Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The community is invited to the Shaver Recreation Center on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, for 94.1 The Lake’s Home, Health and Life Expo. The event offers residents the opportunity to learn more about the local business community, says 94.1 The Lake General Manager Brandon Kessler. “This free event from 4-7pm, features over 70 leaders in healthcare, home remodeling, real estate, […]
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The Oconee Heritage Center (OHC) is wishing their friends at the Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) a happy 70th birthday. The library has great resources for anyone doing genealogy or local history research, including free access to Ancestry.com and the Ann Rogers Memorial Room. The OCPL first opened its doors in October of 1948. Seventy years later it is still […]
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United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon is welcoming Assistant United States Attorneys Kathleen Stoughton and Elliott Daniels to her staff this week. Stoughton graduated from the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina and The George Washington University Law School. She previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Dennis W. Shedd on the United States […]
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Last night, the Walhalla City Council approved two revenue bonds of up to $25 million for a new water treatment plant on Lake Keowee. The project has been years in the planning stages and the council’s unanimous approval of the two ordinances sets in motion funding to build the intake and treatment facility. The federal government has already approved a […]
Read moreBy a margin of just seven votes, Lynn Towe was elected to be the new Mayor of the Town of Salem. In a special election on Tuesday to fill the unexpired term of the late Diane Head, Towe received 29 votes to Kevin Talley’s 22. Towe will now take the oath of office to serve the one year remaining of […]
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This Friday, Oct. 19, come to an Old Keowee Contra Dance at South Cove County Park. A beginners’ intro starts at 6:30pm, followed by the dance from 7-10pm. Enjoy Contra, Folk, and Square Dancing in a wood-floored lakeside dance hall with a caller and a live fiddle band. The cost is $8 per person with kids 12 and under admitted […]
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United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announces that 31-year-old Jeffrey Lee Harris of Pickens pled guilty in federal court in Spartanburg, to possession of child pornography. United States District Judge Donald C. Coggins, of Spartanburg, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after he has reviewed the presentence report, which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office. Evidence presented […]
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A wanted man has been apprehended by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office was searching for 54-year-old Gregory Gene Trotter to serve an arrest warrant charging him with accessory after the fact of a felony in relation to the Sept. 10, double homicide on Padgett Street near Seneca. Trotter was located Tuesday at an address on Martin Street […]
Read moreOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and as part of raising awareness of the disease Dabo’s All In Team Foundation donated $100,000 to the Oconee Memorial Hospital (OMH) Foundation on Monday, Oct. 15. OMH Foundation Manager Cortni Nations was very grateful to receive the generous gift from Clemson University Head Football Coach Dabo Swinney and his wife, Kathleen. “We had […]
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The United States Senate has unanimously passed U.S. Senator Tim Scott’s Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act. Upon passage, Senator Scott released the following statement. “One of the pillars I base my public service on is giving a voice to the voiceless, and that is exactly what my Sickle Cell Disease and […]
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