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The Lewis G. Watkins Detachment of the Marine Corps League is hosting a speakers forum Tuesday night on the federal Affordable Care Act. Two speakers are planned for the free event. The first is Ray Farmer, who serves as director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance. Local Marine Corps League Commandant Skip Wakeman gives details. “He is going to […]
Read moreThe November class of Alive At 25 at Hamilton Career Center has reached full enrollment, however seats are still available for the Alive At 25 classes which will be held during November and December at Hamilton Career Center and at other nearby locations. This survival course developed by the National Safety Council is designed to deal with inexperience and casual attitudes participants have […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announces that flu vaccines for adults with health insurance are on their way to the state. The announcement followed a report that noted the agency would only be offering the vaccines for uninsured patients. Flu shots will no longer be available at county-level health departments across the state for patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid or private […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Chamber of Commerce announces that this year’s Business of Oconee County Expo has been canceled. Oconee County Chamber of Commerce executive director Jillian Lusk gives details. “Due to a variety of reasons we are going to have to cancel the Business of Oconee Expo this year. We are really sorry, we wanted to make sure that we […]
Read moreSeneca High School will honor Bennie Cunningham with the retirement of his football jersey on October 25th during halftime of the football game against West-Oak. A reception will be held in the Seneca High School cafeteria from 6-7pm prior to the football game. The public is invited to attend. Bennie Cunningham graduated from Seneca High School in 1972. He was a four-sport letterman at […]
Read moreA new report from Connect South Carolina entitled Closing the Digital Divide in South Carolina shows that efforts across the state to close the gap in broadband adoption are working. Data based on socio-economic factors gathered by Connect South Carolina’s 2010, 2011, and 2012 Residential Technology Assessments was used to illustrate how the broadband adoption gap between rural residents and […]
Read moreGun safety has been a topic of discussion around the country over the past several years. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is committed to gun safety not only for the citizens of Oconee County, but among the deputies and personnel who work at the office. Gun safety is being aware for the potential of what might happen and always being […]
Read moreMailing a threatening letter to U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has landed a Pickens County man in prison for 87 months. United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that Senior United States District Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr. sentenced 32-year-old Simon Peter Long of Easley in federal court in Anderson for mailing a threatening communication to harm a U. S. Governmental Official. […]
Read moreA two-car accident Saturday morning in Liberty claimed the life of a Pickens County man. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol reports that 45-year-old Preston Calvin Batson, Jr. was killed on Highway 93 when his 1965 Ford Mustang entered into the opposing lane and collided with a 1999 Ford SUV. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelly pronounced him dead at […]
Read moreA means to create more jobs in Oconee County was unanimously approved on first reading by the Seneca City Council at their meeting this month. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander says this ordinance creates a joint county industrial and business park related to the building of the new Hampton Inn and Suites. “This was a document that needed to take place […]
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