Category: News

This week, the USDA Forest Service assessed health and safety conditions at all four Ranger Districts located on the Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests in South Carolina following the passage of Hurricane Florence. Some areas have reopened while a few areas remain closed due to actual and potential of flooding, and the potential for resource damage due to wet […]

To address the opioid overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is increasing support to states, territories, tribes, and non-governmental organizations working to prevent opioid-related overdoses, deaths, and other outcomes. CDC has awarded $155 million in new funding to states and four U.S. territories to advance the understanding of the opioid overdose epidemic and to scale-up prevention […]

Tri-County Technical College (TCTC) announces that it is upgrading its central student information system from Banner 8 to Banner 9. This new release delivers a number of important enhancements, including a modern user interface, enhanced navigation and process management tools, new functionality, and the ability to access Banner with laptops and mobile devices. The software migration will take place Monday, […]

Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins states that 33-year-old Ryan Cameron McBride was sentenced this week by the Honorable Letitia H. Verdin to 22 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections for voluntary manslaughter. He will have to serve at least 85% of the sentence before he becomes eligible for parole. Evidence presented at the plea hearing by Assistant Solicitor […]

Everyone probably remembers doing tornado drills when they were in school. Well, safety drills like those are conducted year round in the School District of Oconee County (SDOC), explains Associate Superintendent of Administration Steve Hanvey. “Six drills are mandated through state statute. We still have to do our monthly fire drills on top of that. So, two fire drills, tornado […]

A Seneca woman died in a two-vehicle crash on SC 24 in Anderson County Wednesday night. The South Carolina Highway Patrol reports that a 2013 Honda was traveling east and a 2015 Kia SUV was traveling west when the Kia drove left of center and hit the Honda head-on. The driver of the Kia was identified as 47-year-old Kimberly Dunn […]