Category: News

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 […]

On July 10 and 11, the Corps of Engineers will conduct required tests of the spillway gates at its three dams on the upper Savannah River. The tests will ensure the gates work properly and can be activated in the event of an emergency to protect the dam plus people and property downstream. Tests will be conducted at Hartwell Dam, Russell […]

Summer is here and that means more and more people will be enjoying the beautiful outdoors in the Golden Corner of South Carolina.   Visitors and locals alike are being encouraged to make safety a top priority when enjoying the rivers and lakes in Oconee County.  “Makes sure safety is a part of your plan.  Most people will plan where they […]

A new study shows a decline in all terrain vehicle accidents involving children. The study’s lead author is Ruth Shults of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. “There were slightly more than 360,000 emergency department visits for children who had been injured while riding ATVs.  So, we did see that there was a nice decline in injuries over […]

Local adult education programs will be able to provide no cost General Education Development or GED testing thanks to a partnership between the state’s workforce and education agencies. The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce has awarded the South Carolina Department of Education a $100,000 grant to support GED testing in the Palmetto State. The award is an initiative […]