Category: News

When applying for a job, it may be best to leave your social media interactions at the door. A survey by the job-hunting site CareerBuilder.com finds more hiring managers are using social media to research candidates, explains CareerBuilder.com’s Michael Erwin.  “39% of human resources professionals now say that they are using social networking sites to research candidates and that is […]

The unsolved case of Stacey Brook Holsonback is the latest cold case to be spotlighted by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. In the winter of 1997, 19-year-old Stacey Brooke Holsonback was a student at Clemson University.  On February 20th, 1997, her body was found in Lake Hartwell just off Highway 93 near Seneca.  According to investigators, her body was found […]

As fatigue and disappointment start to set in, responders remain resolute in their efforts to return Thomas Hill home to his wife and children.  “Some people have been supporting this effort for more than a week, sometimes as many as 16 hours a day, so of course they’re tired,” said Incident Commander Scott Loftis. “But that doesn’t lessen our determination […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made this statement on President Obama’s decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. “Mr. President, what are you thinking? Even if we don’t build Keystone XL the Canadians have made it clear they will sell oil from the oil sands.  Some of the highest greenhouse gas emitting countries in the world, like China, are already lining […]

The Oconee Medical Center has named a new executive director of the Oconee Medical Center Foundation, Cortni Nations, who will assume her duties in September, replacing Debbie DuBose.  Nations is currently the executive director of Mountain Lakes Access Health, a position she assumed in October 2011.  Since that time, she has led the development, staffing, and evaluation of the first-ever case management model program in our […]

Last Friday, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office participated in the “Day of Action” at the United Way of Oconee County offices on East North First Street in Seneca.  The “Day of Action” is held on June 21st of every year and is recognized by the United Way organization worldwide.  It is a day of community service and projects and the […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is warning citizens to be aware of a couple of possible scams that have already targeted one individual in the county. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “A resident of Westminster received a phone call just before 4pm on June 13th from someone claiming to be an individual named Don […]

Clemson University has received a bequest of more than $1.2 million from the estate of the late Caroline Barton Caughman, formerly of Pinehurst, N.C. The gift will be used to establish a university scholarship endowment and to benefit the library. Most of the gift, $1,155,000, establishes the Kenneth and Caroline Caughman Memorial Endowment Fund, which will be used for undergraduate […]

The Clemson University Center for Workforce Development has awarded 36 school districts or institutions and 9 technical colleges a total of $450,000 for workforce development initiatives. The school districts will share $175,000 and the technical colleges $275,000 to support science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. In March, the Workforce Development Center held a series of workshops where educators with a focus […]

Sister station WGOG reports that Tenth Circuit Judge Alex Macaulay has set his retirement date at the end of next year. On January 31, the long-time jurist reaches 72-years-old, which is the state’s mandatory retirement age for judges. However, he has taken the option to work through 2014. Nevertheless, Judge Macaulay’s retirement plans start in motion a process to fill […]