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Senator Tim Scott and his fellow Republican, Mike Crapo of Idaho, have sent a letter to the acting Social Security commissioner asking to immediately reopen SSA’s field offices to the public. In March of last year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) suspended in-person services because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter from the two Senators stated that the suspension “created […]

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Office is accepting natural Christmas trees (no artificial trees) for recycling beginning Dec. 26, 2021, through Jan. 26, 2022. Christmas trees can be dropped off at designated donation sites at Big Oaks and Poplar Springs boat ramps in Georgia and in South Carolina at Twin Lakes and Coneross Creek boat ramps, […]

(Walhalla, SC)————–An investigation into the theft of a Bobcat Loader and an Interstate Trailer, with a combined value of $73,000, has led Investigators from the Criminal Investigations Division of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office to charge two men in the case with one count each of Grand Larceny. 25 year old James William Green and 26 year old Matthew Kevin […]

Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said that a motorcycle rider has died following a crash in Anderson County late last week. It happened this past Thursday evening around 5:45pm on US 76, about two miles east of Pendleton. He joins us now with more…

No one was hurt during a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday evening, according to reports. State Troopers responded to the scene around 6:00pm on US 123 near Jacobs Road, which is between Seneca and Clemson.

Nearly three-quarters of $1 million dollars in American Recovery Plan money allocated to Oconee County is on its way to hundreds of county workers who stayed on the job during the first year of the pandemic. At the request of County Administrator Amanda Brock, last night the county council agreed to consider an ordinance, to be devised by the county […]

It’s another Hall of Fame for talk show host (and Oconee County resident) Jim Bohannon, who has been selected as a 2022 NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee. The host of the Westwood One-syndicated “The Jim Bohannon Show” will be honored during the Achievement in Broadcasting event, held April 23–27, 2022 in Las Vegas. Bohannon was inducted into the Radio […]

Clemson Eye broke ground Tuesday afternoon on a new expansion project in Oconee County. Neil Workman, a general contractor with the Trehel Corporation who is building the new facility, said the two story office will be conveniently located… Clemson Eye CEO Mary Lou Parisi said that the practice currently has locations in Clemson, Greenville, and Simpsonville, however, she said, many […]

The City of Clemson is holding their 28th Annual Christmas Parade tonight. The Magic of Christmas has been selected as this year’s theme. The parade route will run from College Avenue to Strode Circle in downtown Clemson and begins at 6pm. Activities will start at 5pm, however road closures from College Avenue to Keith Street begin at 3pm this afternoon. […]

Attorney for the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority Larry Brandt said he does not need co-counsel to properly advise the sewer commissioners on Seneca’s threat of a lawsuit centered on board re-alignment, but he is willing to work with a second attorney, the authority’s bond counsel Lawrence Flynn. Brandt made clear that, from his reading of the language that created […]