Category: News

If you see more cars from out of town parked at recreation areas in Oconee County this spring, you can thank the USA Today.  The national newspaper recently ran an article on Oconee County’s beautiful lakes and waterfalls, explains Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau president and CEO Ken Sloan.  “Blake Guthrie is a free lance writer I met on […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made the following statement after meeting with the President: “Last night’s dinner with President Obama and my Republican colleagues was productive and substantive.  I hope it will serve as the beginning of a new, long-overdue paradigm where people in elected office actually begin talking to each other about meaningful issues. The discussions with the President […]

Tri-County Technical College’s Corporate and Community Education Division will offer The Power of E-mail Marketing on Friday, March 15, from 10 – 11:30am at the Pendleton Campus.  Participants will learn how to get their message “heard” in a world of increasing e-mail communications. In addition, participants will discover how e-mail marketing works and can obtain useful e-mail marketing tips, including […]

The Oconee County Council would like public input regarding the future of the bridge on Cobb Bridge Road, crossing the Chauga River. Roads and Bridges Department staff will collect information from the public from a web-based form and a public meeting at the Holly Springs Fire Station located at 11095 Long Creek Highway in Westminster.  The meeting is scheduled for […]

The Oconee County Council would like public input regarding the future of Dyar Road Bridge, crossing the Norfolk Southern Rail Road. Staff of the Oconee County Roads and Bridges Department will collect information from the public from a web-based form and a public meeting at the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Station Conference Room, located at 940 Old Clemson Highway in Seneca. The […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are teaming up to promote National Severe Weather Preparedness Week, March 3-9.  This week encourages individuals, families, businesses and communities to know about severe weather risks, take action to prepare for them and encourage others to get prepared. Each year, many people are killed or seriously injured by tornadoes […]

The search is on for South Carolina’s outstanding senior volunteer. The Salute to Senior Service program sponsored by Home Instead, Inc., the franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network, honors the contributions of adults 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month of volunteer service to their favorite causes. Nominations for outstanding senior volunteers will be accepted through […]

If the United Way of Oconee County does not currently fund your human service agency and you wish to do so for the 2013-14 fiscal year, there will be an important training meeting on Thursday, March 14.  The meeting is set for 10am at the United Way Center in downtown Seneca.  No other training will be held after this date […]

Stephens County authorities have an Oconee County woman in custody after a cross-state chase earlier this week. Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said the chase Monday night started in Oconee County on U.S. 123.  The high-speed chase ended on Hughes Road in Stephens County. The driver of the automobile fled on foot.  A K-9 unit was called into search and […]

Three Easley men will spend the next 46 to 175 months behind bars for operating an oxycodone conspiracy.  United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces 43-year-old Richard Silvers, 30-year-old Heath Cash and 27-year-old Gabriel Calderon were sentenced in federal court in Anderson for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. Senior United States District Judge Ross Anderson, Jr. sentenced Silvers to […]