Category: News

Five new school buses are coming to Oconee County and just in time according to Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas.  “The state of South Carolina has purchased about 350 new buses, the yellow school buses that folks see on the road all the time and we are going to be receiving five of those 350 buses.  They are special needs […]

South Carolina is being hit hard by the flu this year and the virus has appeared much earlier than normal. In the last 3-4 weeks, the Palmetto State has experienced a significant upturn in the number of influenza cases being reported, the number of hospitalizations, and unfortunately even the number of people who have died due to the illness that […]

Authorities in Anderson County have captured a suspect involved in a high-speed chase in Hart County on Christmas Day.  Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 29-year-old Michael David Brandon Chastain over the weekend. Chastain was picked up at a convenience store on Shockley Ferry Road and South Main Street Sunday afternoon.  He was given a $100,000 bond but remains in the […]

At 3:36am on Tuesday, Oconee Medical Center welcomed the first baby to be born at the hospital in 2013. Baby girl Skii Alexandria, was born to Edwina and Jimmy Cannon. Dr. Dan Singleton delivered her. As the New Year Baby for 2013, Skii and her family received a very special gift basket filled with a fantastic variety of gifts to celebrate the baby’s […]

A hot topic in 2012 was the need for a new Seneca Library.  It has been more than 27 years since any construction was done on the Seneca branch of the Oconee County Public Library System and Seneca Librarian Blair Hinson thinks 2013 is a good time for improvements.  “There has been a lot of talk about the Seneca branch.  […]

Excitement is at an all-time high in Oconee County as we enter the New Year, thanks to business opportunities being made available at two commerce parks.  Richard Blackwell, executive director of the Oconee County Economic Development Commission, updates work being done at the Golden Corner Commerce Park in Fair Play. “We are extremely excited for what County Council has allowed […]

Being slightly overweight may not be as much of a health risk as previously thought. The National Center for Health Statistics has reviewed 97 past studies involving 3 million people. Researchers found that being overweight or slightly obese was linked to about a 6% lower risk of dying, compared to people considered “normal weight”. Researchers say that is in cases […]

South Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan issued the following statement regarding the fiscal cliff “compromise” that passed Congress late Tuesday night: “I voted ‘no’ on the Senate ‘compromise’ on the fiscal cliff last night. Instead of making our country more secure, this compromise places our country on even shakier fiscal ground by completely ignoring why we are $16 trillion in debt. Not […]

Oconee County Emergency Services is once again sponsoring the annual Tornado Safety Poster Contest. The contest is open to all students in grades one through six in any Oconee County school. There will be winners and runners-up at each grade level and a grand prizewinner. A committee of judges will choose winners from each grade level during the period of […]

Officers with the Seneca Police Department have arrested and charged a woman in connection to recent burglaries in the area.  Seneca Police incarcerated 47-year-old Laverne Lawrence on 11 criminal charges including larceny, burglary, safe cracking, possession of drug paraphernalia, giving false information to law enforcement and malicious injury to personal property.  She is suspected of stealing from the Seneca Church […]