEC’s laboratory for testing on September 15th and was […]