Category: News

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R-South Carolina) amendment to the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act to prohibit the federal government from bailing out municipalities which are facing bankruptcy, like Detroit, failed by a vote of 14-16. “If you weren’t worried about the federal government bailing out municipalities like Detroit, now you should be,” said Graham.  “All […]

Work is underway at Seneca City Hall to repair the roof.  Visitors to City Hall are advised to use caution around the building.  On Thursday, two spaces in the front parking lot will be blocked off to traffic.  On Friday, all of the front parking lot will be blocked off along with the drive on the side of the building […]

Federal and state environmental officials renewed an agreement with Clemson University’s Center of Excellence for Watershed Management for another five years, recognizing its work to help protect and improve water quality in South Carolina. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control marked the renewal of the memorandum of understanding in a ceremony Tuesday […]

Descendants of some of the “founding families” in Pickens, Oconee and Anderson counties will gather at Clemson University this weekend to explore their roots. More than 100 people related to the Calhoun, Clemson, Pickens and Ravenel families are expected to attend the Friday-Sunday reunion, where they will tour three historic homes, examine artifacts and documents and learn about their genealogy. […]

Tri-County Technical College will host a conference to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education on July 29-30, 2013 from 8:30am – 4pm in the College’s Industrial and Business Development Center.  Thirty educators from Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens school districts, along with educators from Tri-County and Clemson University, will attend the STEM conference. At the conference, experts will discuss how to […]

A one-day class, Small Business Start Up, will be offered on August 1, at Tri-County Technical College’s Pendleton Campus.  The class will be held in the Industrial Business and Development Center from 5:30 – 8:30pm.  There is no charge for the class. The class is offered in partnership with Tri-County Technical College, Clemson’s Small Business Development Center, SCORE and area […]

Members of the Oconee County Council will be attending the South Carolina Association of Counties Annual Conference and events associated with the Conference, August 2-7, 2013 at the Marriott Beach and Golf Resort on Hilton Head Island.

In a settlement agreement, Duke Energy has agreed to a $119 million rate increase over two years, which is about half as much as the utility originally proposed. If approved, the increase for 540,000 households and businesses in South Carolina will take effect in mid-September. The utility reached a settlement agreement with the state’s utility watchdog agency, the S.C. Office […]

The South Carolina Department of Education reports that the state high school dropout rate declined for the fourth straight year. The department announces that 5,232 high school students dropped out in the 2011-2012 federal fiscal year. That is nearly 670 fewer students than a year earlier and 2,800 fewer than in 2007-08. Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas gives the dropout figures for the […]

An Upstate woman will spend the next 11 years behind bars after pleading to child abuse charges.  Tenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams announces that 38-year-old Renita Lee pled guilty in Anderson General Sessions Court. The Honorable Alex Macaulay sentenced her to seven years in prison. Lee will also be placed on the Child Abuse Registry.  On April 17, 2012, deputies […]