Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has experienced a record-breaking year in the first year of the agency’s 10-Year Plan to Rebuild SC’s Road. For the first time in the agency’s history, the total amount of road and bridge work underway on the state’s highways has exceeded $3 billion. A key component of the 10-year plan is a dramatic […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man Sunday, July 1, on charges of first degree burglary and petit larceny. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center after being arrested by deputies at his address was 21-year-old Tyler Wayne Smith of Chiefs Lane. A deputy responded to an address on Donna Drive near Westminster the afternoon of June 20, […]
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Falls are the most common type of playground injury, accounting for more than 75%. Lack of supervision is associated with approximately 45% of playground-related injuries. With active supervision and some basic safety tips, every day at the playground can be a walk in the park, says Daby Snipes with Sake Kids Upstate. “Actively supervise children on playgrounds. It won’t be […]
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Rumors abound in Seneca about a QT or Quick Trip and Starbucks locating businesses in the city. Oconee Economic Alliance Executive Director Richard Blackwell says he knows that QT has been looking at locations inside the city limits. “OT is one that we have directly talked to probably about four years ago when we started interacting with their real estate […]
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On Friday, June 29, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Tamassee man on a charge of arson in the second degree. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 20-year-old Joshua James Emanuel Ernest Martin. A deputy responded to the Salem Fire Department on June 28, in regards to an investigation into a structure fire that occurred at a […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announces an additional arrest in the nineteenth “Operation Infinity” drug sweep round-up that began on June 4. This latest roundup involves 21 subjects wanted on a variety of drug charges involving methamphetamine, heroin, and prescription drugs as well as unlawful neglect of a child charges and attempting to purchase Pseudoephedrine above the legal limit charges. […]
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The City of Walhalla announces an adjustment to its garbage scheduled due to the holiday in the middle of the week. Walhalla sanitation runs scheduled for Wednesday will instead take place Thursday and Friday this week. Customers should have their roll carts out at the curb by 7am Thursday morning. All other routes should remain at their regular schedules.
Read morePhil Cheney of Fair Play has switched his long shot bid to be governor from a petition drive to a write-in campaign. Cheney admitted that obtaining 10,000 signatures to qualify for a ballot spot on Nov. 6, has been difficult. Now he is asking voters to write-in his name on the ballot to be the next Governor of South Carolina. […]
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The United States Senate successfully passed the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 on Thursday, June 28, colloquially known as the Farm Bill, which included two important provisions secured by Senator Tim Scott (R-SC). Scott worked with Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) to help so-called Heirs Property owners, thousands of minority and other landowners whose family land has been passed through the […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating a possible burglary near Westminster, reports Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “Earlier today, our E-911 Dispatch Center received a call from an employee of the Dollar General located in Oakway on Westoak Highway in regards to the glass on the front door of the building apparently had been busted. It looks like […]
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