Category: News

Northside Elementary School in Seneca sent their top ten annual science fair winners to participate in the SWU Regional Science Fair on March 14.  The students were joined with other students from Oconee, Pickens, and Anderson counties who are equally interested in science.  Fourth graders representing Northside Elementary were Riya Naik, Justin Rochester, Aiden Sullivan, Brianna Thomason and Nayelli Washington.  […]

Paul Cain and Andy Inabinet, candidates for the District 3 seat on the Oconee County Council, are on tonight’s panel for the political forum hosted by the League of Women Voters, Oconee-Pickens chapter. Everyone is invited to the event that starts at 6:30pm at the Gignilliat Community Center in Seneca. Written questions on issues are accepted from the floor. Voting is April 1 to […]

The National Association for Business Economics is out with its quarterly macroeconomics forecast survey. NABE President Jack Kleinhenz tells what economists expect for the year ahead. “We will get off to a slow start in the first quarter of approximately 1.9% annual growth but we are expected to see a pick up in the economy by the year end of […]

No arrests have been made and the investigation continues into the theft of a large amount of copper from the construction site of the new Walhalla High School.  The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports that the official dollar amount of copper taken is unknown; however, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said last week it is in excess of $50,000.  Investigators […]

A three-car wreck in Anderson County sent two people to the hospital Sunday morning.  Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol report the accident occurred around 7:30am on I-85 near mile marker 28. The Highway Patrol said one car ran into the back of another, causing it to hit the median barrier and another vehicle. All three cars went off […]

The IRS announces it has $10 million for people in South Carolina who have yet to file a 2010 tax return. The deadline to receive that money is April 15.  More than 8,000 people in the Palmetto State are owed money from 2010. The IRS reminder for people who forgot to file in 2010 states that you can claim your […]

Less than a week until the 2014 sign-up period for the Affordable Care Act ends. If you miss next Monday’s deadline, you will not have another chance to purchase private health insurance under the plan until November 15, with policies kicking in on New Year’s Day 2015. Lisa Zamosky, a health care reform expert for WebMD, says that people who […]

Gas prices are on the rise again. According to The Lundberg Survey, the price of a gallon of regular is up again, explains survey publisher Trilby Lundberg. “Gasoline prices moved up a nickel in the past two weeks to $3.56 for regular.  It is a slowing of the rise that has been taking place it is a total of 26-cents […]

BorgWarner manufacturing at Seneca is now the North American supplier of two-speed, part-time four wheel drive transfer cases for the Toyota Tundra pickup truck. The formal announcement was saved for an elaborate event Friday at BorgWarner’s plant on Wells Highway in Seneca.  Chris Walsh, manager of the BorgWarner Plant in Seneca thanked those in attendance for their part in becoming […]

An employee of sister station WGOG is recovering from injuries sustained in a weekend car accident.  WGOG’s Kris Butts is recuperating from a weekend car accident near Seneca. The accident occurred at the traffic light in front of Walmart, where Butts’ car was demolished in the two-car accident.