Category: News

With the announcement that officials from Safe Harbor have raised the necessary funds and will be opening a domestic violence shelter within the next six months, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says that the shelter will benefit everyone in Oconee County, including the law enforcement community. “From an operational perspective, our folks are no longer going to be transporting victims […]

Twenty-one teams, representing students from Upstate elementary and middle schools, will compete in a regional qualifying event for FIRST LEGO League teams.  Around 200 students, ages 9 – 14, along with coaches and parents, are expected to attend the Sixth Annual Tri-County Technical College FLL Regional Tournament on Saturday from 9am to 3pm in the Marshall J. Parker Auditorium in […]

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) released its annual Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving: 2014 Report to the Nation, which rated states based on five criteria for effectively addressing drunk driving. MADD awarded South Carolina three out of five stars and finds it to have one of the worst drunk driving records in the nation. In order for South Carolina to improve its […]

Ben Homeyer, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, released the following statement in response to Gov. Nikki Haley’s State of the State Address: “The governor’s speech was exactly what we needed to hear. Governor Haley understands that small business is the engine that drives the state’s economy. Her call to ease the tax burden on small businesses, […]

A crowd packed the media center of Seneca High School Wednesday afternoon to welcome new head football Coach Gene Cathcart to the community.  Coach Cathcart said he looks forward to coaching at SHS. “I would like to thank Seneca High Principal Cliff Roberts, Athletic Director Duke Lee, and all of Bobcat Nation for allowing me to be a part of […]

In memory of his mother, a $10,000 gift has been made to the Oconee County Public Library, explains Walhalla Branch Services Librarian K’Lani Green.  “We received it by Lem Chastain; he previously donated money in memory of his father for a collection at the Walhalla branch.  Since he resides in Mountain Rest partially throughout the year, his heart is out […]

The City of Westminster will continue to partner with Oconee County in economic development.  At their meeting this week, the Westminster City Council approved renewal in the Oconee Economic Alliance. Westminster City Administrator David Smith gives details. “The Council questioned before they voted to renew the membership as to what do we get for it.  You have to recall that […]

The TOP500, a project that ranks and details the 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world, has ranked Clemson University’s Palmetto Cluster No. 81 in the world and within the top-five for systems at universities provisioned for use primarily on their own campuses. Clemson University’s Palmetto Cluster is a pioneering example of a computer condominium, providing users with shares of […]

Winter weather is upon us in Oconee County and while students are sleeping warm in their beds, school district officials are checking the roads to ensure safe travel for school.  Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas gives details about weather related closing protocols and procedures in the School District of Oconee County.  “Whenever we call off school or delay […]

A recent telephone scam has been targeting seniors, including seniors who are members at Senior Solutions Marketplace Cinema Senior Center in Anderson.  In the past week, three members reported that an unknown caller contacted them via telephone with the call showing up as toll-free or private.  This unknown caller claimed to be from a county sheriff’s office.  The seniors were […]