Category: News

Over $24,000 was raised at this past Saturday’s Collins Home Mud Run at the Shaver Recreation Complex in Seneca.  Hundreds of runners and volunteers spent the day making mud splatter for kids who matter.  Seneca Events Coordinator Riley Johnson gives details.  “This year’s mud run for the Collins Children’s Home was outstanding.  We had over 200 teams, which is like […]

This is the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day, a day that is intended to inspire awareness and appreciation of our planet’s natural environment. Eric Pica is the president of Friends of the Earth. “Earth Day is one of those days where people around the world celebrate the environment and the process of protecting the environment.  Hopefully they give thought to […]

Lundberg Letter analyst Trilby Lundberg says the average price of a gallon of gasoline across the nation has dropped eleven cents over the past two weeks to average $3.54.  Lundberg says diesel prices have also fallen.  “Diesel prices on the street dropped seven cents in the same two-week period, that average is now $3.98.” Lundberg says that gas prices have […]

An Oconee County public school student gained honorable mention in this year’s Project Sentry Logo Contest, sponsored by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina. A certificate of appreciation and a ribbon went to Oakway Intermediate School’s Lilly Smith, who competed in the 3-5 grades division. The statewide contest gives South Carolina students a chance to tell the entire state […]

A local road paver announces it will be working on projects this week in Oconee and Pickens counties. Today is the start of work by King Asphalt on Highway 11 between Antioch Church Road and the Sunset community. That work is scheduled to last until around May 7. On Tuesday, King Asphalt will work on Coneross Creek Road between SC […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in an investigation into a recent arson and larceny case near Seneca. According to investigators, the incident occurred Wednesday morning just after 6:30am in the 100 block of Ashley Lane, which is near Reedy Fork Baptist Church.  Deputies responded to a report of a motor home fire after a passerby […]

The Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will reduce park operations and visitor services at Hartwell Lake during the 2013 recreation season due to significant projected budget reductions. The Corps will keep closed one primitive campground and partially close six day use areas for the 2013 season in addition to maintaining the reductions in park seasons and service […]

New jobless figures from the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce show drops at the local, state and national levels.  Oconee County’s unemployment rate for March was 7.9%, down from February’s rate of 9%.  Anderson County’s jobless figure fell from 7.8% in February to 7.3% in March.  Pickens County listed unemployment at 6.7% in March compared to February’s 7% […]

Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas is reaching out to parents about recent discussions concerning the Common Core of State Standards.  Dr. Lucas writes on his blog that: “There seems to be lots of misinformation regarding the Common Core of State Standards.  Much of what we do in education becomes politicized, and I guess there’s an element of that […]

Standardized testing is a fact of life in public schools today.  Students are tested in a multitude of ways beginning in elementary school and continuing throughout their high school career.  In fact, high school students striving to attend college are generally expected to take the SAT or the ACT college entrance exam, typically more than once.  However, every year a […]