Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
$30 million investment will create 215 new jobs over the next five years COLUMBIA, S.C. – Impact Housing Group, a premier manufacturer of modular design housing, today announced plans to establish operations in Oconee County. The company’s $30 million investment will create 215 new jobs over the next five years. Impact Housing Group is a fully integrated, volumetric modular housing company […]
Read moreCongressman Jeff Duncan was in Anderson yesterday for his annual Faith and Freedom BBQ, the largest gathering of Republicans in South Carolina. Duncan was joined by Governor Henry McMaster, Senator Tim Scott and special guest keynote speaker, Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. At the event, held inside the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Center, Representative Duncan offered his thoughts on […]
Read moreClemson Area Transit – “CATBus” – has been authorized to use $3.9 million in federal funding to purchase up to five electric buses to replace diesel buses that are no longer useful. The announcement came from the Federal Transit Administration, who said that $1.66 billion of the new infrastructure law has been set aside to help fund projects just like […]
Read moreZoning Administrator for the City of Seneca Tracy Chapman said that an item on last night Board of Architectural Review agenda was tabled until the next meeting. The owner of the property at 105 North Fairplay Street, East North Academy Investors, and the applicant, Nathan Guinn Real Estate Law, are seeking a certificate of appropriateness to wash and paint the […]
Read moreAugust 27 isn’t just another Saturday….it’s “Caturday”!! Oconee Humane Society is hosting a very special adoption event at the Seneca PetSmart from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. People can meet adorable cats, kittens and dogs who love them, AND adopt for only a $10 fee. This is a tremendous value as all pets are spayed or neutered, have age appropriate […]
Read moreCOLUMBIA, SC — The McMaster-Evette Campaign released the following statement on Dr. Fauci’s retirement: “Dr. Fauci has done more damage to American children and to the people’s faith in the American public health system than almost anyone in our nation’s history. What should be scary to every South Carolinian is that if Joe Cunningham was governor, each and every recommendation he made […]
Read moreAnderson County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Carrie Skeen said deputies need your help locating a suspect involved in a weekend shooting incident that happened on on Glendale Road around 3:00pm Sunday afternoon. She said no one was hurt, but that detectives are trying to determine the exact vehicle that was implicated in the incident… Anyone with information is asked […]
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Starting today, crews will begin replacing the water lines located on Gaston Circle, Jenkins and Hall Streets in Westminster. Work is expected to last until the end of October. Water customers in Westminster may encounter construction crews along streets and in front of residences. Funding for the project came from the American Rescue Plan Act. Those with questions or concerns […]
Read moreSouth Carolina Department of Social Services has partnered with the United Way on a new texting feature that connects families and individuals to DSS resources. The department is now utilizing the United Way’s 211 service, an automated texting platform, to meet users in need of help. Oconee United Way Director LaShauna Harrison has more… The service is made possible by […]
Read moreAccording to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Thursday Sheriff’s Deputies charged 38 year-old Carrie Leigh Radford of Westminster with Grand Larceny. Her bond was set at $30,000 and she remains in jail at this time. Also on Thursday, Bradley Lee Webb, age 32 of Walhalla, was arrested by Sheriff’s Deputies on charges of receiving stolen goods […]
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