Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
A new season starts tonight for the Seneca Bobcats as they begin region play in varsity football. Seneca High School Varsity Football Head Coach Hal Capps is excited to play games that will decide who makes the playoffs. “First thing, Amen, I’m glad it is over with. It has been tough of our kids, on our fans, on the coaches […]
Read moreIt’s fall and that means visitors will soon be coming to the Upstate of South Carolina to see the leaves as they change colors. Clemson University Forest Ecologist Dr. Don Hagan gives his annual fall foliage forecast. “Every year I take trips up to the mountains usually late summer or early fall with my students. It really gives me that […]
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Depending on where you live in Oconee County, you may have received rain this week. Showers were described as hit and miss by Official U.S. Weather Observer Barbara Wilson from her weather station in Walhalla. “On Sept. 20, I recorded .22 over night. Then the next day .23 and then .31 and yesterday .14. So, we were just on the […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is issuing an advisory today to caution citizens concerning individuals coming to their residences seeking to do maintenance work on their homes or property, explains Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “Deputies have received word of a couple of instances in which individuals have come to homes of a couple of citizens seeking to do work […]
Read moreA new exhibit entitled “Artists Teaching: Teaching Artists,” highlights artwork by the faculty of the Department of Art at Clemson University. It opens with a reception from 6-8pm tonight, Sept. 28. The Clemson University Media Relations Department reports that the Department of Art’s faculty welcomes this occasion to exhibit at the flagship Lee Gallery on Clemson University’s main campus. Learn […]
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will use its WIC Mobile Clinic to provide some key services to residents in areas recovering from severe flooding. The mobile care van is going to the Cheraw and Marion areas to offer Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis (Tdap) and flu shots to adults as well as WIC nutrition services for eligible women and […]
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The Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) is gearing up to celebrate its 70th anniversary next month. OCPL Director Blair Hinson says a number of fun activities are planned for the third week in October. “We are going to be doing a Customer Appreciation Week. It’ll be that third week in October and we’re going to be doing some really fun […]
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A barricade is up on East Reedy Fork Road as crews repair a small leak in a pressurized sewer line near Seneca. The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority reports that a leak was detected Thursday forcing officials to close part of the road as 300 feet of pipe is replaced. The pipe is estimated to be between 30-40-years-old. Flow from […]
Read moreClemson University will host three Prisoners of War (POW), who survived World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. They will share their stories on Thursday, Oct. 4, from 3:30-5pm in the Tillman Hall auditorium. All three men are Clemson alums who returned to Clemson to work as faculty or staff after the wars. This free event is […]
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The Tri-County Technical College (TCTC) Commission meets on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at 12:30pm in the Student Success Center Cafe on the Pendleton Campus. Among the items on the agenda are historical data for college buildings, vehicle utilization, computer standards, weapons on campus, Curriculum Committee report, Finance Committee report, President’s report, Chair’s report, South Carolina Association of Technical College Commissioners’ […]
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