Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
More students are eating a well-balanced diet in the School District of Oconee County (SDOC). A new Food Service Dinner Program was recently launched ensuring that students eat well throughout the day, explains SDOC Chief Financial Officer Gloria Moore. “We have a program that is through the U.S.D.A. just like our lunch and breakfast programs, but it is administered by […]
Read moreThe American Red Cross is helping people in multiple states impacted by Hurricane Florence, providing food and shelter to the thousands of people who had to flee their homes. More than 17,100 people sought refuge in over 240 Red Cross and community shelters Friday night to escape the storm’s wrath. This includes at least 10,400 people in 153 shelters in […]
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There are no known storm-related outages on the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative system thanks to the hard work done by crews to keep the power on in the Upstate of South Carolina, explains Vice President of Communications Terry Ballenger. “Well I think we would consider ourselves fortunate here in the northwestern corner of the state in that we did have […]
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The School District of Oconee County (SDOC) has released school and district numbers for enrollment on day 15, tells Associate Superintendent of Administration Steve Hanvey. “Well on the 15th day we had 10,628 students in the district and across it has played about like we expected when we did our projections. Seneca Middle is a little higher than we had […]
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A team from Oconee County Emergency Management Services (EMS) has been deployed to assist with Hurricane Florence, tells Oconee County Fire Chief Charlie King. “Oconee County has deployed a four person swift water flood rescue group that has partnered with Anderson County to create a specialty strike team. They left the area last night and are in the Sumter area […]
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Seneca High School (SHS) seniors Rollins Baird and Samuel Dodd have been named National Merit Semifinalists. Being among approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, these two SHS seniors have the opportunity to compete for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million. Roughly 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered […]
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Tuesday evening, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca teenager in the shooting deaths of two men on the Utica Mill Hill Monday morning. Two arrest warrants for murder were obtained against 18-year-old Steven Lee Reynolds of 3 Padgett Street in Seneca in regards to the deaths of 54-year-old Timothy Wayne Caldwell and 29-year-old David Thomas Tranah, whose bodies […]
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As residents evacuate the coastal areas of South Carolina, Oconee County is preparing to greet some of them. The county’s three parks have hosted evacuees in the past and Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Phil Shirley anticipates seeing some more in the near future. “We do have a number of campgrounds here in Oconee County. It is a […]
Read moreClemson officials continue to monitor weather conditions in preparation for Hurricane Florence, which is expected to impact the East Coast. Faculty, staff and students should prepare by downloading and reviewing Clemson University’s emergency closing policy and procedures so you’ll know what to do if conditions deteriorate. University officials monitor local weather conditions before making decisions to cancel classes, close offices […]
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The Walhalla Fire Department announces that it will be testing fire hydrants during the next two months as part of its bi-annual maintenance schedule. Firefighters will be checking more than 200 hydrants starting on Sept. 20. Each hydrant will be tested to ensure it produces enough water to fight a fire. In addition, the bi-annual maintenance is a requirement of […]
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