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Two engineering representatives manned a Jon boat last summer and conducted what was termed a routine inspection of the span that connects Oconee and Pickens over the Seneca River arm of Lake Hartwell. The bridge was built in 1958 and serves as a connector from Hartwell Village on the Oconee side to Dockside on the Clemson side. From their report, […]
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When Clemson University first-year student Devin Casper had a wreck with his brother in the car, it scared him. But it also got him thinking. The Casper’s 2010 Subaru was not equipped with a computer-assisted driver notification system common in vehicles today. Since then, Casper and his roommate, Soren Spina, pitched their idea for Octasight, a navigation assistance device, and […]
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The numbers of people wanting to use a Walhalla green space are on the increase – so much so that the city has adopted a policy to require use permits for Brown Square, the city-owned green space at Main and S. College. No fee will be required for the use permit, but the user must carry liability insurance. About the […]
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A new crew of firefighters, based in Clemson, will work and travel the Southern region to gain hands-on experience in prescribed fire, hazardous fuels reduction and fire suppression, working alongside Forest Service personnel. What distinguishes this crew, as unique, is that the entire crew is made up of eight women. Their leader, Taylor Roe, says, “We are learning how to […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Spartanburg County woman on Saturday morning with being a Fugitive from Justice from the state of North Carolina. 25 year old Makayla Mae Briggs, who has listed addresses in Chesnee and Inman, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:41am on March 25th . A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Bureau […]
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In Seneca, the proposition is five for one. Five candidates for one city council seat will get their name on the ballot for the special May 30 election. They are Kyle Nicholson, Donna Peppers, Ernest Riley, Jim Sites, and Delanio Taylor. The qualifying deadline passed at noon today. The winner gets to the fill the unexpired term of the late […]
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Oconeeans interested in connecting to the online world are invited to a meeting this week at the Oconee campus of Tri-County Technical College. The meeting will be 10:30 Wednesday morning. The GetConnectedSC campaign is holding a 26-community listening tour and a Better-Internet Survey. Information gathered is to shape a five-year Broadband plan for the state. GetConnectedSC has bi-partisan support as […]
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A 10th circuit judge told the parties in a damages hearing today that he will decide the amount in a case in which a Keowee Key woman was asphyxiated when entrapped by a newly-installed dumbwaiter in her home. This morning’s proceeding, presided at by Judge McIntosh, was a default damages hearing in a case brought on behalf of the late […]
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In the aftermath of time called on the Sanctuary Pointe project, an expansion of the Lake Hartwell State Park is being mentioned as a possibility for a Lake Hartwell peninsula off I-85 at the exit 1 interchange at Fair Play. It’s one possibility, according to information received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, on the 325-acrepeninsula. The property belongs to the U-S Army […]
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City of Clemson seeks an outside grant to replace waterlines and non-standard hydrants east of the corporate limits. Clemson is pursuing a Community Development Block Grant of nearly $686 thousand dollars for a project to benefit 113 people in the area of east of Anderson Highway between New Hope Road, Pendleton Road, and Old Stone Church Road. Benefits are described […]
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