Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wrote Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy requesting the Judiciary Committee work with local and federal law enforcement to ensure that at future hearings Senators can request, and law enforcement will provide, various firearms for education, display, and discussion purposes. “In anticipation of tomorrow’s hearing on gun control, we instructed our […]
Read moreSeneca High School recently named Louis Holleman the head men’s golf coach. Coach Holleman is a life-long Seneca resident where his children attended Seneca High School. Prior to serving in the Student Services Department at the School District of Oconee County, he taught 13 years at Seneca Middle School. During that teaching tenure, he coached C-team basketball for 3 years. […]
Read moreTri-County Technical College’s Corporate and Community Education Division will offer a Get Going with QuickBooks class February 11 – 14 on Monday and Thursday from 1:30 to 5:30pm at the Pendleton Campus. “Students will learn how easy it is for QuickBooks to help them manage their small business more efficiently,” says Tracy Carr, instructor. Students will learn how to set […]
Read moreA new thrift store is coming to downtown Seneca. The Collins Children’s Home plans to open a new thrift store on February 9. “I have been at Collins Children’s Home for five years and we have talked about it on and off since before I came on board and we just had an opportunity that presented itself.” Alena Pelfrey is […]
Read moreThe AARP for the Oconee and Anderson counties area is providing free income tax assistance to seniors. Help is available on February 1 at the Anderson Adult Education Center from 8:30am to 12:30pm, on February 4 and 6 AARP representatives will be at the Anderson County Library from 3:30pm to 7:30pm, on February 7, they will be at Senior Solutions […]
Read moreStill waiting on your new decal from the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles? Well, you are not alone. Some 33,000 motorists statewide who renewed their vehicle registrations last month are still waiting for license plate stickers. That is all motorists who renewed on December 22 or later have been affected. A Department of Motor Vehicles spokesperson reports that a […]
Read moreIt will cost more at the pump today than yesterday. The U.S. Energy Information Administration is out with the latest figures on the price for gasoline and the cost has gone up, explains Amerine Woodyard. “The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $3.36 a gallon on Monday. That is up 4.2 cents from a week ago, based […]
Read moreSouth Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan encouraged George Kollitides, the CEO of the parent company for Remington Arms, to consider relocating the company’s New York production facilities to South Carolina in light of New York’s recent decision to adopt the most restrictive gun policies in the country. In the letter, Congressman Duncan highlights South Carolina’s stellar business climate, pointing out the fact that […]
Read moreTwo people face charges after an altercation earlier this month in Toccoa led to an injury. Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell says that police were called to Stephens Drive just before 1am on January 19 in reference to a fight in progress in the roadway. “It appears that there were some individuals from Westminster, who had come to Toccoa to […]
Read moreA Clemson University student was arrested early Saturday and charged with assaulting two university police officers. According to university police department reports, 20-year-old Jordan Philip Parker of Nashville, Tennessee, a sophomore engineering student, was charged with a felony count of assault of a police officer during the serving process or while resisting arrest. The incident happened just after 3:45am on […]
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