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Spartanburg physician Shannelle Campbell says being a surgeon allows her to combine her love of science and her desire to help people. While attending Clemson University, Dr. Campbell earned a bachelor’s in biochemistry and volunteered at free clinics in Seneca and her hometown of Columbia. One of her first rotations as a third-year medical student at Yale was in pediatric […]
Read moreIn an arrest made by the Seneca police Friday, a 30-year old man is charged with 2nd degree assault and battery by mob. Law enforcement records show the police arrested and charged Austin Tyrell Cousins. He is accused in a warrant issued by the municipal judge of causing head and neck injuries to an individual on November 7 at a […]
Read more9.1%. That was the COVID test positivity across South Carolina on Saturday–the first time it has dropped below 10% in quite some time. If accurate, it may be testimony to the belief COVID-19 has begun somewhat wane.
Read moreLook for the sunny sky to turn a possibly gray shade today as the result of a new prescribed burn carried out by the U-S Forest Service in Oconee County. A spokesman says this burn in the Yellow Branch section of the forest is to cover 213 acres.
Read moreFire this morning near Seneca has apparently severely burned one person, and spread to a nearby patch of woods. According to Richie Caudill, the fire is believed to have originated in a homeless camp in the vicinity of Utica;’s Goddard Avenue–an attempt by those inhabiting the camp to keep warm from this morning’s 25 to 30 degree temperatures.
Read moreThe South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution Andrew Pickens and Fort Prince George Chapters calls public attention to the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit Saturday, February 19 from 10 am to 4 pm at Nettles Park, 102 Nettles Park Road. The event is free to all.
Read moreA Test to Stay recommendation has now been included by South Carolina DHEC in its COVID-19 Guidance for Childcare Centers. It is similar to the one being implemented by some South Carolina school districts, but not Oconee County’s. The state health agency encourages schools to use TTS—the Test to Stay program—to better ensure healthy students can continue in-person learning. TTS […]
Read moreSenators Graham, South Carolina Republican, and Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, have introduced a resolution in support of a new diplomatic approach to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions and avoid a de-stabilizing arms race in the Mid-East. They call for the U-S government that allows any Middle Eastern state access to nuclear fuel, provided they forgo uranium enrichment and re-processing.
Read morePlanning retreats take place to take cracks at complex problems and create guidelines for the future, and that’s exactly what is in store late next week for the Oconee County Council. A strategic planning retreat is set for 9 o’clock Friday morning, February 18 in their meeting chambers at Walhalla. Indications are it could be an involved get together, as […]
Read moreA large brush fire early this afternoon in Westminster–along Huff Street near E. North Avenue. 101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned many city and county fire resources have been deployed.
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