Category: News

Guardian Innovations announces that they have won the initial NFL HeadHealthTECH Challenge I for their Guardian Cap. As part of its Play Smart, Play Safe initiative, the NFL is awarding funds to companies who have a dedicated plan to, “develop new and improved helmets and protective equipment over the next three to five years.” The Atlanta based company manufactures a […]

Walhalla Elementary School hosts its Annual Spring Carnival on Saturday, April 22, from 11am to 3pm. The community is invited to come enjoy inflatables, face painting, cake walk, dunking booth, bingo, and food. There will be nachos, pizza, popcorn, shaved ice, and drinks. With the purchase of a $10 wristband, you receive unlimited access to the inflatables and bingo games. […]

The West-Oak High School (WOHS) Theatre Department will present Peter Pan as their spring production on April 26-28 at 7pm in the school’s auditorium. J. M. Barrie’s story of Peter Pan’s never-ending childhood and his adventures on the mythical island of Neverland has delighted audiences for decades. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for ages 6-18. School District of […]

Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw will be auctioning to the highest bidder drug seized vehicles and equipment on Saturday, April 29. The auction will take place at the Oconee County Vehicle Maintenance Facility, which is located at 15026 Wells Highway in Seneca. The auction begins at 9am and will conclude when all vehicles and equipment are sold. The vehicles and […]

As the final days tick down until The Great Oconee Clean Up, the organizers of the event are looking at April 22, as not the end but really and truly a beginning. A beginning that Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw hopes to see grow and expand in the months and years to come. “We don’t want this to be a […]

Roadway fatalities are holing steady in the tri-county area of Upstate South Carolina through the first three and half months of 2017. According to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Anderson County has experienced 13 deaths in 2017 compared to 15 in 2016 at this same time. Pickens County lists five in 2017 and four in 2016. Oconee County […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is seeking help in tracking West Nile virus (WNV) by asking the public to submit certain species of dead birds to local offices for testing. “The dead bird surveillance program plays a key role in alerting the department to West Nile virus activity across the state,” said Dr. Chris Evans, […]

The Oconee County Council welcomes a developer to build a housing development designed for college students at the eastern end of the county near the campus of Clemson University. Tuesday night the council approved on first reading an ordinance and passed a resolution for a fee-in-place-of tax agreement and special source credits for the developer who will not be identified […]

Two recent incidents on property of the city’s former all-black high school during segregation are troubling Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander. On April 18, two men were injured in a shooting and on April 8, vandals did $30,000 in damage at Blue Ridge Park. “I hate to hear stuff like that because there were two non-life-threatening incidents but very easily things […]