Category: News

South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control announced that more than 15,700 people are living with HIV in the state and urged others to be tested for the virus on World Aids Day, which is today. Everyone is being encouraged to learn their status by being tested for HIV. DHEC reports that more than 500 new HIV infections are […]

While the Clemson Tigers won the football game, the Gamecocks won the annual rivalry competition off the field. The week before the Palmetto Bowl, students at both Clemson University and the University of South Carolina held organ donation pledge drives on campus as part of the Donate Life Duel. Organizers said more than 1,600 people signed up to be organ, […]

Coach Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers ended a five game losing streak to rival South Carolina with a 35-17 victory on Saturday at Clemson’s Memorial Stadium in Death Valley. With the win, the Tigers improve to 9-3, while the Gamecocks fall to 6-6 on the season. The Tigers’ offense was bolstered by the return of freshman quarterback Deshaun Watson, […]

On Thanksgiving Eve came official news of the collapse of a health insurance cooperative based in Seneca. Sister station WGOG reports that state regulators ordered the closing of the South Carolina Health Cooperative after an analysis that the co-op could not continue without an infusion of $5 million or more of additional capital. In a letter the director of the […]

Assistance from the South Carolina Forestry Commission was requested on Sunday by the Pickens City Fire Department to extinguish a large brush fire. Pickens County emergency dispatchers report that crews began battling the brush fire on Red Hill Road just before noon. According to the property owner, he was burning trash when strong winds blew an ember, which ignited the […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help in solving a shoplifting that occurred on Nov. 10 at the Seneca Walmart. A deputy spoke with an employee who said that the suspect exited the store through the Lawn and Garden Center with several items in a cart. An employee gave chase in the parking lot, upon which the suspect […]

The directors of Blue Ridge Financial Corporation, the holding company of Blue Ridge Bank, recently declared a cash dividend in the amount of $204,799 or $.50 per share, payable to stockholders on record as of Dec. 1, 2014. This is the same rate paid to stockholders in 2013, and brings the total cash dividends paid by the bank and the […]

A Fair Play man wanted on multiple charges of criminal sexual conduct with a minor in Oconee County has been arrested in Georgia. Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says that investigators with the Sheriff’s Office working with Lavonia Police located and arrested 65-year-old Donnie Lane King of 450 Wilderness Trail at a motel in Lavonia. King was wanted by investigators […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man on charges related to a stolen vehicle. Acting upon an anonymous tip, deputies responded to an address on Mize Drive regarding a found property call. Deputies found 33-year-old Joshua Wayne Griffin at the house and he stated he had been working on the stolen vehicle in question, which was a 1991 […]

According to travel experts, today is the busiest travel day of the year in the United States. As millions hit the road for Thanksgiving, Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander encourages residents to slow down and drive safely. “Today is one of the busiest days of the year for traveling. I want to encourage everyone to take a little extra time, be […]