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Seneca, SC — Margie Lee Hightower Brinkley, 84, wife of the late George Henry Brinkley, of Seneca, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2023, at Rainey Hospice House. A native of Georgia, Mrs. Brinkley was the daughter of the late Christopher C. and Myra Stroud Gibson Hightower. She was a retired mill worker and was of the Baptist faith. […]
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Oconee school trustees moved forward last night to authorize a general obligation bond sale up to $20.5 million. A paragraph of the legalese attached to the resolution reads: “It is now in the best interest of the School District for the Board to provide for the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds of the School District pursuant to the […]
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An at-large circuit judge based in Anderson, Cordell Maddox, has been assigned to the April 17 General Sessions Court term in Oconee County – the week of the expected trial of Matthew Durham, the suspended District Two county councilman. Earlier, resident circuit judge Scott Sprouse had been designated trial judge for the week of April 17-21; however, according to a court […]
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Communication giant A-T-and-T estimates it’ll cost $18 thousand dollars to replace hundreds of feet of cable as the result of vandalisms in rural Oconee. According to the sheriff’s office, an arrest has been made. Ricky Edward Wood, 61-year-old West Union resident, has been charged in warrants in connection with the vandalism at Sherwood Drive and SC 28/the Highlands Highway. Wood […]
Read moreA Clemson tradition, in winter’s waning weeks of the cold season, to host collegiate rowing teams from across the country — especially from colder climates where conditions make rowing competition difficult if not impossible. Teams will stay in the Clemson area and use Lake Hartwell’s Twelve Mile Recreation Area as their launch point. Because of safety and congestion, the city […]
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On this day dedicated to the warm feelings engendered by the heart of one to another comes the news that the first-year food provider for Oconee public schools has given the county trustees a report on the first six months of the arrangement. And it has been an experience of learning and progress, according to an official of the Nutrition […]
Read moreFor people who live here, but whose families did not own land in Appalachia, the mountains are beautiful and a great place to hike, fish and vacation. For families who owned mountain land for generations, Clemson University notes the earth beneath their feet is as much part of the family as their own parents. John Coggeshall, cultural anthropologist, writes about […]
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More discussion last night by the Oconee school trustees on the adoption a policy to follow should a parent raise an objection to a book in a school library or materials used for class instruction. There will be a committee in place to judge a parent’s objection. But, Dr. Michael Thorsland says, in most instances a classroom teacher, conferring with […]
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Dr. Michael Thorsland, the Oconee superintendent of education, calls attention to a public meeting this week being arranged by an organization interested in the Seneca Middle School building when it becomes available after the school year. The Dream Center, an Easley faith-based non-profit, invites everyone for an information meeting 6:30 to 8 o’clock Thursday night in the Seneca Middle School […]
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A midnight hour home fire near Seneca. No one reported hurt on Knollcrest Drive near the Friendship Road. Fire fighters stayed at the scene for nearly 90 minutes.
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