Category: News

Stop into FATZ on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 8:30-10am and help support the United Way of Oconee County. Breakfast will include pancakes, sausage links, maple syrup, butter, mixed fruit, coffee, tea or milk. Adult tickets are $8 and one child under six years of age eats free with an adult. To purchase advanced tickets call Allison Smith or Kimberley Ellis […]

The Board of Trustees for the Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) holds their bi-monthly meeting on Monday, July 25, at 5:30pm in the meeting room of the Walhalla Main Library, which is located at 501 West South Broad Street. The meeting is open to the public, and public comment is welcome at the beginning of each meeting.

On Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 9am and Thursday, Aug. 11 at 6pm, Belvedere Commons of Seneca hosts Burroughs and Elijah Attorney, Katherine Willett. She will provide important information regarding legal strategies to protect your family and your estate. Topics are to include wills and trust, estate planning, probate avoidance, power of attorney and health care power of attorney, Medicaid, VA […]

Clemson University trustees approved the school’s budget of $1,090,752,000 for the 2016-17 fiscal year as they convened on campus for their quarterly meetings. The money supports programs, personnel and facilities to enhance safety and security, continue academic quality, ensure compliance and protect the value of the Clemson experience. The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that the trustees also approved […]

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office continues to receive reports of telephone calls to citizens throughout the county that are suspicious in nature and are characteristic of the same calls that law enforcement has warned the public about throughout the southeast region over the past year. According to the Federal Communications Division, “Spoofing” is a commonly used technique where a person […]

Looking for a place to beat the heat this summer? Well, look no further than your local library. Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) Branch Services Librarian Blair Hinson invites the community to come in and cool off. “We have seen a lot of folks, of course we get busier in the summer time anyway with our Summer Reading Programs, but […]

The weekend of Friday, Aug. 5 through Sunday, Aug. 7, South Carolina holds its annual sales tax holiday where shoppers can purchase a number of back-to-school items tax-free. For one weekend every summer, specific items are exempt from the 6% state sales tax and any applicable local sales taxes. Some of the tax-free items include paper, notebooks, pens and pencils, […]

Two years of planning and fundraising have come to fruition for the Oconee Humane Society (OHS). Nearly $55,000 in donations has paid for a new, customized van that can transport 25-30 animals at a time. This will allow unwanted dogs and cats locally to find forever homes up north, explains Lynn Fayard, dog adoption and transport coordinator for the Oconee […]

Activity abounds at the Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum in Seneca as the staff prepares for their new exhibit this fall. Seneca City Museums curator and director Dr. John Martin gives details. “They have just closed their most recent exhibit, The Waymakers, which was terrific and had a lot of thought to it. They are getting ready for one in […]