Category: News

The Career Specialist at Seneca Middle School has been named the Pendleton Region CTE Barbara James Career Specialist of the Year for the 2012-2013 school year. Tammy Brock has served as the Career Specialist at Seneca Middle School for six years and has taught 31 years in education. Brock provides career awareness, discovery, and development to students, faculty and parents at Seneca […]

South Carolina may soon end a requirement that high school students pass an exit exam in order to graduate. Legislation that would remove the mandate unanimously passed the state House Education and Public Works Committee this week. The idea has support from legislators of both parties.  Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas also supports the idea.  “I fully support eliminating the High […]

The National 4-H Council in Maryland announces that 16 4-H robotics teams, including one from Oconee County, have advanced to the national championship. The Oconee County 4-H First Noble Team, also known as Team 4452 from Seneca, and the others are set to compete today through Saturday at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri. The international competition is […]

Clemson University’s athletic booster organization has a new leader. The university and IPTAY have named Davis Babb to be the new chief executive officer of IPTAY. Since 1999, under Babb’s leadership, TCU has raised more than $250 million in gifts and commitments for 25 new and renovated athletics facilities, endowed and annual scholarships and special projects. After going through corporate […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made the following statement on reports that Congress is attempting to exempt itself from Obamacare: “Obamacare is a train wreck.  Congress should not be able to get out of Obamacare until everyone else does.

Recently, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and the girls’ softball team at West-Oak High School teamed up for a day of community service. On April 13, the softball team came to the animal control office.  The girls participated in many activities, including spreading mulch around the building and the walkways.  Afterwards, the girls went into the building for lessons on […]

On March 26, Oconee County Sheriff’s Animal Control officers received a call of a cat that was stuck in a tree in the 100 block of Perkins Place, which is near Perkins Creek Road and West South 4th Street in Seneca. Animal Control officers, along with officials from the Seneca Fire Department and Seneca Light and Water, responded to the […]

For the 14th year out of the last 15, deaths on motorcycles in the U.S. have increased and now top 5,000. The figures come in a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association. The Association’s Barbara Harsha says that dealers and riders can be pro-active in preventing deaths. “Hopefully the sellers who sell them will encourage motorcyclists to wear […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hartwell Lake Office will open the following campgrounds and day-use areas for the 2013 recreation season on May 1: Oconee Point Campground in Oconee County will be open May 1 through September 30. The campground offers 70 sites and all are waterfront locations. All sites are equipped with electric and water hook-ups. Shower and restroom […]

A wet winter and early spring this year curtailed the number of prescribed burns on U.S. forest land in Oconee County. In 2013, a half dozen burns were conducted, including the sixth and final one Monday near Salem.  The U.S. Forest Service normally tries to burn around  4-5,000 acres each winter and spring.  According to the U.S. Forest Service, benefits […]