Category: News

Good news for motorists traveling through West Union, a bridge replacement project is complete.  The South Carolina Department of Transportation re-opened the bridge on Burns Mill Road near West Union at 9am today.  Since March 2012, traffic has been detoured around the bridge after the DOT announced the discovery of a deteriorated bridge pile.

More South Carolina drivers are buckling up.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that the Palmetto State improved its seat belt usage percentage in 2012 by 4 points. The rate for South Carolina is now 90% seat belt usage. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety credits the rise in seat belt usage to increased enforcement and education in recent […]

As our population ages, the need for in-home, non-medical health care grows.  However, medical and non-medical home care companies still are not regulated in the United States.  Bonnie Holmes owns and operates Loving Health Care in Oconee County.  She recently went to Columbia to discuss licensing of in-home, non-medical health care. “We want the most quality for seniors that they […]

City of Seneca employee Donna Bradley and her husband Bob will be competing in the 2013 Skyhoundz Xtreme Distance World Championship on September 25, 2013 in Chattanooga, TN. Three of their dogs are World Finalists and one of their dogs, Abbey Moose, was adopted from the Oconee County Animal Shelter last year. Abbey has qualified in three divisions Women’s Microdog, […]

A Pew Internet survey reveals that most of us have taken steps to try to hide what we are doing while online. Lead author Lee Rainie tells why people want to keep their activities under wraps.  “One of the big motives for people wanting to be anonymous online is they don’t want others to steal stuff from them.” Rainie tells […]

Memorial Day might be nine months away but it is never too early to start booking talent.  The Seneca Events Committee is throwing out a net for talent for Seneca Fest 2014, the city’s Memorial Day weekend celebration.  “What we are doing is basically looking for talent for next year, so, we have the net out there to bring some […]

Former congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert-Busch will kick off Clemson University’s Women’s Leadership speaker series “Stepping Up to Leadership” with a talk at 5pm on September 11th, at the Strom Thurmond Institute. She will talk with students about her decision to run for office, the challenges of the campaign and her vision for creating change in Washington. Colbert-Busch is director of business […]

College football fans in South Carolina are just clamoring to get their game day gear. The Collegiate Licensing Company released its annual list of top-selling institutions and manufacturers. These rankings are based on sales of collegiate merchandise from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. The University of South Carolina ranked 16th for merchandise sold and Clemson University ranked 24th. […]

Clemson University researchers and students are tackling a national health concern by advancing concussion awareness and prevention through research.  Professors in the Department of Bioengineering at Clemson are mentoring an undergraduate Creative Inquiry student research team that is investigating the scientific implications of concussions. The students designed a dummy that is equipped with brain sensors that provide concussion data. The students built a track […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and CrimeStoppers of Oconee County announce that the annual 2013 CrimeStoppers of Oconee County Golf Tournament will be held on September 18th at Cross Creek Plantation in Seneca just off of Wells Highway. The format for the tournament will be four-man teams playing Captains Choice.  Registration will take place at noon with a shotgun start […]