Category: News

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 […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announces three additional arrests in the seventh “Operation Infinity” drug sweep round up that began on Sept. 25. Officers from the Seneca, Walhalla and Westminster Police Departments are assisting the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in the drug sweep operation. In all, 19 individuals were being sought on a variety of drug distribution charges. As part […]

A new study says the mysterious phenomenon known as Crib Death does not necessarily happen only in babies cribs. About one in eight cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome involves babies who have been placed on sofas. The team led by Dr. Jeffrey Colvin, of Children’s Mercy Hospital, found infants placed face-down on couches are likelier to suffocate in the […]

The Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau announces the upcoming filming of Fishing University on Lake Jocassee from Oct. 24-27. Mountain Lakes CVB President and CEO Ken Sloan gives details. “Fishing legends and Pros, Charlie Ingram and Ray Brazier will bring their show to town along with another fishing celebrity, Ben Parker, BASS Pro. The show will be filmed on […]

The State Law Enforcement Division is now assisting with the probe into the death of a Clemson University student found dead in Lake Hartwell last month. SLED has assigned an agent to the investigation into the death of 19-year-old Tucker Hipps. In a statement, the agency said it is assisting but that the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is still the […]

Tri-County Technical College will hold a town hall forum on Wednesday, Oct. 15 for students to meet candidates running for state and local offices. The “Pizza and Politics” forum will be from 1:20 to 2:15pm in the Marshall Parker Auditorium on the Pendleton campus. The event is sponsored by the Tri-County Student Democrats Club and the college’s Enrichment Series Committee. […]

A 34-year-old Anderson woman lost her life Friday in what the Pickens County Coroner said was a train-pedestrian accident. The accident was fatal to pedestrian Annjuanginissa McMillen. She was killed around 10am Friday morning on the tracks near Mauldin and Ligon roads in Liberty. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley says McMillen was walking on the tracks.