Category: News

Southern Wesleyan University can start the process towards NCAA Division II membership and join Conference Carolinas.  The NCAA approved those measurers this week.  Southern Wesleyan University plans a press conference on the campus in Central at 3pm on Monday, Sept. 23, where university officials will provide a detailed update on the process moving forward. Southern Wesleyan sponsors 15 intercollegiate varsity athletic […]

After months of planning and building, a group of Clemson University students is heading to Miami for the National Red Bull Flugtag Day. Officials with Clemson University said the school’s coed engineering fraternity, known as Theta Tau, has designed a flying machine for the competition. The students said they named their team “Hammer Time” and their message to their competitors is simple: “You […]

The City of Clemson and its proximity to Clemson University led the editors of Convention South magazine to name it South Carolina’s hot pick in the upcoming feature, “South’s Historic College Towns With Hip Group Appeal.” The magazine conducted an in-depth review of historic college towns across the South, choosing one town in each of 15 Southern states.  The September […]

A historic moment. That is how Wednesday’s Joint State Savannah River Basin Caucus Summit at Big Oaks Recreation Center in Hartwell is being described. State, federal and local leaders came together to discuss how better to manage the resources of the Savannah River Basin. Also present for the summit were Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. They […]

A new street sign design has been selected by the City of Westminster.  At their meeting Tuesday night, the Westminster City Council approved the design for five new signs that will replace worn-down old signs.  These signs are to be placed at entrances to the city and in front of Rite-Aid Pharmacy, which is in the heart of downtown. The […]

First year city employee Mollie Smith has been appointed by Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander to represent the city on Oconee County’s Capital Projects Sales Tax Commission.  The mayor made the announcement on Wednesday.  The Sales Tax Commission is responsible for deciding which projects should be funded by a proposed 1-cent sales tax increase.  Oconee County voters would have to approve […]

An ordinance was unanimously approved this week by the Oconee County Council that makes it illegal for anyone to advertise, sell, posses or deliver a variety of drug paraphernalia whether the items contain residue or not.  This new ordinance forbids stores from selling items that are fashioned into crack pipes and marijuana cigarette holders.  Proponents of the ordinance said these […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested of a man from the Tamassee area on multiple charges, including burglary and larceny.  Two of the locations where the reported burglaries and larcenies took place involve Oconee County churches, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt.  “31-year-old Jonathan Allen Finney of 436 Maple Circle in Tamassee was arrested on August […]

Recreation basketball players in the City of Seneca will have an extra spring in their steps this season.  New hardwood floors are being installed at the City of Seneca’s Shaver Recreation Complex, explains Seneca Mayor Pro Tem Ronnie O’Kelley.  “The hardwood is actually being delivered now and they will start immediately on that and by basketball season we will be […]

During his campaign for office last year, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw vowed to bring attention to unsolved cold cases.  In his first nine months of office, Sheriff Crenshaw has profiled five unsolved homicides that occurred in the county over the past several years, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt.  “Sheriff Crenshaw wanted to bring these […]