Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Each year in November, an awareness campaign takes place to educate people about Diabetes, which is a disease that affects people of all ages. From juvenile diabetes and Type 1 diabetes to Type 2 diabetes, those affected look forward to treatment developments and progress towards a cure. Dealing with diabetes is a difficult, daily routine for those who have it […]
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The most recent edition of the Southern Business and Development Magazine names South Carolina as the lowest cost state for manufacturing operating costs in the country, reports the Oconee Economic Alliance. The column references a study released by The Boyd Company earlier this summer. The study showed operating costs in South Carolina were the lowest out of the 48 contiguous […]
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With two varsity football teams playing Friday night in the first round of the state AAA playoffs, the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) reminds fans that they need to purchase a ticket. Oconee County Schools Assistant Superintendent of Operations Steve Hanvey says that season passes will not be accepted. “We’re excited about Seneca and Walhalla hosting first round playoff […]
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Now that it is November, people will be searching for something to do on Thursday nights as the City of Seneca has concluded another successful season of Jazz on the Alley. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander said it was a great seven months of free entertainment on Ram Cat Alley in downtown. “It was a great year and every year it […]
Read moreDaylight Saving Time ends at 2am on Sunday, Nov. 5, for most of the United States. Each year on the first Sunday in November, we revert or fall back to standard time. In the United States, each time zone switches at a different time. For the U.S. and its territories, Daylight Saving Time is not observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, […]
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The City of Clemson has released the agenda for the Regular Council Meeting on Monday, Nov. 6. Among other items, the Clemson City Council will receive a report and overview of the Berkeley Pedestrian Bridge ribbon cutting that is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 10, at 2:30pm, receive a report regarding construction and financial status of the City of Clemson capital […]
Read moreTri-County Technical College (TCTC) Commissioner Helen Rosemond-Saunders was named the Outstanding Trustee for the Southern Region by the national Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). She received the 2017 Southern Region ACCT Trustee Leadership Award at the annual fall conference. An Oconee County native and retired educator, Mrs. Rosemond Saunders was appointed to serve on the TCTC Commission in 1993. […]
Read moreThe City of Clemson Police Department announces that Detective Mike Arflin is the 2017 recipient of the Billy Wilkins Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement. It was presented by retired U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge William W. Wilkins, Jr., in a ceremony held at the Pickens County Courthouse. The presentation of this award began in 1984 in honor […]
Read moreA Seneca man will spend the next seven years behind bars after pleading guilty on Wednesday to multiple counts of trafficking in methamphetamine. Judge Cordell Maddox sentenced James Louis Gill as one of 16 defendants in what a state’s attorney called a major methamphetamine case in 2013. In addition, Gill will be placed under two years house arrest once he […]
Read moreThe name of the Westminster woman killed in an early Wednesday morning head on collision has been released. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis announces that 57-year-old Cynthia Wheeler died in the emergency department at Oconee Memorial Hospital from injuries due to blunt force trauma. The collision occurred on South Highway 11 near the intersection of Blackjack Road in Westminster. According […]
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