Category: News

Governor Nikki Haley has proclaimed Earthquake Awareness Week for 2014 be observed Oct. 12-18 in South Carolina. The S.C. Emergency Management Division encourages everyone to take this opportunity to learn about our state’s seismic fault system and how best to prepare for earthquakes. Our state experiences approximately 10 to 20 earthquakes a year, according to geologists. A highlight of the […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Sacramento, California man on drug charges after a traffic stop along I-85 in the southern part of the county, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “33-year-old Eugene Duncan, Jr. of 261 Graves Avenue was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 5:02pm on a temporary custody order until […]

An Oconee County jury found Steven Ranslow Allison guilty Tuesday of distribution of methamphetamine, third offense. The Honorable Roger Couch sentenced Allison to 25 years in prison. On July 15, 2013, narcotics agents with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office made a controlled buy to purchase methamphetamine from Allison. The Anderson/Oconee Regional Forensics Lab confirmed that the substance purchased was meth. […]

Tones sounded this morning in Oconee County warning residents that conditions were right for tornadoes to touch down in the area. The National Weather Service in Greenville issued a tornado warning for Oconee County at 8:51am. Fortunately, heavy rains rather than winds struck the Golden Corner, explains U.S. Weather Observer Barbara Wilson from her office in Walhalla. “Right here in […]

A deluge of rain swept through Oconee County Tuesday morning causing several car crashes, explains Oconee County Emergency Manager Chief Scott Krein. “We did have a few responses for motor vehicle accidents mainly from the rain. We did have some significant rain, which we do expect to continue throughout the day.” Chief Krein encourages motorists to slow down and pay […]

On Wednesday, the Clemson University Chapter of Habitat for Humanity begins a house-building project on Bowman Field to celebrate Homecoming. During the 10 days leading up to the Homecoming football game, the chapter will bring together more than 500 students for its annual house-build. The project is now in its 21st year. Clemson’s Habitat for Humanity chapter encourages everyone to […]

Clemson University student recreation areas and programs are getting a boost thanks to a $2.4 million gift from David and Lynette Snow of Darien, Connecticut. The university’s recreation area on Highway 93 in Oconee County will be named the Snow Family Outdoor Fitness and Wellness Center. This the largest gift to the university from parents who are not Clemson alumni. […]

The American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to make a point to give blood before the busy holiday season arrives. Blood donations often decline between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day as people become busy with holiday festivities. Donors are needed in the weeks leading up to the winter holidays to help prevent these seasonal declines. Donors of all blood types, […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Anderson County woman and an Athens, Georgia man on drug trafficking charges Sunday in separate incidents in the county. Deputies arrested 34-year-old Tabitha Ann Hammond of 802 Anderson Street in Belton, SC and 57-year-old Timothy Charles Pinkham of 200 Georgetown Drive in Athens, GA and booked them into the Oconee County Detention Center, […]

AAA Carolinas reports that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in South Carolina has fallen below $3 for the first time in nearly four years. On Monday, the travel organization said that the average price for a gallon of gas was $2.97 in South Carolina, eight cents lower than a week ago and 16 cents lower […]