Category: News

Over the last decade more than 2,700 active duty service members have taken their life and that number is continuing to rise. A new study examined suicide risk factors among active duty and reserve military personnel across all branches of service, including the national guard.  “Service members have been facing unique stressors including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan some people […]

Clemson University is ranked at the top of U.S. schools in student sports participation and community relations, according to The Princeton Review. In its new “The Best 378 Colleges: 2014 Edition,” the organization used student surveys to rank Clemson No. 1 in three categories: “Everybody plays intramural sports”, “Jock schools” and “Town-gown relations are great” Clemson also is ranked highly […]

Tri-County Technical College President Ronnie L. Booth urged summer graduates to think of themselves as their own corporations and to take charge and be in charge of their own lives.  At the College’s 49th summer commencement, 536 students were awarded degrees, diplomas and/or certificates on August 2 at the Anderson Civic Center. “My challenge to each of you is that […]

Three deputies from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office participated recently in training to receive certification in the National Child Passenger Safety Certification Training Program. Road Patrol deputy Aaron Hanks, Victim’s Advocate Vickie Bottoms, and Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt participated in the training, held for two days at the Easley Campus of Tri-County Technical College.  In addition, there was a […]

The Oconee County Public Library in partnership with Recorded Books announces the introduction of Universal Class Library Edition, which is an online education experience designed specifically for patrons of public libraries.  With a growing catalog of over 500 courses, Universal Class provides online training guided by real instructors in a collaborative learning environment.  Video-based lessons, graded lesson tests, certificates of achievement […]

The SC Association for Volunteer Administration and the Tri-County Affiliate are sponsoring a photography workshop.  Participants will learn how to tell the story of their program through photographs. The workshop will be conducted by Joan Perry, Director of Volunteers at Roper St. Francis Healthcare. Joan will teach participants how to promote their agencies, volunteers, and events through photography.  The Oconee County Public […]

The Oconee County Public Library recently received a donation that will keep readers busy for the next three years.  Library Director Philip Cheney accepted a donation of a three-year subscription to American Spirit, a publication of the DAR, from Nan Jones, Regent of the Walhalla Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  The magazine is now housed at the Walhalla Library.  Patrons […]

Two Upstate restaurants have been ordered to pay a total of nearly $75,000 in back wages to 13 employees, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Labor. The department’s wage and hour division found El Jimador Mexican Restaurants in Clemson and Westminster to have low-wage employees who were working “off the books.” The restaurants were also found to […]

The 37-year-old woman who drowned over the weekend in Pickens County has been identified.  Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley lists the victim as Heather Dobbins of York.  She was with three other people when she drowned Saturday. The incident happened on the Saluda River near Old Easley Highway. Investigators said Dobbins was taken to a Greenville hospital, where she was […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in finding baseball equipment and other items that were reportedly stolen from a team that is competing in the Dixie Boys World Series in Seneca.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “Deputies were dispatched to 226 Hitec Road, which is the location of the Quality […]