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Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of the “100 Deadliest Days,” the period when teen traffic deaths historically rise, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Last year, there were 1,768 collisions resulting in 918 injuries and 10 fatalities in North Carolina and 1,008 collisions resulting in 501 injuries and 12 fatalities in South Carolina. AAA Carolinas spokesperson Tiffany […]
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The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of 11 persons killed on state roadways over the weekend. As of May 20, 367 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 400 highway deaths during the same time period in 2017. Of the 264 motor vehicle occupants who have died in 2018, 133 were not wearing […]
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AAA Carolinas projects an estimated 1,260,000 North Carolinians and 593,250 South Carolinians will travel this Memorial Day weekend, the highest Memorial Day travel volume since 2005 and an increase of 5% from last year, says AAA Carolinas spokesperson Tiffany Wright. “Although Carolinians will be filling up at the pumps with the highest gas prices since 2014, that won’t keep them […]
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The Board of Trustees for the Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) meets tonight, May 21, at 5:30pm in the Seneca Library, explains OCPL Director Blair Hinson. “The Board of Trustees meets every two months. Meetings are open to the public and comment is welcome at the beginning of each meeting.” The Seneca Library is located at 300 East South 2nd […]
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As the country mourns another school shooting and the loss of ten lives in the Santa Fe High School shooting in Texas, Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland is offering his condolences. “It’s just awful. It is becoming all too common and just something that we as a country need to, I guess, find strategies to prevent this from […]
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School is almost out, and summer reading is almost here. Sign-ups at all branches of the Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) begin today, May 21, tells OCPL Director Blair Hinson. “Readers of all ages will explore all things musical and geological this summer as the OCPL presents “Libraries Rock” during the summer program. Activities will include Stranger Things Fandom night […]
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Seneca’s Lunney House Museum has been chosen to a prestigious position serving the Southeast Museum Conference, explains Seneca City Museums Director and Curator Dr. John Martin. “We’re about to embark on a new road, I like to call it, the Southeast Museum Conference has awarded the Lunney House Museum as the House Museum Information Center for the 12 state area. […]
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The Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) invites you to roll on down to the Westminster Branch to kick-off the summer with the Happy Camper Party, tells OCPL Director Blair Hinson. “This program takes place on Monday, May 21 at 6pm. We will read camper stories like A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee. Each attendee will make their own paper RV […]
Read moreSouth Carolina’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in April, down from 4.4% in March as the number of employed reached a new all time high, reports the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce. The number of individuals working across the state inched upward in April by 318 people to a record level of 2,225,570. Unemployment decreased in […]
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The search resumed this morning, May 21, for a 18-year-old freshman at Clemson University who reportedly fell from the top of Whitewater Falls in northern Oconee County. According to Oconee County Fire Chief Charlie King, Sunday night a caller said that four people were at the river and that a woman had fallen approximately 70 feet. After being led to […]
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