Policing, healthcare, and affordable housing

The group Clemson United for Racial Equity invites the public for a discussion of affordable housing, policing, and healthcare.  All three are topics for discussion in the first in a series of get togethers, with this one to take place 6:30 to 8 o’clock tomorrow night at 362 Chapman Hill Road, Central.  Limited seating available – social distancing encouraged.  If […]

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Tax relief for the unemployed

Taking a page from the federal government, South Carolina is easing the tax burden on South Carolinians who are drawing unemployment benefits during the pandemic.  The state Department of Revenue announces that Governor McMaster last week signed a bill to allow recipients of unemployment compensation to exclude state taxes up to $10,200 of benefits received in 2020.  The Congress earlier […]

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Defendant handed straight 15-year sentence

A 41-year old man near Westminster has been given a 15-year prison sentence for trafficking methamphetamine second offense, burglary third degree, and grand larceny.  The sentence handed down by the judge yesterday makes Derek Wayne Gibson ineligible for parole.  Solicitor David Wagner said, “My office will continue to focus on repeat offenders in our community and strive to ensure that […]

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Accused sex offender surrenders

For an approximate one and a half year period, it’s alleged, a Long Creek woman engaged in sexual relations with a minor, according to an announcement by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  Janice Allen, 37 years old, turned herself over to authorities yesterday and was booked into the county jail.  There, according to the sheriff’s office, Allen faces 17 counts of […]

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Car overturns, driver runs — police say

The Seneca police late yesterday afternoon had developed and were pursuing a lead into why the driver of a wrecked car left the scene before they arrived to investigate.  The wreck, involving a blue 2003 Chevy Tahoe, was reported at 6:50 yesterday morning around 200 WN 1st Street.  According to Capt. Shuler, the car was headed east, ran off the […]

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Prison sentenced meted out in General Sessions

A defendant changed his mind in the Oconee General Sessions Court and pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine.  Judge Sprouse handed down a 15-year prison term to Derek Wayne Gibson.  A jury was sworn yesterday to start taking testimony this morning, but their services were no longer required when Gibson entered the guilty plea.  On the first day of court yesterday, […]

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Zoning appeal denied in a 6-0 vote

The owners of a home on a Lake Hartwell peninsula at Fair Play were denied last night in a bid to win an appeal of Oconee County’s setback requirements.  The home owners on Inlet Point Road sought a variance to the 10’ setback line to allow for a deck.  Chairman Jim Codner of the county board of zoning appeals indicated […]

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Large Clemson employer to build anew

The Quarter Pounder will be served from a new building in Clemson.  The Tiger Boulevard McDonald’s is getting a makeover from the ground up.  The 1976 building was demolished this month and the replacement McDonald’s, at the same location, is being built in time for an August opening.  Restaurant owner James Partridge says, “The modernized restaurant will focus on our […]

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