Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Keep Oconee Beautiful Association recently received a grant in the amount of $4,500 from the Keowee-Toxaway Habitat Enhancement Program. The grant is for KOBA’s elementary education program called “Taking Care Of Our Watershed.” The program is for third grade students, and according to a release, the program promotes awareness for protecting fish and wildlife habitats along the shores of […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Chamber of Commerce will begin a new initiative this week to help prospective business owners or owners that have been in business for awhile. Oconee First Fridays begins this Friday morning at the Chamber office at Lee’s Courtyard in Bountyland and it is a free event that will be held on the first Friday of every month […]
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(Seneca, SC)—————————–The Foothills Area YMCA has announced in a press release that they have closed on long-term financing with the United States Department of Agriculture on Wednesday of last week and a construction loan with United Community Bank last Friday. The completion of the USDA requirements allows construction of the campus to begin, according to the press release. The facility […]
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(Seneca, SC)———————————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man over this past weekend on multiple weapons charges and also on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine. 38 year old Terry Christopher Cox was taken into custody after deputies responded to an address on Friendship Road in Seneca in regards to a warrants service. Cox,who had eight outstanding General Sessions […]
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(Seneca, SC)——————————The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Townville man recently on charges of Possession of a Stolen Vehicle and Possession of Methamphetamine. 34 year old Kenneth Roger Hunter, Jr. was discovered to be in possession of a 2007 Hyundai Accent that was reported stolen to the Clemson Police Department back on February 7th of this year while also being […]
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The Walhalla Baseball team defeated Seneca by a score of 6-5 in a five inning game last night at the Pickens Pre-season Baseball Tournament. Seneca jumped out to a 2-0 lead after two innings but the Razorbacks responded with three runs in the top of the third, one run in the top of the fourth and two runs in the […]
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Preparations are continuing for the All New Seneca Fest 2019 as Seneca Fest makes its return to downtown Seneca. Riley Johnson, Events Coordinator for the City of Seneca was a guest on the Coffee Time program recently and said that the emphasis for the All New Seneca Fest is on showing off Downtown Seneca for those who are coming to […]
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As the month of February and the recognition of American Heart Month winds down, it is important to realize that good heart health is important every day of the year, and part of that is a good, healthy diet that is low in fat, cholesterol and salt. Lauren Kroeger, who is Clinical Nutrition Specialist for the Wellness Center with Prisma […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)——————–Recently, the State of Oconee 2019 Luncheon was held at Walhalla High School and one of the highlights of the meeting was the opportunity for all the Mayor’s of the five municipalities in the County to address those in attendance about what is going on in their cities. Walhalla Mayor Danny Edwards, in his address to those gathered, spoke […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)——————The rain that Oconee County received last week added up to over 7 inches, according to our County Weather Observer Barbara Wilson, which gives the Golden Corner 9.30 inches of rain so far this month. So far for the year, Oconee County has received over 16 inches of rain. The Golden Corner has now officially crossed the century mark […]
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