Public’s Help sought on larceny at Jet Commercial

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help regarding a larceny case that occurred at a business in the Seneca area.  Deputies responded to Jet Commercial on Wells Highway around 10am Tuesday morning to a reported grand larceny, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt.  “According to investigators, an individual told the deputy who responded […]

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TCTC to kick off Twenty/20 Program this fall

Dan Holland remembers how disconnected he felt when he arrived as a nervous freshman on the campus of Southern Wesleyan University in 1986.  The first-generation college student athlete had never been on a college campus and needed help in acclimating to an academic environment.  He says what could have been a dropout story turned into a rewarding college experience because […]

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Obesity recognized as a Disease

The American Medical Association is recognizing Obesity as a disease. Dr. Lou Arrone, director of a comprehensive weight control program, says that obese people need that recognition so they can get insurance-covered treatment.  “Diabetes, high blood pressure and even cancers are caused by Obesity and yet that treatment is excluded.” Treatment programs need to be implement to curb the escalating […]

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Record Number visit Seneca Website in May

A record number of people visited the City of Seneca’s website in May.  Spurred by the Charlie Daniels Band performing at Seneca Fest 2013, over 25,000 people visited the city’s website in May, explains Seneca Events Coordinator Riley Johnson.  “One thing that stands out to me more and more each and every month is the number of visits and unique […]

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Two Walhalla Councilmen resign

Sister station WGOG reports Walhalla finds itself short of two city councilmen. One after the other, councilmen James Powell and Deek Biemann stepped down Tuesday night, for separate reasons.  However, the reasons reflect the personal changes in each of the two young men’s lives. For Powell, he’s building a home outside the corporate limits. Council service is limited to those […]

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CU Presidential Search Committee holds Forum

The Media Relations Department at Clemson University reports that members of the presidential search committee held an open forum Tuesday to give faculty, staff and students the opportunity to give their input in the search for Clemson’s 15th president. The presidential search committee completed two days of meetings to gather information and insights from important Clemson University constituencies, including faculty, staff, […]

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Researcher demonstrates Accessible Voting Tech on Capitol Hill

On Tuesday, Clemson University researchers showed lawmakers on Capitol Hill an electronic voting system they say will help resolve current technological challenges at the polls and restore voter confidence. Researchers took Prime III to the Rayburn House Office Building to demonstrate use of the technology to U.S. Representative James Clyburn and other congressional leaders. Professor Juan Gilbert, Presidential Endowed Chair in Computing, […]

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CU Student tests positive for TB

Clemson University has begun testing some of its students and faculty after discovering tuberculosis on campus. School officials sent out a statement Tuesday saying that one of its students has been diagnosed with the disease. The university said that 35 students, faculty and staff members are also being tested after coming into “close contact” with the student, who was not identified. Many of those […]

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Structure Fire in Fair Play

Firefighters were dispatched to a kitchen fire Tuesday afternoon in Fair Play.  Shortly after 1pm, the Oconee County 911 Center received several calls reporting a structure fire on Friendship Road. Fire crews arrived to find the kitchen of the home on fire and one man injured. The fire was quickly contained and the man treated for minor burns and transported to […]

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Additional Anonymous Reward offered in Carver Case

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announces that a second anonymous reward is being offered in the Sheila Carver unsolved disappearance.  Sheila Carver was reported missing by her father nearly 15 years ago on June 20, 1998.  She was last seen near B & B Trailer Park on the Utica Mill Hill near Seneca where she lived with her boyfriend.   $10,000 […]

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