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Michael J. French, a 40-year-old from Pendleton, South Carolina, was recently charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for defrauding investors and misappropriating millions of dollars. French and his companies, MJF Holdings, LLC and MJF Capital, LLC, allegedly sold high-yield promissory notes, falsely claiming they were backed by a low-risk investment program that loaned to small businesses or invested […]

All branches of the Oconee County Public Library will be closed on Friday, April 7, for a staff training day. In addition, the Seneca and Walhalla locations will be closed on Saturday, April 8, for Easter weekend. The virtual location, oconeelibrary.org, will be available for e-book and audiobook downloads, streaming movies through Kanopy, and magazines through Flipster. All due dates […]

Clemson City Council met last night for their first regular meeting of the month. Mayor Robert Halfacre joins us with highlights from the agenda…

Roel Cruz has announced that he will challenge Jim Mann for the Oconee County Republican Party chairman position during the party’s convention at the Gignilliat Center in Seneca at 10 am on Saturday, April 15th…

Ahead of National Arbor Day, held this year on April 28, Walhalla was recently named a 2022 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to effective urban forest management. Walhalla achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program’s four requirements: maintaining a tree board or department; having a tree care ordinance; dedicating an annual […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. ― The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is making it easier for customers to view retail food establishments’ inspection histories by adding QR codes to the Food Grade decals located at the main entrances. Since 2016, DHEC has provided inspection reports on its S.C. Food Grades web application. The new QR codes will give patrons an […]

A 14 year-old is in custody at the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia after a dispute led to a shooting Monday afternoon in the Loran Pointe subdivision. Chief Casey Bowling with more…  

Clemson City Council will hold a regular meeting this evening in the Council Chamber of Clemson City Hall. The meeting will commence with a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. to discuss an application for the Community Development Block Grant Program, followed by the regular council meeting at 6:30 p.m. The agenda includes a discussion on the South Carolina Public Invocation […]

An 80-year-old woman was killed when she was crushed by a newly installed dumbwaiter in her Keowee Key home in June 2020. In a recent hearing, a judge ruled that $1.5 million would be awarded to settle the wrongful death case of Mary Susan Crerar vs. John Andrews and others. The victim’s daughter testified that her mother lost her life […]

Clemson Mayor Robert Halfacre has stated that the city engineer reviewed the latest inspection report of the 123 bridge connecting Clemson and Oconee County and found nothing concerning. The inspection, conducted last summer on a Jon Boat with an underwater inspection, did not raise any alarms. Halfacre emphasized that the bridge, which is 65 years old, is the responsibility of […]