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Nearly eight of ten Oconee public school students are back in their classrooms.  The school district is making known today 10-day enrollment numbers for the three high schools.  Of Walhalla’s total enrollment of 1,169, 958 students are taking face-to-face instruction.  Seneca has an enrollment of 1,010.  Of that number, 753 are in classrooms.  West-Oak’s 10-day enrollment is 824.  Of that […]

Residents of Seneca’s Adams subdivision are organizing to better protect themselves from a crime spree that apparently has had its origins with an EF 3 tornado.  A group of subdivision met last night with Police Capt. B-J McClure to learn how a neighborhood watch program can help combat thieves who’ve picked on cars, garages, and un-occupied houses.  The Adams subdivision […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The former school building in the heart of Fair Play that used to serve as the Fair Oak Youth Center is in a sorry state of repair and contains asbestos and lead paint, and no one at present seems to know what should be done with it. The property, still owned by the Fair Oak Youth Center organization, has been […]