Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster recently sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging him to rescind the federal vaccine mandate on National Guardsmen, explaining why it is likely unlawful, and advising him that South Carolina will take no part in punishing guardsmen who choose not to get the vaccine. To view a copy of the letter, […]
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Seneca City Council will hold a work session and special called meeting tomorrow evening at 6:00pm in council chambers at Seneca City Hall. On the agenda for the work session, the council is set to discuss city wide landscaping, upcoming vehicle and equipment leases, as well as the city’s annual July 4th celebration and Youth Festival, which was inaugurated last […]
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The Oconee County Planning Commission will meet at 5:00pm this Thursday in the county council chambers at Walhalla. Planning Commissioners will entertain public comments on ideas regarding the Highway 123 curb cut and auxiliary lane ordinance before they are scheduled to vote on the matter that same evening.
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n Westminster, two women and three men were first day qualifiers on Friday for three county council seats that are available. A special election will be held in April for those seats, which were left empty upon the sudden January resignations of Brad Chastain, Danny Duncan and Rusty Cater. On Friday, Adam Dunn, Robert McDaniel Morrill, Susan Alexander Ramey, Jerry […]
Read moreSeneca native and local entrepreneur “Jazzy” Jeff Bright has made his intentions known that at 9:00am on Tuesday, March 1st, he will officially announce his candidacy as a Republican for Oconee County Council Seat 3, which is being vacated by current council member Paul Cain, who has chosen to not seek re-election… Also, longtime Duke Energy worker Don Mize, recently […]
Read moreStarting at noon on Wednesday, March 16 will be a two-week period in which candidates for governor, a slew of other state and certain federal offices, as well as for various local offices, are to officially qualify for this year’s primary elections. Qualifying ends at noon on Wednesday, March 30, with March 31st the deadline for political parties to hold […]
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The Greenville County Coroner and the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating a deadly accident that happened Sunday morning around 9:30am on Whitehorse Road near Danhardt Street. Master Trooper Gary Miller said 57 year-old Clemson resident David J. DeGroot, II was driving a Freightliner that was hit head-on by a sedan. Here he is now with more…
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Master Trooper Gary Miller with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said one person is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Anderson County Friday night. It happened at about 10:40 p.m. on I-85 South, about 7 miles south of Anderson and he joins us now with more… The Anderson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Eder Omar Acevedo Chavez, 24, […]
Read moreAn approximately thirty second video that began on TikTok has made it’s way to other social media platforms, and appears to paint School District of Oconee County superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland in a negative light. Dr. Thorsland issued the following statement this morning: Last week I attended a follow-up faculty meeting at one of our elementary schools. A very short, […]
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Clemson Police are investigating a homicide. Officers responded around 1:00am Saturday to the Village Green Apartment Complex and found a man that had been shot to death. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as Gerard Traver Ouellette, age 24 of 1108 Tiger Blvd, Apt 149 in Clemson. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone with information is asked […]
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