Category: News

An Anderson County man died Thursday afternoon when his moped collided with a van on West Shockley Ferry Road and South Main Street in Anderson.  Anderson County Coroner Don McCown reports that 54-year-old Charles Franklin Richardson was pronounced dead within an hour of arriving at AnMed Health Medical Center.  He was not wearing a helmet during the time of the […]

Seneca Fire Captain and Friendship Volunteer Fire Chief David Wright was laid to rest at Hepsibah Baptist Church Thursday with full honors.  Following the service, a procession incorporating local fire trucks and emergency service vehicles headed to the graveside service.  Chief Wright died when a tractor-trailer he was driving plunged into Lake Hartwell Monday night.  The 18-wheeler blew a tire […]

In less than two weeks, Oconee County hosts the fifth annual South Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair.  This year’s fair will be located on the same site as the weekly Market there at 178 Hayfield Road right off Highway 123 near Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative.  The fair runs October 1st through the 5th.   Several new attractions have been added to this […]

The Oconee County Council will hold a public hearings for Ordinance 2013-20, “an ordinance to amend Oconee County ordinance 2013-01 “an ordinance to establish the budget for Oconee County and to provide for the levy of taxes for ordinary county purposes, for the Tri-County Technical College Special Revenue Fund, for the Emergency Services Protection Special Revenue Fund, for the Road Maintenance Special Revenue […]

Beginning Monday, September 23rd 2013, North Townville Street in Seneca will be closed for road construction between East North 2nd Street and Hopkins Road.  All traffic should follow the detour onto North Depot Street, via East North 2nd Street and Hopkins Road.  North Townville Street is scheduled to be closed until mid December.

Southern Wesleyan University can start the process towards NCAA Division II membership and join Conference Carolinas.  The NCAA approved those measurers this week.  Southern Wesleyan University plans a press conference on the campus in Central at 3pm on Monday, Sept. 23, where university officials will provide a detailed update on the process moving forward. Southern Wesleyan sponsors 15 intercollegiate varsity athletic […]

After months of planning and building, a group of Clemson University students is heading to Miami for the National Red Bull Flugtag Day. Officials with Clemson University said the school’s coed engineering fraternity, known as Theta Tau, has designed a flying machine for the competition. The students said they named their team “Hammer Time” and their message to their competitors is simple: “You […]

The City of Clemson and its proximity to Clemson University led the editors of Convention South magazine to name it South Carolina’s hot pick in the upcoming feature, “South’s Historic College Towns With Hip Group Appeal.” The magazine conducted an in-depth review of historic college towns across the South, choosing one town in each of 15 Southern states.  The September […]

A historic moment. That is how Wednesday’s Joint State Savannah River Basin Caucus Summit at Big Oaks Recreation Center in Hartwell is being described. State, federal and local leaders came together to discuss how better to manage the resources of the Savannah River Basin. Also present for the summit were Georgia Governor Nathan Deal and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. They […]

A new street sign design has been selected by the City of Westminster.  At their meeting Tuesday night, the Westminster City Council approved the design for five new signs that will replace worn-down old signs.  These signs are to be placed at entrances to the city and in front of Rite-Aid Pharmacy, which is in the heart of downtown. The […]