Career Center programs garner state award

The Considerate Café’ and the Leaning to Grow Gardens at Oconee’s Hamilton Career Center were jointly-awarded the “Business of the Year” award by the South Carolina Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Career Development and Transition. The award was presented in November during the Transition Alliance of South Carolina state conference. At that conference, students in the two career center […]

Read more

Duke’s 2018 assessment denied, appeals further

Late last year the South Carolina Department of Revenue rejected Duke Energy’s appeal of its 2018 tax assessment reflecting the utility’s properties in 22 South Carolina counties, including Oconee, Anderson, and Pickens. For the tax year 2018, Duke was assessed at nearly $400 million, but contested a portion of the assessment amounting to $9.5 million. The state DOR, in evaluating […]

Read more

Water quality advisory repealed

E. coli bacterial levels have returned to normal in the Coneross Creek, according to an announcement by the Joint Regional Sewer Authority in Seneca.  South Carolina DHEC reviewed test results and yesterday approved the removal of the water quality advisory.  That advisory had been in place since December 27 after a release which led to 195 thousand gallons of wastewater […]

Read more

Fair Play man arrested in criminal sex investigation

An elderly Fair Play man has been arrested and charged with multiple sex offenses in an investigation that the Oconee Sheriff’s Office started October 28. The man arrested has been identified as 81-year old Arthur Vaughn Reynolds. He faces charges of criminal sexual conduct with a minor third degree and criminal sexual conduct with a minor first degree. Reynolds was […]

Read more

One hurt in 3-car Seneca accident

The police say one of three drivers emerged with injuries in a pileup this morning on 123 Seneca By-Pass. The accident occurred around 8:30 near the traffic lights at Seneca Drive and involved a Honda sedan, a Toyota SUV, and a Ford SUV. The police say the accident occurred in the eastbound lanes when the Honda and Ford slowed down […]

Read more

A second chance to apply to be a utility regulator

A vote last night by a legislative committee in Columbia will give South Carolinians a second chance to fill four seats on the South Carolina Public Service Commission, which has regulatory authority over utilities doing business in the state. The job pays a salary of about $129 thousand annually. The state’s Public Utilities Review Committee started hearings this week to […]

Read more

Asphalt and concrete work at Seneca industry park

Seneca will spend up to $400 thousand in enhancements to the industry park that it shares with Oconee County. The park, located off the Shiloh Road adjoining Utica, is already home to three tenants. Both the city and the county have hopes to expand its use. According to Scott Moulder, city administrator and president of the Seneca Facilities Corporation, the […]

Read more

Diana Elizabeth Childers

Westminster- Diana Elizabeth Childers, 34, wife of Daryl Thompson, passed away January 8, 2020 at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Memorials in Diana’s Memory may be made in C/O Sandifer Funeral Home, PO Box 69, Westminster, SC 29693. Condolences may be expressed online by visiting www.sandiferfuneralhome.com.

Read more

123 By-Pass accident reported

Ambulances and other public safety vehicles are reported at the scene of an apparent traffic accident on the 123 Seneca By-Pass. The accident is believed to have occurred on the Seneca Drive side of the traffic light intersection in front of Lake Keowee Ford.  No other details immediately available.

Read more

Choice of two school calendars before the trustees

In their work session meeting on Monday, Oconee school trustees will have the choice of selecting between two calendars for the next school year–the academic year covering 2020 and 2021.  Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, will present calendars that call for the first day of school to be either the second Monday of August, the 10th of August, or the third […]

Read more
1 1,117 1,118 1,119 1,120 1,121 2,958