Category: News

A graduate of Walhalla High School and Clemson University will vie for the title of Miss South Carolina 2013 on July 13 in Columbia.  Miss Spartanburg 2013, Clarka Wickliffe, a native of Oconee County currently living in Greenville County pursuing a Master’s degree from Clemson University in bio-medical engineering, is excited to be competing for the state crown again this […]

Oconee County has a new man aimed at keeping the Golden Corner shinning bright.  Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw recently appointed Corporal Tim Rice to the position of environmental services officer.   The deputy sheriff plans to use prison labor to help tackle the county’s litter problem.   In the announcement, Sheriff Crenshaw stated, “The Sheriff’s Office is committed to having every […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces five people were killed on state roads and highways from Friday, June 28, at 6pm until Sunday, June 30, at midnight.  As of June 30, 337 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 414 highway deaths in this same time period in 2012.  Oconee County lists one highway death in […]

Travelers this 4th of July week will get some welcome news as they pull up to the pump in the Palmetto State. AAA Carolinas reports that South Carolina currently has the lowest average price in the country for a gallon of regular unleaded gas at $3.18.  The average price is $3.11 in the Upstate right now. These low prices are expected […]

On Friday, Dr. Boyd Parr, South Carolina State Veterinarian and director of Clemson University Livestock Poultry Health, announced the first confirmed case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis or EEE in a horse for the state this year. A foal from Sumter County that died recently tested positive for the disease. Two adult horses that died at the same farm around the […]

Botanists anywhere in the world can gain a more complete picture of the ecological history of the Carolinas and Georgia thanks to a project undertaken by a team of Clemson University and Furman University researchers. The project called Botanica Caroliniana makes original plant specimens collected in the Carolinas centuries ago by seminal naturalists available through an online database of high-resolution […]

Tri-County Technical College will be closed Thursday, July 4, and Friday, July 5, in observance of the July 4 holiday.   College offices will re-open Monday, July 8, at 8am.

Overnight rainfall has created higher-than-normal water levels in the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River today, forcing recovery workers to suspend on-water recovery efforts for Thomas Hill. Search crews have been focusing on the Sockem-Dog rapid area of the Chattooga since Mr. Hill fell from a raft there on June 19.  Results of side-scan sonar used yesterday confirmed his location there […]

After 13 days of operations, search crews have relocated the body of Thomas Hill who fell from a raft on June 19 on the Chattooga River. Crews initially located Hill on June 20, but river currents moved the body from its original location. “We have located Mr. Hill’s body deep in the Sockem-Dog rapid,” said Incident Commander Marty Dixon. “Unfortunately, […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office made four arrests over the weekend during routine road patrol operations.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “The first two arrests occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, June 29th.  According to deputies, a tan Toyota Camry pulled up to a license checkpoint around 2:25am at the intersection of […]