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The media specialist at Seneca Middle School, Sydney Jones, has found a fun and rewarding way beyond the enrichment that reading brings by itself to encourage a record number of students to participate this school year in reading programs. Each year the South Carolina School Librarians’ Association nominates twenty titles to its Junior Book Award contest. Students have most of […]

Governor Nikki Haley declares May 2015 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month in South Carolina. Governor Haley will host a reading of the proclamation on May 12 at 3pm in the first floor of the State House in Columbia. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal […]

Clemson University awards degrees to approximately 3,000 students in three commencement ceremonies in Littlejohn Coliseum today. The ceremonies will be streamed live online at www.clemson.edu/tv/live. Tri-County Technical College also holds spring commencement today at 6pm at the Anderson Civic Center. Approximately 662 students will be awarded degrees, diplomas or certificates during the College’s commencement.

Clemson University’s Rutland Institute for Ethics has opened nominations for its annual James F. Barker Ethics in Action Award. The award recognizes and celebrates action that exemplifies integrity and, in a continuing and constructive way, encourages commitment to ethical conduct and the value of integrity. Nominations will be accepted until 5pm on June 10 through the Rutland Institute’s website at […]

Officers with the Seneca Police Department stopped a silver Honda Civic that matched the description of a stolen car, Thursday and made two arrests. The traffic stop on Railroad Street led to the arrest of the driver and the passenger. Warrants charge the driver Tiffani Matthews with possession of stolen goods and possession of methamphetamine, second offense. The passenger, Cody […]

Law Enforcement Officers in Habersham County, Georgia arrested a Georgia woman wanted in Oconee County on Thursday. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office issued an arrest warrant against 21-year-old Eulalia Miguel for filing a false police report of a felony violation. On April 27, Miguel made allegations to the Sheriff’s Office that an individual had robbed her of $2,500. As the […]

A Seneca woman sits behind bars for allegedly giving alcohol to a teenager who later died in an automobile accident. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports that 32-year-old Amy Christine Martinez supplied alcohol to Jordan Scott Tilson on March 14, 2015. Later that evening, Tilson drove drunk down an embankment on Highway 11 near the intersection of Mountain Road and […]

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources hosts a boater education class this Saturday at Duke Energy’s World of Energy on Highway 130. The class runs from noon until 5pm and is being offered free of charge but space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, go online to www.dnr.sc.gov or call 1-800-277-4301. All boaters under 16 years of […]

The annual Oconee Humane Society Fly-In is this Saturday. Admission is free to the event, which will be at the Oconee County Regional Airport from 10am until 3pm. On display will be antique cars, airplanes, helicopters and hot rods. Attendees can also enjoy rides and concessions. In addition, there will be a helicopter golf ball drop. All proceeds from the […]

The 23rd annual Letter Carriers’ Food Drive is Saturday, May 9, 2015. To participate, just set out your non-perishable food items well before your letter carrier’s normal pick-up time on Saturday. Letter carriers will be delivering and collecting mail as usual, on top of collecting food donations, so that pickup time could be slightly later than usual. The Food Drive […]