Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
With summer approaching, parents and camps alike are making plans for terrific, fun opportunities for young campers to learn new skills and grow in their confidence and abilities. The United States Attorney’s Office has taken the opportunity to increase the understanding of camp organizers and parents about the law that pertains to camps which ensures that all children are welcome, […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Walhalla woman Sunday on a charge of trafficking in methamphetamine, third or subsequent offense and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 36-year-old Rebecca Lynn Jones of Stribling Shoals Road. She has also been served a warrant for a probation violation. […]
Read moreToday we celebrate our teachers. This is National Teacher Appreciation Day, also known as National Teacher Day. The National Education Association describes National Teacher Day “as a day for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives.” Political and educational leaders began discussions for a day to honor teachers in 1944. In 1953, Eleanor Roosevelt persuaded […]
Read moreUnited States Attorney Beth Drake announces that on May 2, 44-year-old April Cormelius Miller of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced by District Court Judge Timothy M. Cain sitting in Anderson. Miller was sentenced to serve 135 months in the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be followed by 3 years of Supervised Release. Miller was charged with two counts of wire fraud. […]
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One store is now open and another soon to be open in Hartwell Village. Five Below opened May 4, and Marshalls will open May 10, in the shopping center at the intersection of Highway 123 and Highway 93 in Oconee County. Oconee Economic Alliance Executive Director Richard Blackwell gives an update on the progress being made at Hartwell Village between […]
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Tri-County Technical College (TCTC) holds their spring commencement ceremony tonight, May 7, at 6pm in Littlejohn Coliseum. Tommy Preston, Jr., director of National Strategy and Engagement and Government Operations at Boeing South Carolina, will deliver the commencement address. As director of National Strategy and Engagement and Government Operations, Mr. Preston focuses on regulatory, public policy, grassroots strategy and community engagement. […]
Read moreClemson University announces that Christopher Cox has been chosen as the new dean of libraries. He is the current dean of library services at the University of Northern Iowa. Cox will start on Aug. 1, at Clemson University. As dean, he will oversee 28 faculty and 58 staff members in the R.M. Cooper Library in the heart of campus along […]
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A fire destroyed a small home near Walhalla Sunday afternoon. The Walhalla Fire Department reports that no one was injured in the blaze that occurred on Orr Circle near Fowler Road. The small building used for a residency was burned and is now considered unlivable.
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service are seeking information about the assault of a postal employee last month, tells Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “The Sheriff’s Office first learned of a reported assault that occurred in the Long Creek area, near Academy Road and Spider Valley Road, late in the morning […]
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Sewer repairs continue on Bypass 123 in Seneca. Crews are trying to fix a sewer force main. The hope is the repair work will be finished by the early part of this week. For parts of late last week, the westbound lanes of 123 between the Best Way Motel and the Keowee Center Office Complex were reduced to one lane […]
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