Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The time to spring ahead arrives this weekend when clocks are turned forward one hour. The official return to Daylight Savings will be Sunday, which means sunrise and sunset arrive one hour later on Sunday, March 11, than the day before. The immediate benefit is more light in the evening. The immediate disadvantage is a disruption to the body clock, […]
Read moreOconee County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Mark Lyles was named as Oconee Officer of the Year at the 13th Annual Anderson, Oconee and Pickens Law Enforcement Appreciation Banquet, tells Jimmy Watt, Public Information Officer at the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. “The banquet was held on the campus of Anderson University and the Oconee Officer of the Year Award is sponsored by […]
Read moreGreenville Health System (GHS) and Clemson University are collaborating on research into an innovative treatment method for opioid-dependent newborns that significantly improves outcomes and reduces withdrawal symptoms by beginning low-dose medication within 24 hours of delivery, well before significant withdrawal symptoms can begin. The therapy proactively targets symptoms associated with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), the drug-withdrawal syndrome that can be […]
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If you have been thinking about how to show your support for law enforcement in Oconee County or how to help make our communities safer, one of the ways those goals can be accomplished is by participating in and being a sponsor of the 2018 Crimestoppers of Oconee County, Inc. Golf Tournament, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer […]
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Hamilton Career Center (HCC) Automotive Technology student Jeremy Welch, a senior at Walhalla High School (WHS), recently won first place in the South Carolina All-Star Automotive Contest held Feb. 22, 2018, at Midlands Technical College. Students were asked to diagnose and/or repair various automotive systems and components. The preliminary round was an online test of automotive knowledge. The top ten […]
Read moreThere have been fewer traffic fatalities in the tri-county area of Upstate South Carolina this year than last. According to the latest figures from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, there have been nine deaths on state roadways in 2018 compared to 14 in 2017 at this same time. Anderson County lists four deaths in 2018 compared to nine […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports that a Seneca doctor and two nurse-practitioners were arrested Monday and charged in warrants signed by an inspector with the South Carolina Bureau of Drug Control. Dr. James Ross Hanahan Jr. and nurse-practitioners Jessica Taylor Glymph and Carol Helene Meltzer-Beckenhauer stand charged with improper prescription of medications. All three were released from the Oconee […]
Read moreA fugitive named as a murder suspect in Georgia is now in custody in the Upstate, reports The Associated Press. Officials with the Anderson County Detention Center confirm Tyrus Clark was booked into jail at 2:26am Tuesday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigations and Hart County Sheriff’s Office sent out an alert Friday naming Clark as a suspect in the shooting […]
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The Clemson City Council held their regular monthly meeting Monday night but did not discuss the annexation of seven acres inside Hartwell Village that has been designated for the Lakeside Lodge condominium project. The developer of that project requested a delay in first reading of the annexation request as he awaits further incentives from the Oconee County Council.
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The Oconee County Chamber of Commerce invites the community to the ribbon cutting celebration of ComForCare on March 29, from 5:30-7pm. ComForCare is located at 135 K Eagles Nest Drive in Seneca.
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