Westminster code enforcement officer Daniel Fletcher continues to work in his effort to improve the look of the city, removing unfit and unsafe buildings, abandoned vehicles and even dealing with minor code violations like pigs and peacocks in the city.

Oconee County high school seniors recently had a chance to explore different career fields and talk with people in those fields at a job fair held at the Hamilton Career Center in partnership with Oconee Economic Alliance.

Central Town Council recently approved first reading of its general fund fiscal year 2020 budget of a little more than $2 million with projected revenues only slightly more than this year’s  budget and no tax increase.

Clemson City Council approved first reading of a text amendment allowing preschools and church fellowships as permitted uses in commercial districts with some slight changes on Monday.

Taylor Earl Howard, of Grey Court, is charged with first-degree domestic violence and third-degree assault and battery.

Members of the Chinese Christian Church at Clemson are set to move a step closer to the dream of having their own church building on Easter Sunday.

While they are often called on to “clean up the streets” as they deal with drugs and other crimes, about a dozen Seneca Police Department officers spent part of Thursday afternoon doing a more traditional type of street cleaning — picking up litter. 

Waylon Eugene Robinson, 31, of Pelfrey Street, is charged with first-degree burglary, larceny, possession of a weapon in commission of a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

Sheryl Deneise Johnson, 49, of Daniel Avenue in Seneca, was charged with third-degree assault and battery and issued a ticket for fighting, and Michael Walter King, 52, of Rocky Road in Westminster, was also given a ticket for fighting.

Crimestoppers of Oconee County is gearing up for its annual fundraiser golf tournament on May 3. 

Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley said in a news release that Holly Lynn Gross, 30, was in a one-vehicle accident at Lenhardt Road off Saluda Dam Road near Easley around 2:20 a.m. Sunday.

A two-man play depicting the final seven days of the life of Jesus Christ on Earth will take place at Maranatha Church on Keowee School Road in Seneca starting Friday evening.