Category: News

Firefighters were dispatched to a kitchen fire Tuesday afternoon in Fair Play.  Shortly after 1pm, the Oconee County 911 Center received several calls reporting a structure fire on Friendship Road. Fire crews arrived to find the kitchen of the home on fire and one man injured. The fire was quickly contained and the man treated for minor burns and transported to […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announces that a second anonymous reward is being offered in the Sheila Carver unsolved disappearance.  Sheila Carver was reported missing by her father nearly 15 years ago on June 20, 1998.  She was last seen near B & B Trailer Park on the Utica Mill Hill near Seneca where she lived with her boyfriend.   $10,000 […]

United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that 42-year-old Hollis Frenchman Gray, Jr., of Seneca has pled guilty in federal court in Greenville, to possession of child pornography.  Senior United States District Judge Henry M. Herlong, Jr. accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the pre-sentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office. Evidence […]

Oconee County honors its veterans tonight with a special event at Gignilliat Field in Seneca.  Jon Bachman, chair of Honoring their Service 2013/Communities for Marines tells about tonight’s Veterans’ Appreciation Family Night.  “Tonight is a fun evening for the family to participate in.  We will bring the Marines in around 7pm.  This event gives the community an opportunity to meet […]

A new report has some good news for companies that provide health benefits for their employees about those benefits and their cost. P-w-C is projecting lower overall growth in medical costs for next year. It is expected to drop from a 7.5% increase this year to 6.5% for next year. Mike Thompson is with P-w-C’s Human Resource Services Practice.  He […]

When was the last time you really felt good?  Well, the food you eat has a lot to do with how you feel, says Health Coach Ellen Hotz. “People don’t stop to realize that everything you put in your body requires energy to process.  When people say they are tired all the time, one of the reasons, it is not […]

An Anderson County elementary student has been diagnosed with pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough.  Our media partners at the South Carolina Radio Network report Palmetto Elementary School was notified on Saturday that the student has the serious, highly contagious disease.  Anderson School District One officials say as soon as the diagnosis was verified; the district contacted the South Carolina […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will be able to supply all their certified deputies with tourniquets, after a fundraiser this past Saturday in Fair Play.  Over $2,100 was raised in the parking lot of the Gazebo Restaurant at Highway 11 and I-85.  The Gazebo Restaurant, along with Lake and Land Realty and Phantom Fireworks, sponsored the event. The proceeds were […]

Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, a new government report says. Last year, about 18% of adults participating in a national health survey described themselves as current smokers. Health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are analyzing the 2012 findings and have not yet concluded why the rate dropped.  Patrick Reynolds is the Executive Director of the Foundation […]

Death and burial are subjects many of us aren’t comfortable planning for ourselves. But sooner or later everyone dies. How can you plan your funeral to make it easy on those you love and leave behind? What choices are there? Where will you be buried? How do you order a grave marker and what will it say? Is cremation an […]