Category: News

An 82-year-old Mountain Rest man died Wednesday afternoon in the emergency department at Oconee Medical Center approximately 45 minutes after a single vehicle collision in Walhalla.  Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis identified the man as Will Kelley and he was pronounced dead at 4:13pm.  Kelley also had an Easley address where he owned a car lot.   The 911 system […]

The horrific school shooting in Connecticut earlier this month has sparked national conversation about placing police officers in every school.  Currently in Oconee County, School Resource Officers work in each middle and high school.  Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander would like to see School Resource Officers placed in elementary schools too. “I know there has been lots of discussion about police […]

Despite recent rains, Oconee County and the rest of Upstate South Carolina remain in drought.  Oconee Soil and Water Conservation District manager Eddie Martin encourages residents to conserve this valuable resource whenever possible.  “Water is a tremendous issue as everyone can witness as they drive by the main reservoirs.  We need to step up and do more to conserve water […]

The holidays are winding down and just a few days left to see the Christmas lights in the City of Seneca.  “The Street Department when they get back to work, they are going to have to start taking everything down.  That is somewhat sad; I love it when it goes up and get sad when it comes down.  There is […]

More time has been granted to South Carolina taxpayers affected by the information security data breach to protect themselves.  The new deadline to sign up for protection is March 31, 2013 for the millions of residents who lost their information when the South Carolina Department of Revenue database was breached.  Experian is providing a year of free credit monitoring and […]

A team of Clemson University graduate students has improved the state’s highest peak by building an overlook.  Students collaborated with the state Department of Natural Resources to install the overlook near a parking lot not far from the 3,353-foot peak of Sassafras Mountain.  The wooden overlook includes rails and extends beyond the rock outcropping. The South Carolina Department of Natural […]

Tis the season for Christmas tree recycling at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake. Through February 15, the Corps will collect used, natural Christmas trees that will be used as fish attractors throughout Hartwell Lake. The trees will be tied in bundles, weighted with concrete anchors, and submerged in various locations marked with fish attractor buoys.  All ornaments and tinsel […]

The fourth suspect wanted in connection to a December 8 shooting which killed a Clemson University student is behind bars.  On Friday, the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office to advise them that 18-year-old Lester Mosley, Jr. of Central might be hiding out there.  Mosley is charged in the death of 23-year-old Steven Grich, who was […]

The City of Westminster has its new Police Chief.  After an extensive search, the City of Westminster hired Dean Awalt to be its new Police Chief.  Westminster City Administrator David Smith gives details.  “We had 26 applications, conducted a number of interviews and finally made our decision that the position will be going to Dean Awalt, who is currently employed […]

December 21, 2012 is the date some claim marks the apocalypse predicted by the Mayan calendar. Judith Storniolo is a professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University. She is also a historical and comparative linguist, who says the ancient Maya measured time cyclically, as opposed to in a linear way and there are other […]