Category: Sports

An 11-year old Seneca girl competed during the weekend in the regional motorcross competition in Tennessee.  Carmen Robertson was one of the youngest girls in the racing competition.  The daughter of Ryan and Ashley Robertson was attempting to place in the national competition planned later at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

For the latest week, the one that ended Saturday, June 13, a total of 19,368 South Carolinians filed first time claims for unemployment benefits.  That was some 3,300 fewer than the previous week.  However, the head of the state’s Employment and Workforce office says nevertheless, a significant milestone has been reached:  more than 600 thousand state residents have filed claims […]

A 24-year old Utica man was jailed late last week in an Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigation of burglary at a home in Utica.  The charges of grand larceny and first degree burglary against Robert Wesley Quarles II, 24 years old, arise from an April incident at a home on Padgett Street, Utica.  Clothes and electronic items were stolen, some of […]

Monday is the day that Seneca Light and Water re-instates normal customer non-payment fees and penalties.   On March 14th, Seneca Light and Water suspended all customer late fees and disconnections for non-payment in response to a request issued by Governor McMaster during the State of Emergency associated with the Covid 19 virus. Recently on May 13, the Governor’s office requested […]

A 50th year reunion planned next month for the Clemson class of 1970 has been called off by COVID-19.  That class hopes to re-assemble next year as part of a combined reunion with the 1971 class.  The ’70 grads included Charlie Waters, a football star from N. Augusta who went onto the pros and was part of the Dallas Cowboys […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Wednesdayy announced 125 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 8 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 9,175 and those who have died to 407. All of the eight deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Clarendon (1), Colleton […]

Seneca High School has announced that assistant baseball coach Matt Crowe has been named Head Baseball Coach for the 2020-2021 school year. Coach Crowe is a 2009 graduate of Seneca High School and was a member of the Varsity Baseball team.  Coach Crowe has taught in Seneca area schools since 2015.  He taught Physical Education at Blue Ridge Elementary from […]

The City of Clemson Brush Grinder is currently down for repairs again.  No mulch is available for pickup, and brush pickup will be slower as crews must take the brush to Pickens County rather than to the city facility. Clemson apologizes for the inconvenience, and will update when the grinder is back up and running. Residents can still drop off […]

In his briefing late this afternoon, Gov. McMaster announced an executive order requiring all people coming into South Carolina to self-quarantine for 14 days—especially those coming from the virus “hot spots” including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and New Orleans. Following McMaster, state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell reports an additional 84 South Carolina infections and four deaths—brings to 13 the […]

Weekdays security officer Hugh Gorie watches over the Oconee Nuclear Station. On selected weekends, Gorie helps keep alive a South Carolina tradition of community baseball. South Carolina likely will never have a Major League team, but the state has a long tradition with the sport. At 52 years old, Gorie is one of the oldest players in the Community All-Star […]