Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Prescription opioid overdoses were involved in the deaths of 550 South Carolinians in 2016, underscoring the dangers of prescription drug abuse. In addition, first responders in South Carolina had to administer the opioid antidote naloxone to suspected opioid overdose victims 7,213 times in 2017, a 12% increase from 2016. On April 28, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental […]
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Improvements are coming to the recreation department in the City of Seneca. Tuesday night, Seneca Recreation Director Rick Lacey gave an update to the city council on the Recreation Master Plan. “We took six architectural firms and we interviewed them and we’ve come up with one. They’ve come back with a price around $40,000 to do it. It doesn’t qualify […]
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The City of Westminster is now taking sealed bids for the construction of sanitary sewer system improvements to Park Avenue and Pritchard Street. This involves the installation of approximately 3,466 feet of low flow eight-inch gravity sewer line with 23 manholes and all necessary appurtenances to replace and upgrade existing mains in the service area. This project is being funded […]
Read moreSouth Carolina ranks #6 in boating deaths and #8 in boating accidents, according to new research from the U.S. Coast Guard. Statistics also show that drowning was the reported cause of death in four of every five recreational boating fatalities across the country, and 83% of those were reported as not wearing life jackets. The National Safe Boating Council will […]
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The Oconee County Public Library announces that the Walhalla Library will close at 4pm on Thursday, May 3, for an invitation-only event for library volunteers. All remaining branches will close at their normal times on that day.
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At a special called board meeting today, April 25, the Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) accepted the recommendation of two new administrators, effective July 1, 2018. Stephanie Hammond was named the new principal of Blue Ridge Elementary. She has 29 years of experience as a teacher and administrator. She is currently the Principal of […]
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Earlier this month, two people reported to the Seneca Police Department that a man pointed a shotgun at them outside a bar on Highway 123. Police arrested 28-year-old Montrez O’Brian Jones of Seneca on two counts of pointing and presenting a firearm at a person, not in self-defense, on Monday. The incident happened on April 13, and the victims were […]
Read moreClemson University is making organizational changes to enhance overall public safety and emergency preparedness at all campus locations and properties statewide, reports the Clemson University Media Relations Department. Jami Brothers, who has worked since 2007 with the Clemson University Police Department (CUPD) and as chief of police since May 2017, has been named assistant vice president for security planning and […]
Read moreTwo notable South Carolinians will address Clemson University’s Class of 2018 during commencement ceremonies on May 10, and May 11. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Clemson alumna Nikki Haley (‘94) will address graduates from the College of Business and College of Education during the 2:30pm ceremony on May 10. Haley will also receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities. […]
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After almost 33-years serving the City of Seneca as a member of the Fire Department, the last seven years as chief, Jan Oliver announced Tuesday night at a Special Called Meeting of the Seneca City Council that he would be retiring in July. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander thanked Chief Oliver for his many years of dedicated service. Chief Oliver’s last […]
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