Category: News

A homeowner used an extinguisher to stop a fire last night in the kitchen of his mobile home near Walhalla.  No one was hurt.  Capt. Will Bates of the Walhalla Fire Department said the fire occurred shortly after 6:30 pm in a doublewide mobile home on Woodland Drive near the Coffee Road.

New cases of the virus:  1,852 (49 in Oconee). New deaths statewide:  93 (two in Oconee). Of 22,438 test results received, the positivity:  13%. (These data reflect the DHEC count for Sunday)

South of the railroad in Seneca, the police say, they saw a man jump over a fence at Jones Avenue and S. Stribling Street.  That, the police say, led to the arrest of a 44-year old man on charges of peeping tom and disorderly conduct.  The police investigation of a Hunter Street incident took place Sunday.

A traffic stop by the Seneca police on Sunday netted two guns and what the police believe were about 435 grams of marijuana.  The police say two men were arrested. Driver Jalen Malik Hughes and passenger Edward Daris Green were jailed on charges of  unlawful carry of a pistol and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.  The traffic stop occurred […]

Based on overall academic performance, the Clemson Elementary School is one of five South Carolina schools nominated for a national award.  According to the state Department of Education, U-S Secretary Miguel Cardona recognized Clemson Elementary and the four other South Carolina schools.   Nationally, up to 420 schools may be nominated each year.  Clemson Elementary and the other four South Carolina […]

A senior at Furman University, Savannah Hobbie, is spearheading events this week at her school for Hazing Prevention Week.  Hobbie is hopeful that change can be made in South Carolina’s hazing laws, and she’s promoting a petition campaign to support change.  “Currently,” she says, “when hazing results severe bodily injury or death, it results in only a misdemeanor in the […]

So far, in the pandemic, the state health agency has confirmed nearly 14,000 Oconee County cases.  To date, 174 Oconeeans have lost their lives to the virus.  There have been 357 county residents hospitalized.  And, by last Saturday, medical personnel have administered 277,860 tests in Oconee County.  

The media are being alerted to a news conference tomorrow for the purpose of disclosing new information in the death seven years ago of Tucker Hipps, a Clemson University student.  A Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge, Hipps was found dead September 22, 2014 in water beneath the Lake Hartwell 93 bridge leading to the university.  Scheduled to take part in the […]

Electric power work and delays in supplies are complicating those at work on building Seneca’s replacement middle school.  However, district administrator Steve Hanvey remains confident that an August 2024 opening date will be made.  The associate superintendent reported at last night’s trustees meeting that changes must be made on the Wells Highway property to accommodate electric power considerations.  That combined […]

A contrast is drawn between the last couple of weeks in August and the first three in September to conclude a downward movement in COVID-19 numbers, as gauged by Oconee’s superintendent of education.  Dr. Michael Thorsland last night told the county trustees the numbers appear to be headed the right way and, it’s hoped, that if this trend holds, the […]