Category: News

For the second year in a row, Clarka Wickliffe has won the talent competition at the Miss South Carolina Pageant.  Wickliffe is a native of Oconee County and graduate student at Clemson University pursuing a master’s degree in bio-medical engineering.  She lives in Greenville County and is this year’s Miss Spartanburg.  Wickliffe took home the talent award with her vocal […]

Lake Keowee Marina and other area sponsors will be hosting a Poker Run on the water to benefit Our Daily Rest in Seneca, on Saturday, July 27th. Registration begins at 10am, with first launch at 11am. The last hand must be turned in by 4pm and the awards party will be held from 5pm – 8pm that evening. There is […]

Clemson University is now sharing its knowledge and resources with the rest of the world.  Clemson University Libraries has been recognized as a contributor to the creation of The Digital Public Library of America, a portal that delivers millions of materials found in American archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage institutions to students, teachers, scholars and the public. Clemson Libraries provided […]

Authorities have arrested a man, who they say stole and crashed a police vehicle.  The South Carolina Radio Network reports that 26-year-old Kenneth Franklin Tollison of Anderson now faces multiple charges. An Iva police officer arrested Tollison around 11:15am Wednesday for attempting to cash a forged check at the Peoples Bank. After Tollison was placed in the back seat of […]

The search for a missing hiker in Table Rock State Park has ended with positive news, the man walked out on his own.  Oconee County Emergency Management director Scott Krein gives details.  “This morning we were searching and one of the search teams was at Table Rock State Park when our subject did walk out on his own power and […]

A search is underway for an overdue hiker in Table Rock State Park.  Oconee County Emergency Services is searching for a missing 45-year-old male.  Oconee County Emergency Management director Scott Krein reports that responders searched trails, access roads and old logging roads in the Mustard Grounds area within Oconee County. Oconee County Emergency Services working with Pickens County was able […]

Oconee County has a new tool to alert residents about emergencies in their area.  The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications/E-911 Division, in partnership with Oconee County Emergency Services and Twenty First Century Communications, Inc., has instituted a regional notification system that will be able to send telephone notifications to residents and businesses within Oconee County impacted by, or in […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham raised over $1.4 million for his re-election campaign during the 2nd Quarter, the strongest fundraising tally Graham has ever reported in a single quarter. The additional donations bring the campaign’s cash-on-hand to over $6.25 million, which is the most cash-on-hand ever reported by Graham’s campaign. Early reports suggest that Graham’s over $6.25 million cash-on-hand ranks as one […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said he will offer three amendments today in the Senate Appropriations Committee to protect American businesses from the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) job-killing tactics. “The NLRB has been the Grim Reaper of job creation,” said Graham.  “In South Carolina, we have seen first-hand just how destructive their actions can be to job creation […]

With thousands of eligible U.S. military veterans being added to the Veterans Administration’s available medical services programs each week, there is often confusion surrounding the qualifications and availability of these programs. Mia Temple, a VA medical representative from the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, will be available to all area military veterans and their spouses at 6pm, Tuesday, July 16 at the […]