Category: News

On Saturday, boaters are encouraged to take advantage of a free safety inspection.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is collaborating with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to provide free boater’s safety inspections at J. Strom Thurmond Lake, starting at 9:30am. Officials with the Corps and the Coast Guard will perform vessel safety checks at Scotts Ferry boat ramp, located on the South […]

Author Joseph Wilburn Boring Jr. announces the release of his new Christian science fiction, “Spur of the Moment.” In the story, readers are introduced to Arthur, who intended to improve on the incredible success of his father. Instead, he, by determined attention to detail and quite by accident, discovered how to manipulate elements that, in a most intricate way, determine […]

Training is being credited for the successful outcome of a weekend barricade situation in Walhalla.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “We are very pleased that this situation resolved itself without any injury to anybody.  We were happy that he came out and surrendered himself without incident.  Obviously a lot of times you have to […]

Clemson University police arrested 19-year-old Isiah Jasper Hill III on charges related to the unauthorized use of a credit card number.  Hill is a sophomore from Lawrenceville, Georgia. Clemson University police charged Hill with felony financial transaction card theft and misdemeanor financial transaction card fraud value of $500 or less in a six-month period. The warrant said he made deposits into […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has filed an additional charge against 43-year-old Timothy Scott Blackwell, who barricaded himself inside his home Sunday after law enforcement responded to a domestic call.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “The additional charge, according to warrants, is possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person convicted of a […]

Continuous rain, rising rivers, and saturated ground have made flood prone areas in the Upstate vulnerable.  Storms are forecast in the Upstate for much of the week, so Oconee County Emergency Management director Scott Krein is warning residents about potential floods. “Our lakes and rivers are full and if streams run on roads that can be dangerous.  Any time the […]

The national average price for a gallon of gas remained pretty much the same over the past three weeks. Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey of gas prices, says you should expect to pay a bit more over the next few weeks though.  “I do think that the trend ex-crude is for a bit more at the pump because […]

Much of the Upstate is under a flash flood watch, and severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon.  A line of showers and a few embedded thunderstorms is moving across north central Georgia and the storms are expected to track east across northeast Georgia and the Upstate of South Carolina during the early to mid-afternoon. As the line of storms moves […]

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces three people were killed on state roads and highways from Friday, June 7, at 6pm until Sunday, June 9, at midnight.  As of June 9, 291 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 373 highway deaths in this same time period in 2012.  Locally, Oconee County reports one highway fatality in 2013 […]

Clemson University’s Women in Science and Engineering Program, as known as WISE, has received the 2013 National Engineers Week Foundation and Women in Engineering Programs and Advocate Networks’ Introduce a Girl to Engineering Award. The award honors organizations for outstanding outreach efforts as a part of National Engineers Week and Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day in February. WISE encourages […]