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Faculty and staff in the College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences at Clemson University used funds from Dabo’s All In Team Foundation this summer to deliver food security programs in Oconee County. The program recruited 45 participants who received free boxes of fresh, primarily local produce with accompanying recipes two times a month. Participants also attended sessions with a […]
Read moreA venue of entertainment that serves as a fundraiser for local and regional charities has come to an end. Terry Ballenger, spokesman for the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, has confirmed there will be no more Blue Ridge Fests, an annual music series that attracted well known country, gospel and performers from other genres. To stage the entertainment each spring required […]
Read moreMountain Rest, SC — Carnis Mary Land Burrell, 89, wife of the late Beige Burrell, of 1556 Highlands Highway, Mountain Rest, passed away, Friday, July 16, 2021, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Tamassee, SC, Mrs. Burrell was the daughter of the late Dewey and Sophia Rogers Swafford. She was a seamstress at Jantzen and a […]
Read moreSeneca – Albert Franklin Kendrick, 86, passed away on Saturday, July 17th, 2021 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Albert was born in Oconee County, and was the son of the late John Kendrick and Carrie Cox Kendrick. Albert retired after forty-five years of service from Milliken as an electrician and master welder. He was a member of Utica […]
Read moreSouth Carolina is beginning a once-every-ten-year process that decides where the political clout rests within the state’s legislative chambers. Chairman Luke Rankin of the Senate Judiciary Committee announces a re-organization meeting takes place tomorrow for the redistricting subcommittee. Rankin is a Republican state senator from Horry County, but the subcommittee is bi-partisan. And Rankin declares, “I look forward to our […]
Read moreA pickup truck accident early yesterday morning in rural Anderson County took the life of a 23-year old Clemson man. The accident that claimed Deandre Nathaniel Mansell occurred on the Pelzer Highway, 10 miles north of Williamston. According to the state patrol, the pickup truck left the highway and hit a guardrail and a tree. The driver was ejected.
Read moreAn autopsy is planned today in the death of a 47-year old man whose body was retrieved Saturday afternoon from Lake Hartwell. Coroner Addis quoted family members as saying Wayne Michael Reynolds was wading in the lake at the Fair Play Recreation Area when he disappeared. Reynolds, who was believed to have been a swimmer, did not appear in any […]
Read moreWestminster is gathering ideas on the future recreation offerings by the city. City Council’s newly formed recreation planning committee invites interested members of the public to take part in an input meeting next week at the Westminster Depot on Main Street. That committee is working toward a conceptual plan and design for a new recreation complex. Representatives of Seamon White […]
Read moreSenator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri want a hearing on what they see as the ongoing crisis at the U-S-Mexico border. The two Republicans in a letter are urging Democrat Chairman Dick Durbin of the Senate Judiciary Committee to schedule the hearing to allow those tasked with managing the border to testify. According […]
Read moreFive and one-half acres of Seneca private property is up for re-zoning consideration during a hearing to be held next week at city hall. The planning commission will sit in judgement of Chad Kirby’s application for a residential-6 zone for acreage on S. Fairplay and Townville streets, south of 7th Street. The property, now owned by the real estate investment […]
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