Category: News

The Kingman Academy/Sandra Day O’Connor High School team of Frankie Mueller and Shane Edgar won the FLW High School Fishing National Championship on Lake Keowee on Saturday with a catch of 9 pounds, 13 ounces. The team, which won the Western Conference Championship to qualify for nationals, won $5,000 in tuition prizes. Based on the highly successful 2009 launch of FLW College […]

The best fishermen in the country spent the last few weeks in Oconee County as pro anglers competed in the Walmart FLW Tour on Lake Hartwell, college anglers in the FLW College Fishing National Championship on Lake Keowee and high school anglers in the FLW High School Fishing National Championship on Lake Keowee.  The FLW tours were hosted by the […]

It has been an icy winter, but the warmer temperatures are just around the corner and what better way to get outdoors for family fun than a S.C. Department of Natural Resources youth fishing rodeo or a family fishing clinic? For the rodeos, youth ages 6-15 must be accompanied by an adult and no adult fishing will be allowed. Pre-registration […]

This marks National Groundwater Awareness Week.  Hydrologists at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources are studying and monitoring the groundwater resources of the state. A network of more than 120 wells has been developed over the years to monitor groundwater levels in the major aquifers of the state. Most of these wells are equipped with battery-operated water-level recorders that automatically record […]

Growing concerns about brain trauma to football players have led to a new pact between Clemson University and two companies that could change the materials used to make helmets. Bioengineering and packaging science researchers will work with Innegra Technologies of Greenville and B&W Fiber Glass of Shelby, N.C., to evaluate whether Innegra-based composites could provide superior head protection to athletes involved […]

A new report says South Carolina faces a shortfall of college-educated workers over the next 15 years or so. The report by economists at the University of South Carolina finds that the state, at current graduation rates, will need an additional 44,000 workers with two-year degrees as well as an additional 70,000 with four-year degrees by 2030 to maintain economic […]

South Carolina’s Department of Motor Vehicles is offering some drivers whose licenses have been suspended a chance to get their driving privileges restored.  This week is Amnesty Week at the DMV where the agency allows drivers who qualify a chance to reduce or clear suspensions. Drivers must meet all requirements. The program is offered at all DMV offices in the state but […]

The 10th Anniversary Hospice of the Foothills Christmas Tree Festival held this past December was a great success, raising $130,000 to benefit Oconee Hospice of the Foothills.  The Christmas Tree Festival is organized annually by volunteers who are passionate in their support of Oconee Hospice of the Foothills and the quality end-of-life care that hospice provides for patients and their […]

A make-up date and new location have been arranged for a couple of Oconee County political candidates. The next Limited Government for Oconee County meeting will be 5:30pm Wednesday, March 12 at Seneca’s Gignilliat Community  Center. A spokeswoman for the organization said, “Both candidates, Paul Cain and Andy Inabinet who are running for the Oconee County Council District 3 seat […]

The University of Minnesota team weighed five fish Saturday for 14 pounds, 1 ounce to win the FLW College Fishing National Championship on Lake Keowee. Forty-nine college teams competed for a top award of a Ranger Z117 and entry into the 2014 Forrest Wood Cup, the world championship of bass fishing.  The University of Minnesota team walked away with a first-place prize […]