Category: News

An Easley High School student was arrested Monday morning after a tip led authorities to a car on campus filled with weapons and ammunition.  Easley Police report that 17-year old Hunter Ray Green was detained after a concerned student told faculty members that he had weapons inside a vehicle. Faculty members searched Green’s car and found numerous weapons, including a […]

Help is available to parents in need of guidance on how to discuss the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, in which a gunman targeted innocent children, explains Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas.  “The National Association of School Psychologists has a wonderful tool for parents and teachers on helping kids understand and make sense of some of these […]

Tickets are now on sale for the Charlie Daniels Band concert at Seneca’s Gignilliat Field on May 25.  Seneca Recreation Director Rick Lacey gives details.  “The tickets did come in this weekend and they are on sale at Seneca City Hall.  The number up there is (864) 885-2700.  We are also selling tickets at the Shaver Recreation Complex and the […]

As the nation mourns Friday’s tragic shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, communities struggle to return to their normal routines.  Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas offered these thoughts on the tragic school shooting.  “My heart and prayer go out to that community because I just can’t imagine what people are feeling in that community.  I do want to reassure our […]

It will be weeks before authorities can piece together a complete picture of Friday’s mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school, in which 20 children and 6 adults were murdered.  A constant stream of people continues to come and go from the makeshift memorial at the entrance to the Sandy Hook Elementary School. The traumatized children and staff will […]

Clemson University professor Ken Marcus has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As an analytical chemistry professor at Clemson University, Marcus develops instrumentation for the determination of components in various materials. He is an expert in the use of microplasma sources in atomic spectroscopy. The technique allows scientists to analyze a diverse array of […]

As the nation mourns Friday’s tragic shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, communities struggle to return to their normal routines.  Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander released this statement on the tragedy, “My heart, my prayers and my tears are focused on the families of this recent tragedy in Newtown, CT. The city of Newton and our nation has been shocked with this very tragic […]

South Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan issued the following statement regarding the Friday morning shooting in Newtown, Connecticut: “The news coming out of Newtown, Connecticut is heartbreaking. As a parent, it sickens me that there are people in this world who would even consider hurting a child. My prayers go out to all of the families impacted by this senseless, deranged, […]

The Education Foundation of Oconee County is kicking off a new fund raising campaign.  It’s called the EFOC Phoneraiser.  Plans are underway to collect used cell phones, smart phones and ink cartridges and turn them into cash for the grant program.  Drop off boxes for these used items are located at all school sites.  To ensure your private information is not […]

Sunny, dry days over the past month have deepened the drought status in Upstate South Carolina.  Much of the Southeast remains in drought, and now, the South Carolina Drought Response Committee has raised the state’s drought status, placing much of the western Upstate in a “severe” drought, with the rest of the Upstate in a “moderate” drought. Levels on Lake Hartwell […]