Editor Brett McLaughlin of Seneca chose this career because he 'was raised with an inherent appreciation of the written word'. He oversees the newsroom, pagination, content and presentation of the news, and sports to a lesser degree. He also edits all specials, including Lake Living Magazine. Though he's only been with this newspaper since September 2005, he's been in the business a total of 36 years. The things he most enjoys about his job is that no day is the same, not all questions are answered, staff development, and writing. When not in the office he spends time with his wife, Maureen, their two grown sons, and one granddaughter. Outside of them you can find him at the theater, traveling, or playing golf.

Recent Stories

• What kind of development do we want?
  Wednesday, July 1, 2009
  Oconee County set 11 Comprehensive Plan goals for economic development and priority investment in 2004. | Read more

• Utilities ‘OK’ with cap and trade; politicians are angry
  Tuesday, June 30, 2009
  South Carolina utilities appear to be pretty pleased with the climate control and cap-and-trade legislation passed by the House of Representatives last week. | Read more

• Medical Center Foundation prepares for final hospice push
  Tuesday, June 23, 2009
  The Oconee Medical Center Foundation is pressing on with plans to develop the third and final phase of the organization’s hospice house. | Read more

• Expect business as usual after Crescent bankruptcy
  Monday, June 22, 2009
  The man who has handled the sale of Crescent Resources property on lakes Keowee and Jocassee almost exclusively for the past 18 years has confirmed he expects no local impact from Crescent’s recent bankruptcy filing. | Read more

• Duke plans for eventual reactor shutdowns
  Friday, June 19, 2009
  The companies that own almost half the nation's nuclear reactors are not setting aside enough money to dismantle them, and many may sit idle for decades an Associated Press (AP) investigation has found. | Read more

• Clemson's Purnell tells local leaders about value of character
  Friday, June 19, 2009
  Clemson men’s basketball coach Oliver Purnell told a group of Oconee County civic and business leaders Thursday that the key to his program’s recent success has been the recruitment of “Clemson guys.” | Read more

• Civic leaders singing in perfect harmony
  Thursday, June 18, 2009
  Civic and business leaders from across Oconee County were singing from the same hymnal Thursday and the lyrics were all about teamwork and cooperation. | Read more

• Little fallout expected from Crescent bankruptcy
  Wednesday, June 17, 2009
  The local impact of last week’s bankruptcy filing by Crescent Resources is expected to be minimal. | Read more

• Ever-optimistic EDC still hopes for spec building
  Friday, June 12, 2009
  You would never have known that the Oconee Economic Development Commission (EDC) had been tried and tested before the county’s council, not once but twice, the past week when members of the EDC board gathered Friday. | Read more

• Residents urged to push conservation in plan review
  Wednesday, June 10, 2009
  Focusing on what they referred to as “staggering and intimidating” growth projections for the Upstate over the next 20 years, environmentalist urged local residents recently to get involved in the process of updating the comprehensive plans of both Oconee and Pickens counties. | Read more