Category: News

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reports that five people have been referred to their healthcare provider after potentially being exposed to rabies by a puppy that tested positive for the disease near the Town of Chesnee. The German Shepherd mix puppy was obtained on the premises of Burr’s Trading Post on June 20, 2016 from […]

Anderson Mall is holding a clothing drive to help students enrolled in the Anderson County District Five Career Campus now through Aug. 21. Shoppers will have the opportunity to help students in need by donating work-ready clothing for interviews and work. The drop-off site, available during mall hours, will be located at the mall’s main entrance. “It is an honor […]

Friendship United Methodist Church is hosting the bluegrass band, Tugalo Holler, on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 5pm in their sanctuary, with a potluck dinner to follow in the fellowship hall. The concert is free of charge and all are welcome.

The South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) has named a new President. Lowcountry attorney Alex Cash of Rosen Hagood is taking over the leadership of the State’s largest association of plaintiff lawyers. He will be replacing R. Alexander Murdaugh, with the firm of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, whose term has expired. SCAJ has over 1300 members and is […]

A new report from the Governors’ Highway Safety Association says drowsy drivers are an increasing danger on our nation’s highways. It goes on to says that more than 5,000 people were killed last year in accidents caused by sleep deprived drivers and that the total number of accidents cost Americans nearly $110 billion in medical care, legal fees, lost productivity […]

The cost of fueling up continues to go down, according to the latest Lundberg Survey, says publisher Trilby Lundberg. “The average price of gasoline is down six-cents over the past two weeks to $2.16 per gallon and its 21-cents down over nine weeks.” Lundberg says there is evidence prices could soon reverse course. “In the past two weeks, crude oil […]

The Walhalla American Legion is finalizing plans for its 2016 Dave Riley Memorial Golf Tournament. Event chairman Jerry Dyar says this year’s tournament will be held at Falcon’s Lair Golf Course on Lecroy Road, just off North Highway 11 between West Union and Salem. Falcon’s Lair is one of the best conditioned courses in the area and Jim and James […]

A 41-year-old Seneca man died Sunday night after a single vehicle collision on Highlands Highway near Mountain Rest. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that the collision occurred at approximately 9:50pm. Addis pronounced Alton Owens Jr., dead at the scene at 10:47pm with EMS personnel in attendance. Owens was employed as a counselor at a boy’s camp located near Mountain […]

Duke Energy customers in North Carolina and South Carolina set a summertime record for electricity usage as the region’s lingering heat wave drove up energy demand. The new summer peak usage record is 20,671 megawatt-hours of electricity for the hour ending at 5pm, July 27, 2016, exceeding the previous summertime record of 20,628 megawatts-hours, set on Aug. 8, 2007. The […]

The Rosa Clark Clinic in Seneca has applied for federal money from the U.S. Health and Human Services Administration. Oconee County’s only free medical clinic hopes to receive as much as $850,000 to offset pharmaceutical donations and volunteer hours by doctors and other medical personnel. The Rosa Clark Clinic in Seneca is only one of four county free clinics that […]