Category: News

Trans Union is out with its quarterly look at active credit card users in the United States. The study looks at some 27 million consumers and while it finds credit card delinquency in the fourth quarter of 2012 may be up from the fourth quarter in 2011, it is not a significant rise. It hit .85%, up from .75%. Ezra Becker […]

Two Seneca residents were arrested on Tuesday after a drug bust.  Seneca Police Chief John Covington reports that over the past week, an undercover operative was utilized to purchase crack cocaine from Qawi Aziz Kabir, former known as Michael Christian, on three separate occasions. Subsequently, agents were able to obtain arrest warrants for distribution of crack cocaine and a search […]

Clemson University Police charged a Seneca woman Tuesday in connection with two incidents that led to evacuations of Hendrix Student Center on campus.  Campus police charged 38-year-old Melissa Ann Griggs with two felony counts of making a bomb threat. She was served with the warrants at the Oconee County Detention Center, where she is being held on similar charges. Police […]

A local museum is attempting to go green, so they can save green.  The Oconee Heritage Center announces the “Let the Light Shine” campaign, which is an attempt to replace all the light bulbs in the museum with energy-efficient LED light bulbs.  Oconee Heritage Center curator and director Leslie White gives details.  “This is an on-going campaign.  A complaint we […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces four people were killed on state roads and highways from Friday, February 15, at 6pm until Sunday, February 17, at midnight. As of February 17, 69 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 99 highway deaths in this same time period in 2012.  Oconee County reports no deaths in 2013, […]

The Clemson Blues Festival, an event inspired by the historical Littlejohns Grill, will take place April 18 – 21, 2013 in the Clemson area. The Grill has given Clemson a rich history of Jazz, Blues and Rock & Roll.  The tentative schedule for this year’s Clemson Blues Festival features: VIP Reception, Jimi Lee from Austin, Texas will perform at the Red Minnow […]

The School District of Oconee County held its second Battle of the Books competition on Saturday at Blue Ridge Elementary School. Battle of the Books is a competition that promotes reading quality literature for enjoyment and then competing with other students about the details of the books.  Fourth and fifth grade students formed teams. School competitions were held to get […]

All Oconee County schools will hold registration during the week of March 4-8.  This registration is for new students in grades K-5.  Schedule a screening appointment in advance by calling or visiting the school office. If you are unable to schedule a screening appointment on your school’s designated date, you may take your child to another school on another day. Screening […]

Hard to believe it is already that time of year when area schools begin preparing for next year’s school term.  All Oconee County elementary schools will hold registration and screening for 4-year-old kindergarten during the week of March 4 – 8. The 4K program is for children who will be four on or before September 1, explains Oconee County Schools Superintendent […]