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The City of Seneca treated kids at Halloween on the Green Tuesday night at Norton-Thompson Park in downtown. Activities included a costume contest, free hot dogs and candy, and pumpkin painting for kids. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander was excited to see so many community members. “The weather was perfect, it was too hot and it wasn’t too cold. The kids […]
Read moreThree noteworthy weather events were recorded in October by Official U.S. Weather Observer Barbara Wilson from her weather station in Walhalla. “Here at Walhalla we had three major rain events for a total of 11 inches. We started out sort of warm with 79 degrees and it went to as far as 86 degrees by mid-month and then it went […]
Read moreThe Advisory Board for Clemson University’s Rutland Institute for Ethics has selected Joseph P. Riley Jr., former mayor of the City of Charleston, to receive the 2018 James F. Barker Ethics in Action Award. Bestowed upon an exceptional individual whose actions exemplify integrity, the James F. Barker Ethics in Action award brings ethics into focus through real-life application. It is […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Walhalla man Tuesday on a fugitive from justice warrant. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center by a deputy from the Warrants Division was 40-year-old Robert Andrew Prang, Sr. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office received attempt to locate information on Prang, Sr. from the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office. A deputy from the Warrants […]
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Tri-County Technical College’s (TCTC) Veterinary Technology Department will hold a Pet Adoption Day on Thursday, Nov. 16, from 2-6pm at Halbert Hall on the Pendleton Campus. Dogs are leash trained and taught basic commands, while the cats are socialized with people and other cats. All animals have been spayed or neutered and vaccinated. There is a $45 fee payable at […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reports that the state’s infant mortality rate remained at seven deaths per 1,000 births in 2016. This data also showed four fewer deaths in 2016 than in 2015. While recent data indicates a slight increase in infant mortality among some populations, an analysis of the agency’s data shows a 26% […]
Read moreAn early morning head on collision near Westminster has claimed the life of a Westminster woman, reports Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis. This collision occurred at approximately 8:15am on South Highway 11 near the intersection of Blackjack Road in Westminster. The deceased was driving north on SC 11 when her car went left of center and was struck by a […]
Read moreU.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued this statement on Tuesday, Oct. 31, ahead of the hearing titled “Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online: Working with Tech to Find Solutions”. The subcommittee received testimony from representatives for Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as experts in […]
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Normal operations were halted this morning at the Oconee County Courthouse in downtown Walhalla after a bomb threat was made, tells Jimmy Watt, Public Information Officer with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. “Our E-911 Communications Center received a phone call around 8:34am this morning from an individual who claimed that the courthouse in Walhalla was going to blow up. So, […]
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Community, business, industrial, government and political leaders from Anderson, Oconee and Pickens counties attended Tri-County Technical College’s (TCTC) Annual Report Luncheon on Oct. 24. TCTC Public Relations Director Rebecca Eidson says it was a great event on the College’s Pendleton Campus. “Every year Dr. Booth hosts an Annual Report Luncheon for business, industry, and community leaders in Anderson, Oconee and […]
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