Category: News

Wednesday was a special day for the Seneca High School Symphonic Band. The South Carolina Band Director’s Association hosted a Concert Band Assessment at Lexington High School, an annual event that gives feedback and reward for band programs across the state for their diligence and dedication in the classroom. The Seneca High School Band received an overall rating of Excellent, […]

Bike desks in the fourth and fifth grade classes keep students active while they are learning each day at Pendleton Elementary School. FitDesks are the newest way the school is bringing fitness into the classroom. The desks have quickly become the most popular seat in class.  The students take turns on the bikes. Some classes work on a “first come, first […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported theft of copper from the construction site of the new Walhalla High School on Highway 183 at Picket Post.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “According to Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw, deputies were dispatched to the construction site a little before 7am this morning for […]

A Clemson University scientist was awarded a two-year, $147,157 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to find a cure for an infectious disease. Lesly Temesvari, Alumni Distinguished Professor in Clemson’s biological sciences department and researcher in Clemson’s Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center, works on the stress response in the human pathogen, Entamoeba histolytica. This infectious amoeba is […]

This Friday, one of Bluegrass music’s finest bands takes the Walhalla Civic Auditorium stage, the SteelDrivers performs at 8pm, explains Auditorium executive director Bill Chiusano.  “The SteelDrivers are a group of seasoned bluegrass veterans, each distinguished in his or her own right.  They bring their high-energy show back to the WCA.  They have braided their bluegrass roots with new threads […]

Fire investigators in Oconee County are trying to determine what caused a home on Ploma Drive in Salem to catch fire.  Firefighters say the single family home caught fire Wednesday afternoon and was destroyed in the blaze.  Authorities report that no one was injured in the fire.

Patients with critical illness often experience pain or other stresses that put them at risk for developing psychiatric illness. These include anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. A new study examined how critical illness might contribute to psychiatric illness and the need for psychiatric medications after being admitted to the intensive care unit.  “These patients who had previously been at […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham filed the paperwork and wrote a $10,440 check to run for re-election on Wednesday.  He stopped by the South Carolina Election Commission in Columbia to officially launch his campaign for a third term. A half-dozen other candidates are challenging the 58-year-old Republican, but the State Elections Commission reports that none of those challengers have filed and […]

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his girlfriend to death while visiting his mother in South Carolina in 2010.  On Tuesday, an Anderson County jury found 34-year-old Mauricio Weber of Seattle, Washington, guilty of murder. Prosecutors said Weber stabbed 20-year-old Patrice Jones 14 times because she disrespected him. An autopsy found that the blows were […]

In an effort to keep residents safe, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw is proposing a distracted driving ordinance.  At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Oconee County Council, Sheriff Crenshaw presented the ordinance, which forbids the use of any cellular or other portable electronic communication device while operating a moving vehicle.  “The proposal has been a process that we have undertaken […]