The Belk department store chain in the Carolinas has been around for 125 years—-74 years with stores in Seneca. And next week Belk plans a breakfast meeting for VIPs and a special presentation in front of the store. Heather Trevino, Belk’s Seneca manager, says plans for the Wednesday, May 29 observance are falling together nicely.…
Oconee Sheriff’s Department announced drug charges this afternoon against a 52-year old Walhalla man. Working with Seneca and Walhalla police officers, county investigators say they seized money, weapons, and 67 marijuana plants yesterday from the Country Acres Road home of David Scott Foster. Investigators ascribe a street value of the marijuana seized as more than…
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed three amendments introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham, according to the Washington office of the South Carolina Republican from Oconee County. The committee yesterday accepted Graham’s amendments to a bi-partisan immigration bill. They require additional background checks on aliens petitioning for legal status from countries or regions deemed threats to U-S…
As many as 11 cases of E-coli are confirmed—10 of which are linked to a restaurant in Toccoa, Georgia. WNEG Radio at Toccoa quotes an e-mail statement from a district health spokesman as saying 10 Georgia residents and one South Carolinian have been confirmed as having a strain of E-coli. That spokesman, Dave Palmer, says…
Seneca’s mayor pro-tem says he appreciates his city’s need to pay now to invest for the future, but he issued a warning last night to his colleagues. Ronnie O’Kelley said, in considering Seneca’s intent to float bonds to help pay for the improvement, it ought to add a project for which Senecans can easily see…
Mayor Dan Alexander cautioned Seneca City Council last night that his proposed new budgets would be “definitely different.” His Honor was not exaggerating. To allow Seneca to undertake major utility projects and strengthen its public safety departments, Alexander announced proposed budgets exceeding $45 million dollars for all purposes. He proposed new revenues in the form…
