Category: News

The holidays will be here before you know it and with that in mind, the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce announces new programs in an effort to increase local shopping. Oconee County Chamber executive director Jillian Lusk tells about a new partnership with GiftCards.com. “We just made a new partnership with GiftCards.com, which is the largest online gift card merchant. […]

Get ready for the stronger push of cold air in the Upstate of South Carolina. Most of the Upstate will be hard-pressed to get out of the 40s today, with many mountain locations staying in the 30s. Overnight temperatures are expected to fall to the low 20s in the mountains and low to mid 20s in the Upstate. Oconee County […]

South Carolina ETV Radio and Clemson University have announced that the noontime radio magazine “Your Day” is ending production after 14 years. “Your Day,” a radio magazine produced as a public service of Clemson University Broadcast Productions, provided programming in the public radio tradition, but with a South Carolina flavor. It was broadcast over the stations of the ETV Radio […]

Once again, Clemson University’s graduate architecture programs have been named among the best in an annual ranking of all accredited programs in the United States. Design Intelligence magazine ranked Clemson University seventh among public institutions and 18th overall nationally in the annual publication “America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools.” Clemson University has been ranked one of the top performing architecture […]

The Probate Judge’s Office in Oconee County is actively preparing for same-sex marriage requests. Starting next week the office will begin accepting applications from same-sex couples to marry. On the heels of this week’s ruling by a federal judge striking down South Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriages as unconstitutional, Judge Kenny John’s staff drafted a revised form for those applications. […]

After architectural changes, plans for a new African-American museum in Seneca received approval this week from a city regulatory board. After a short hearing, at which no one voiced any opposition, the Seneca Board of Architectural Review approved a certificate of appropriateness for the Bertha Lee Strickland Cultural Museum, explains Seneca Planning and Community Development director Ed Halbig. “The Board […]

Seneca Police arrested 15 people yesterday as part of their latest drug sweep operation, which involved 44 warrants for the arrest of 25 people on charges ranging from distribution of methamphetamine, crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana and prescription drugs. Seneca Police Chief John Covington said that members of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office assisted his officers in the operation. This latest […]

It was nearly two years ago this month that the dismembered bodies of two people were found inside barrels on Lake Hartwell and yesterday an Anderson man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role. Shaine David Fischer pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to murder for his involvement in the deaths of Tony McGinnis and Andrea […]

The failure of the 1-cent capital project sales tax leaves the Oconee Heritage Center more than $400,000 short to renovate and improve its facilities. But the downtown Walhalla museum has not given up, explains Oconee Heritage Center curator and director Leslie White, “Since the sales tax referendum didn’t pass we are left with finding another way to figure out how […]

The United Way of Oconee County hosts a friendly competition between the fans of Clemson University and the University of South Carolina today to see who can make the most blood donations. The Clemson vs. Carolina blood drive competition runs until 2pm today, which is two-weeks before the big game on Nov. 29 in Clemson’s Memorial Stadium. The more people […]