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A hot dog sale to raise money to help a Walhalla High School student with his medical bills raised more than $10,500, but Nancy James says donations for Alex “Skeeter” Smith continue to arrive. A 10th grader and band member, Alex has what is described as a marble-sized tumor at the stem of his brain. Doctors hope to remove the […]

An institution of learning will be retiring at the end of the current school year and her replacement was named last night.  At their regular meeting, the Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County accepted the recommendation of Steve Hanvey as the Assistant Superintendent of Instruction.  Hanvey will be replacing Dianne England, who has served as the […]

A 46-year-old Seneca woman died Monday morning, from complications due smoke inhalation and thermal injuries sustained in a mobile home fire on December 6, 2012 at 215 Cox Road in Seneca.  Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that Linda Kay Christian died at 7:40am at the Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca.  She was admitted to hospice on February 1, after […]

The Academy Awards will be presented this week and two Clemson professors have reason to cling to the remotes just a little tighter when the winners are called. Jerry Tessendorf, director of Clemson’s Master of Fine Arts in Digital Productions Arts program, and Robert Geist, program co-founder and professor in the School of Computing, both developed software used for visual […]

A pickup truck, stolen late last week from the parking lot of a Westminster drug store, remains unaccounted for today, but the police chief says an active investigation into the theft remains in progress. Chief Dean Awalt says the 1994 two-tone green Ford F-150 displayed a South Carolina tag of 4-9-6-F-G and contained someone’s personal papers. According to Awalt, the […]

The public should be watching and listening for a South Carolina statewide test of its tornado alert system. The drill is planned for approximately 9 o’clock Tuesday morning, March 5. Television and radio stations, such as 96.3/WGOG, will participate through the activation of the EAS and a message from the National Weather Service, explaining that it is a test only. […]

A Clemson student pursuing a graduate’s degree is getting real-world experience as an intern at the office of Oconee Economic Development. Kirsten Pratt was introduced during Friday’s meeting of the Economic Development Commission. She joins an office staff of Richard Blackwell, executive director, and Russell Johnson, project and marketing manager.

Congressman Jeff Duncan chaired his first hearing of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. Friday’s hearing addressed the Department of Homeland Security’s progress and shortcomings in implementing various missions and ensuring that taxpayer dollars are being spent efficiently.

A Heritage Corridor grant, worth $12,500, is headed the way of the project to develop Old St. John’s Meeting House in Walhalla. Kim Paradeses, fiscal analyst for the S-C Department of Parks, Recreaton and Tourism, notified the Rev. Frank Strickland, project manager, that the grant is awarded and work may begin. Two of the 12 pews needed for the building […]

A late night home fire inside the protection service territory of the Oakway Volunteer Fire Department. The fire occurred on Grove Creek Drive and no one was reported injured. The call came at 10:22. Fire fighters from Oakway, Westminster, South Union and Fair Play responded. The last set of fire fighters remained at the scene until shortly after 12:30 a-m.