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The Walhalla police chief told the mayor and council last night that listening is going to help the country heal from the strife over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. There have been a couple of protests staged in Seneca, but they were peaceful and focused on the loss of Floyd and stressing the need for better relations between […]
Read moreOconee County Council approved over $145,000 in funding from the conservation land bank that will protect over 400 acres of land from future environmentally troublesome development. Eighty-eight thousand dollars of the amount will fund the fee simple purchase of 220 acres of the Chapman Bridge Oconee Bell Preserve by the Natureland Trust. The Morris Family Revocable Trust will receive $12,500 […]
Read moreOconee County stands by claims that any problems with delivering enough gravel and crushed stone from the rock quarry to customers were simply glitches in the new crushing machinery that would be worked out in time. Several regular customers of the quarry, however, maintained complaints that the new $7 million crushing machinery that’s been operating for about six months was seeing an […]
Read moreSix Mile – Kenneth Sherrill Spears, 84, passed away June 2nd, 2020 at Prisma Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Kings Mountain, NC, he was the son of the late Goldman L. and Ruth Blanton Spears. Kenneth was a retired editor at UNISYS Corp. and formerly taught at NC State University, Western Carolina and UNC Chapel Hill. He was a US […]
Read moreThe Forest Service will resume prescribed burning on a limited basis on the national forests in South Carolina beginning in June. The Forest Service temporarily suspended prescribed burns on national forests across the Southeast in March in response to COVID-19 concerns and extremely dry weather conditions. Prescribed fires will resume on all four ranger districts across South Carolina to improve […]
Read moreTri-County Technical College Commissioner John Powell learned today (June 1) that he is the recipient of the 2020 South Carolina Association of Technical College Commissioners (SCATCC) Trustee Leadership Award. The award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to promote the technical or community college concept. Commission Chair Al Young surprised Powell when he made the announcement at […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 285 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 1 additional death. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 12,415 and those who have died to 501. The death occurred in an elderly individual from Horry County. The number of […]
Read moreOconeean Dick Cottingham has driven a lot through South Carolina, even some driving in European countries. And he’s convinced it’s time for South Carolina to adopt a law that would require some drivers to step on the gas … or be ticketed by a traffic cop. Cottingham has been campaigning for the South Carolina legislature to forbid slow-moving vehicles from […]
Read moreSeneca- Shirley Graham Landrith, 84, of 158 Shirley’s Farm Road, wife of Horace W. Landrith, passed away June 2nd, 2020 at her residence. Born in Seneca, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oscar J. and Rena Bell Miller Graham. Shirley was a graduate of Anderson University where she was a member of the Denmark Society. She was a […]
Read moreNot even a world pandemic or an EF3 tornado can block a scheduled gas pump tax increase that will be charged at fill-up time, starting July 1 in South Carolina. On the 1st of next month, the motor fuel user fee will increase two cents a gallon, from 26 cents to 28 cents. According to the South Carolina Department of […]
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