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From SDOC: Due to an ongoing water issue, there will be no school today, August 20th, at Walhalla High School. The district has been working with City of Walhalla officials since the early morning hours to address the issue.  However, at this time, restoration is expected to extend too far into the school day for students to safely be in […]

A Friday traffic stop on Abbeville Highway led Anderson County deputies to arrest 43-year-old convicted felon Matthew Jennings after a vehicle search uncovered 45 grams of methamphetamine and a 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun. Jennings faces charges including methamphetamine trafficking and unlawful firearm possession, and is currently held at the Anderson County Detention Center on a $120,000 bond.

The City of Seneca has announced that Blue Ridge Playground, located at 326 Holland Avenue, will temporarily close starting Thursday, August 20, as construction begins on a new parking area. The project is expected to take two weeks or more, during which time the park will remain entirely closed to the public due to the presence of heavy machinery. City […]

A power outage at the Highway 11 Pump Station has prompted the City of Walhalla Water Department to alert local residents of potential water outages and low water pressure across several areas, including Oconee Station, Pickett Post, Playground, and surrounding roads. Department crews are on site working to restore normal operations as quickly as possible, though customers may continue to […]

Following fifteen years of service to the City of Clemson, Dustin Hayes has been promoted to Director of Utilities, where he will oversee the department’s Water Distribution, Sewer Collection, Sewer Treatment, Stormwater, GIS, and Utility Billing divisions. Hayes began his career installing water and sewer infrastructure in 2003 before joining the city as a Utilities Technician and advancing through the […]

Clemson University kicked off the fall semester by welcoming 5,000 first-year students to campus, with Greenville and Spartanburg counties leading South Carolina in freshman enrollment. The new academic term also marks the arrival of incoming university president Dr. Benjamin Ayers, who previously served as the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia. Dr. Ayers […]

In a unanimous decision following a closed-door executive session, the Pickens City Council voted Wednesday to indefinitely suspend City Administrator Tim O’Bryant with full pay and benefits, offering no public explanation for the sudden move. The executive session was cited under state law regarding employee personnel matters, and local officials have not yet responded to requests for additional comment.

The Pioneer Rural Water District has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for residents in the Seneca area off Coneross Creek Road—including Daybreak Lane and Webb Height Circle—following a water main break that temporarily interrupted service. Crew members are actively repairing the line, and affected residents are instructed to vigorously boil all drinking and cooking water, as well as avoid […]

With early voting open Wednesday, Aug. 19 through Friday, Aug. 21 (8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.) ahead of the Aug. 25 primary runoff, candidates Ralph Norman and Darline Graham sparred at the Historic Newberry Opera House. Norman demanded Dr. Anthony Fauci’s imprisonment and urged restricting Chinese farmland sales, while Graham cited Norman’s $600,000 in COVID relief funds and warned of foreign AI […]