Clemson finds heart care breakthrough

Clemson University believes that a School of Architecture alumna and faculty members have found that hospital room design, access to daylight and window views of nature can reduce the length of hospital stays among patients with heart disease.  Roxanna Jafarifiroozabadi, a former doctoral student of the Planning, Design and the Built Environment program, alongside professor Anjali Joseph, Director of the […]

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Code-named project revealed

On the Oconee County Council private session agenda of recent months, a code-named economic development project has been listed as “Green Paw”.  The name has been explained to 101.7/WGOG NEWS by a person in position to know.  The “Green” stands for the industrial plant known as Greenfield and the “Paw” stands for the nearby Tiger Paw restaurant.  And the project […]

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Bicycles stolen, arrest made

Two bicycles, worth hundreds of dollars, were stolen from a Seneca business, and the police have arrested a suspect.  Law enforcement records show the man arrested, 36-year old Charles Patrick Anderson, was taken into custody at a soup kitchen and charged with petty larceny, malicious injury to real property, and burglary second degree.  Arrest warrants accused Anderson of burglarizing EZ […]

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The mover behind Sewer South Phase Two is explained

Luke Moore of Fair Play had a list of questions for Oconee’s policy board for sewer operations, many of them were addressed by Chris Eleazer, executive director of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, by Westminster’s Brian Ramey, JRSA board chairman, and by Amanda Brock, county administrator, who made a special presentation during the sewer commissioners’ February meeting.  Moore’s questions reflected […]

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Amanda Brock and Luke Moore talk Sewer South

The Oconee County administrator and a Fair Play man addressed the stalled Sewer South Phase Two during yesterday’s meeting of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  County Administrator Amanda Brock made two requests which the JRSA approved, while Luke Moore posed several questions including who would be required to hook up to piped sewer once the extension project is finished.  On […]

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Linda Mize

Westminster – Linda Beth Black Mize, 83, wife of the late Clarence Preston Mize, Jr., of the Earle’s Grove community, passed away on Monday, February 6th, 2023 at Cottingham Hospice of the Foothills in Seneca, SC.   Linda was the daughter of the late Eugene and Thelma Graham Black. She was a life-long member of Earle’s Grove Baptist Church and […]

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Mountain Rest prescribed burn

Smoke is liable to be visible later today from SC 28 and the Cassidy Bridge Road, Mountain Rest, as USDA’s Forest Service conducts a prescribed burn of about 200 acres.  A spokesman predicts the smoke will be minimal.  The burn will commence around 11:30 this morning and completed around 5 pm.  The purposes include wildlife habitat and fuels reduction.

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