Category: News

Almost all high school seniors enrolled in the state’s Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG-SC) program received a diploma this year.  The program achieved a high school graduation rate of 95%, which is 5% higher than the national standard. This marks the third consecutive year the rate has been at 93% or higher.  At 97.5%, JAG-SC’s 2012 extended graduation rate, which […]

More troopers will soon be on highways in the Palmetto State.  On Friday, 33 troopers graduated from the South Carolina Highway Patrol’s Basic Class 92.  Gov. Nikki Haley spoke to the graduates about the sacrifices of law enforcement and the importance of character as they go out to represent their communities around the state. The governor has spoken at the […]

July starts a new fiscal year and with that, a slight change in waste management services in the City of Seneca.  An announcement from the city’s Public Works Department states that Seneca will halt curbside recyclable residential pick-ups.  All other residential services will stay the same in the City of Seneca. Customers may hold onto their recyclable bins. The city […]

Clemson University police have arrested 18-year-old Micah Rogers of Pisgah Forest, N.C., in connection with the vandalism to Howard’s Rock, the iconic fixture Clemson football players rub prior to entering Memorial Stadium. Rogers was charged with felony malicious injury to personal property valued at more than $2,000, but less than $10,000; and misdemeanor unlawful entry into enclosed places. Howard’s Rock was […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a pair of brothers on drug charges.  According to deputies, the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division along with the Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team executed a search warrant in the B & B Trailer Park on the Utica Mill Hill near Seneca.  The search warrant was in reference to controlled buys from the residence.  Deputies arrested […]

A dynamic young vocalist is one of this year’s headlining acts for the “hillbilly Day” festival in Mountain Rest on July 4.  According to festival official Jody Vissage, 15-year old vocalist Jaycie Ward will perform at the “Hillbilly Day” festival.  Jaycie, who has opened for artists Darius Rucker, Lady Antebellum, Ty Herndon, and Sugarland among others, recorded “Little Red Wagon” which honored fallen firefighters […]

Before a change is considered, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is requesting more information from Duke Energy. It’s part of a current regulatory process involving the electric utility and the government agency watchdog. According to an NRC letter to Scott Batson, Site Vice President at Oconee Nuclear Station, the revision would permit each of the two Keowee Hydro emergency power generating […]

The United Way of Oconee County in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Social Services issued free Senior Farmer’s Market vouchers during the first week on June at its center in Seneca.  The non-profit service agency announces that 500 vouchers were distributed to seniors in Oconee County on a first come first serve basis.  The United Way of Oconee County is […]

A longtime investigator with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is calling it a career.  Jerry Moss has worked for the past thirty years in law enforcement, all of those with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office.  Friday was his last day.  Moss was hired by Sheriff Earl Holcombe on July 1st, 1983 and during his 30 years with the Oconee County […]

The Incident Team managing search efforts for the body of Thomas Hill of Tampa, Fla., are bringing in more experts to review the Sockem-Dog rapid.  “As we said Friday, we’ve been reaching out to other agencies and private companies for additional experts to assist with the development of new concepts and ideas,” said Incident Commander Buck Haney. “In the next […]