Category: News

The Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitor’s Bureau serving Oconee County announces that their Spring/Summer 2017 Visitors Guide has arrived. Charlotte Waters, Sales Manager with the Mountain Lakes CVB says scenic splendor and outdoor adventure are waiting to be discovered in Oconee County. “The Visitors Guide just came out and it is the Spring/Summer Guide so it will help you to […]

March is Women’s History Month and the Oconee Heritage Center (OHC) invites the community to celebrate with them, explains curator and director Leslie White. “On Thursday, March 2, at 7pm, the OHC shows the film, ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’, which is a documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women’s […]

Issaqueena’s Last Ride is scheduled for Saturday, April 22, and if you register today you can save some money. This challenging, mountain ride through the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and Foothills of South Carolina with the three longer rides highlighted by the climb to Wigington Overlook where one is rewarded with expansive views of Lake Jocassee and the surrounding Carolina […]

At 6pm on Monday, March 6, 2017, the Oconee County Planning Commission holds their regular monthly meeting. On the agenda, the commission is scheduled to continue discussions on conditional uses, sign control, and the control free district. The meeting is open to the public and takes place in council chambers of the Oconee County Administrative Complex at 415 South Pine […]

Beginning Friday, you won’t be able to drive into South Carolina without seeing that the state is home to the 2016 College Football Playoff Champion Clemson Tigers. The South Carolina Department of Transportation will install 13 highway signs noting the Clemson Tigers winning college football’s national championship. The design of the highway sign was unveiled Tuesday during Clemson Day at […]

An autopsy has been performed on 49-year-old Mark Anthony Land, who was the victim of a fatal mobile home fire at 195 Seneca Creek Road in Seneca that was reported early Monday morning. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that Land died from smoke inhalation. His manner of death has been classified as accidental.

An autopsy has been performed on the two men who died Sunday night in the mobile home fire at Brooksmore Road near Walhalla. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that positive identification was established through dental records. Addis says 53-year-old Alfonso Contreras died from smoke inhalation as did 49-year-old Charles “Charlie” Lee Brooks. Their manner of death has been classified […]

The Knights of Columbus hold their Annual Lenten Fish Fry each Friday 5-7:30pm, from March 3, until April 7. Come and enjoy your choice of fried or baked fresh fish plus french fries, onion rings, coleslaw, green beans, rye bread, and mac and cheese with beverage and dessert; all for only $10. In addition this year, enjoy cheese pizza for […]

The City of Seneca’s regularly scheduled work session on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, has been cancelled.

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces nine people were killed on state roadways over the weekend. As of Feb. 26, 2017, 136 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 135 highway deaths during the same time period in 2016. Locally, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety reports eight deaths each of the past two years […]