No Spanish Story Time on March 28
The Oconee County Public Library announces that there will be no Spanish Story Time on March 28, at the Westminster Library.
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Tugaloo Pipeline of Westminster selected for Utility Work
At their meeting Tuesday night, the Oconee County Council selected Tugaloo Pipeline of Westminster for utility infrastructure work at the Industry and Technology Park off Highway 11. The county has approved $822,000 for the project, which will prepare the property for the Oconee Campus of Tri-County Technical College and the School District of Oconee County. Tugaloo Pipeline was second lowest […]
Read moreNew HVAC System approved for OC Courthouse
It should be much cooler this summer at the Oconee County Courthouse in downtown Walhalla. Tuesday night, the Oconee County Council approved the bid by Trane US Inc. to fix the HVAC system at the 15-year-old courthouse. The council gave 60-90 days for the project to be completed, which should be enough time before the worst heat of the summer.
Read moreDHEC helps SC Schools ‘Stop the Bleed’
In 2017, the Upstate Healthcare Coalition presented a project to provide stop the bleed kits to all regional schools in the Upstate, as part of the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) grant funding, through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This project proposal was presented to the […]
Read moreRecall of Maurice’s Southern Gold Honey Sauce
Piggie Park Enterprises Inc. is recalling Maurice’s Southern Gold Honey Sauce manufactured in the past two years (March 11, 2016 through March 11, 2018), because it contains undeclared wheat and soy. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to wheat or soy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products. Maurice’s Southern Gold […]
Read moreGraham says US must firmly push back on Russian Aggression
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday, March 20, made this statement on the phone call between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. “If White House reports are accurate, President Trump missed an important opportunity to mention the attempted murder of a former Soviet agent and his daughter in Britain or Russia’s continuing attacks on our elections during a phone […]
Read moreShooting reported in Pendleton
A shooting was reported early Wednesday morning in the Town of Pendleton. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies were dispatched just after midnight to the Palmetto Village Apartment Complex on Cherry Street and discovered a 31-year-old man bleeding from a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital as a forensics team arrived to process the scene of […]
Read moreLongtime Seneca Attorney honored for Service
After 32-years serving as Seneca City Attorney Mike Smith performed his final duty Tuesday night by swearing in the newly elected city council members. “It has been a great experience. The city has grown and changed a lot and of course we have had some problems but by in large it has been a really good experience and I’m honored […]
Read moreSeneca swears in New Council
The City of Seneca held a swearing in ceremony and reception for the newly elected council last night ahead of their regular monthly meeting. Newly elected W.C. Honeycutt Jr. took the oath of office along with incumbents; Scott Durham, Denise Rozman and Joel Ward. Then during the March meeting, the council reappointed the City Attorney, Municipal Judge, Associate Judge, Clerk/Treasurer […]
Read moreSCDOT closing Railroad Bridge on New Madison Road
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has received word that the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is closing the old, timber railroad bridge on New Madison Road due to its condition and that a new bridge will not be constructed due to other routes that access that area and the low-volume of traffic that used the bridge. According to information […]
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