Category: News

With winter weather forecast this afternoon across the Upstate of South Carolina, the School District of Oconee County is dismissing early today.  OconeeCounty elementary schools will dismiss at 1pm followed by middle and high schools at 1:15pm.  Also due to the weather, there will be no evening activities today as well.

Over the past six weeks, the Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office has been busy looking for World War II Veterans across the county.  Through their exhaustive efforts, the local VA Office has identified 129 of these veterans.  It is noted that nine of the 129 are women who participated in various functions during the war.  A ceremony is being planned for […]

Tri-County Technical College welcomes three new deans to its divisions of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Industrial Technology and Student Affairs. Dr. Alfred “Hap” Wheeler is the new dean of the Arts and Sciences Division.  Dr. Wheeler comes to Tri-County from Clemson University, where he spent much of his 32-year academic career as a professor and the last 10 years […]

This week is School Choice Week in South Carolina and across the country. More than 60 events are planned across the Palmetto State, in addition to 5,500 events nationwide. Lending support to the effort is Governor Nikki Haley, who recently proclaimed Jan. 26 – Feb. 1 as “South Carolina School Choice Week.” The Week, which is the nation’s largest-ever celebration of educational […]

About two months away from the deadline for uninsured Americans to sign up for health coverage, a new survey suggests that there is still a lot of confusion about the law. Bankrate.com Insurance Analyst Doug Whiteman says that more than half of Americans, 55%, still don’t know the last day that they can sign up or pay a penalty and […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has charged a third man in the homicide of Richard Alan Marszalek.  On Friday, deputies charged 23-year-old Zack Daniel Patterson of Fair Play with murder of the 61-year-old.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “Patterson was arrested on January 14th at the Oconee County Detention Center on unrelated charges of receiving […]

Baldor Electric Company, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient industrial electric motors and mechanical power transmission products, is expanding its Anderson County facility with a $15 million investment that is expected to generate another 45 jobs for the area over the next five years. Baldor is the largest industrial electric motor and mechanical power transmission company in North America. The company’s […]

A 1,600-acre tract of land in Pickens County now belongs to residents of South Carolina.  Late last month, conservationists purchased the Nine Times Forest off S.C. Highway 11 in the mountains of northern PickensCounty. The property below the Jocassee Gorges contains three mountains, as well as streams, creeks and stands of hardwoods. The Naturaland Trust and Upstate Forever raised over $3.5 million […]

Improving weather conditions canceled a Red Flag Alert over the weekend in South Carolina.  The S.C. Forestry Commission reports higher relative humidity values mean conditions are less dry, coupled with calmer winds makes it less likely that fire will spread. However, the Southeast remains in the midst of wildfire season and care should be taken with all forms of outdoor […]

The cold winter weather presents many dangers especially for the elderly.  The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging the community to look out for one another, especially those over 65 years of age.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Jimmy Watt gives details about winter weather welfare checks. “This cold snap that we are in is not just affecting […]