Category: News

On Saturday, Aug. 13, the Walhalla Civic Auditorium (WCA) presents Songs of the Southern Appalachians featuring the Phil Cheney Minstrels. “The program will include a combination of English folk songs and ballads collected by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles in the Southern Appalachians Mountains during the years 1916 to 1918, Jack Tales, songs and stories about moonshiners, with an account […]

Easley resident Retta Sundblad was arrested Monday, Aug. 1, by South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) investigators on four counts of tax evasion. The SCDOR reports that on her 2011-13 South Carolina income tax returns, Sundblad failed to report a total income of $435,565 that she unlawfully received from her employer. She failed to file a South Carolina income tax […]

The August Business Forum of the Oconee Economic Alliance (OEA) will feature Dr. Patricia Layton, the Director of the Wood Utilization + Design Institute at Clemson University. Dr. Layton will provide an update on this new initiative, as well as new trends within the forest product development arena. Clemson University’s Wood Utilization + Design Institute is a multidisciplinary engine of […]

The School District of Oconee County recently released lunch prices for the 2016-2017 school year. Adult prices are awaiting notification from USDA. Student prices are as follows: ELEMENTARY Breakfast Lunch MIDDLE/HIGH Breakfast Lunch Reduced $0.30 $0.40 Reduced $0.30 $0.40 Paid $1.40 $2.05 Paid $1.40 $2.25 All registered students in the school district are eligible to participate in the National School […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces five people were killed on state roadways over the weekend. As of July 31, 2016, 528 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 554 highway deaths during the same time period in 2015. Locally, Anderson County reports 29 highway deaths in 2016 compared to 17 in 2015 at this same […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Central man early Sunday morning on multiple charges after a pursuit, explains Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division observed a maroon sports bike early Sunday morning traveling at a high rate of speed traveling west on Longcreek Highway near Welcome Church Road. When the deputy got behind […]

Celebrate the 2016 National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at Nettles Park in Clemson. Come meet your hometown heroes: police officers, firefighters, military, EMS, athletes, and more. Kids, dress as your favorite hero for a chance to win a prize. Free bike helmets go to the first 250 children at the event, which features free food, entertainment and activities […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations in Oconee County as a result of the drought that began on July 12, 2016. “Oconee County is eligible because it is contiguous to one or more primary counties in […]

With the national parties bickering back and forth, the best place to go to find out about the Presidential candidates might be online, says Clemson University Political Science Professor Dr. Joseph Stewart. “Yes I think so and like I say League of Women Voters and check out the third party candidates too. I think those are going to be interesting […]

The City of Seneca is set to receive a donation of museum contents this week. Seneca City Museum’s curator and director Dr. John Martin says the artifacts are being transported by large trucks this week from a low state mansion care of the South Carolina Art Museum in Columbia. Dr. Martin says the city is getting 2,100 pieces of furnishings, […]