Category: News

Seneca is nominated for two statewide awards at this year’s South Carolina Festival and Events Awards banquet on Saturday, explains Seneca Events Coordinator Riley Johnson. “There is a seminar every year and this year it is going to be held in Charleston and it’s the South Carolina Festival and Events Awards.  They recognize events throughout the state and this is statewide, […]

South Carolina continues to stand out as a top destination for foreign investment, ranking first in attracting jobs through foreign investment, according to an analysis by IBM-Plant Location International. The Palmetto State ranked above Texas and North Carolina, which were ranked second and third, respectively, in the 2012 report. Each year, IBM-PLI publishes a report titled Global Location Trends looking […]

Rain, rain, go away.  Many are signing the popular children’s song after three straight days of rainfall in the Golden Corner of South Carolina.  Recent rains have totaled anywhere from 1 to 5 inches in the Upstate with Oconee County reporting 2.18 inches of rain fell in one 24-hour period this week.  For the month, total rainfall in Oconee County […]

Sister station WGOG reports that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has closed Newfound Gap Road also known as U.S. 441, due to a landslide which undercut the road near mile marker 22 between Collins Creeks and Webb Overlook.  The slide is estimated to be a 200-foot section of road extending 1,000 foot down slope, but the full extent of […]

A man will spend the next 47-years behind bars for killing an Upstate woman and her unborn child.  Tenth Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams announces that Keith Rucker pled guilty in Anderson General Sessions Court to voluntary manslaughter and death of a child in utero. The Honorable Cordell Maddox sentenced him to 30 years on the manslaughter charge and 17 years […]

The City of Clemson’s Department of Public Works will be accepting sealed bids for used vehicles, equipment, computer accessories, and miscellaneous items that have up for sale.  Items may be viewed and sealed bids may be submitted at the Clemson Public Works Facility, located at 1155 Old Central Road in Central, between 8am and 5pm  Monday through Friday, beginning January […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied Duke Energy’s request for more time to transition to a revised fire protection system at Oconee Nuclear Station. Duke Energy had wanted a two-year extension, but the NRC said no in a letter this week. According to a safety evaluation prepared by the NRC, in 2006, Duke Energy disclosed plans to install a new […]

An Upstate banker and developer have pleaded guilty in a fraud case. United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces 47-year-old William Binnicker, Jr. of Easley and 78-year-old Rufus Revis of Anderson pled guilty this week in federal court in Anderson, to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.   United States District Judge Timothy Cain of Anderson accepted the plea and will impose sentence after […]

Tri-County Technical College’s Corporate and Community Education Division is offering photography classes for both film and digital cameras users.  Photography I:  The Camera class will be offered at the Anderson Campus January 22 – February 12 on Tuesdays from 6 – 9pm with a class outing Sunday, February 10, from 2 – 5pm. Another section of Photography I:  The Camera […]

Tri-County Technical College will offer a Handgun Safety and Proficiency course to allow qualifying participants to apply for a South Carolina Concealed Weapons Permit.  Students will be provided with the basic knowledge and skills for the safe and proper use of a handgun. The course will include eight hours of classroom instruction and additional time on the firing range.   The […]