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Rescuers employed a wheel and a Stokes basket late yesterday to reach an injured hiker in the trail to Yellow Branch Falls within the Sumter National Forest. According to Walhalla Fire Department, it took more than 30 minutes to reach the hiker and then more than one hour to extricate her. Here’s some sound advice when hiking the area’s rugged […]
Read moreAn 11-year old Seneca girl competed during the weekend in the regional motorcross competition in Tennessee. Carmen Robertson was one of the youngest girls in the racing competition. The daughter of Ryan and Ashley Robertson was attempting to place in the national competition planned later at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
Read moreCity of Clemson and Clemson University announced today increased detection of COVID-19 throughout the Clemson community. In the last week alone, the State of South Carolina has seen more than 6,000 new infections of COVID-19 – more than 26 percent of the total cases since the beginning of the pandemic. City and University officials have begun testing wastewater coming into the Cochran Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, and […]
Read moreWahalla’s cross-trained fire fighters have answered calls yesterday and today on the trail around Issaqueena Falls, north of the city. Today it was a youngster who fell and sustained a head injury. Prisma EMS, fire fighters and police officers started the care for the boy who was sent to the hospital for observation. Yesterday afternoon, an adult male at the […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 907 new confirmed cases and 1 new probable case of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 9 additional confirmed deaths. The 907 include 26 from Oconee County. There are currently 692 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings […]
Read moreSeneca- Dr. Ronald Bruce Clapp, 83, passed away June 20th, 2020, at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House, with his daughter, Debbie at his side. Born in Brewster, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Robert Jerrold and Dorris Moody Clapp. Ronald attended Mount Herman Boarding School, Suffolk University in Boston for his undergraduate degree, and New […]
Read moreSeneca- Clarice Eugenia Pruitt Childress, 84, wife of Dan Childress, passed away June 20, 2020, peacefully at her home. Born in Washington, DC, Clarice was the daughter of the late John R. and Clara Marie Rumler Pruitt. Clarice was a retired waitress, a loving mother, a grandmother and a great grandmother, who had a great passion […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,157 new confirmed cases and 5 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 5 additional confirmed deaths. There are currently 673 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19. This brings the total number of people confirmed cases […]
Read moreWestminster has offered a top utility department job to Leigh Baker of California. Mayor Ramey says Baker works for a northern California electric company. The mayor expects that on Monday there will be a special council meeting to make the official offer and vote.
Read moreAn early morning I-85 accident in Anderson County killed a motorcyclist. The highway patrol is referring reports to the Anderson County coroner for the man’s identification. A report by trooper Matt Southern states the accident occurred at 1:17 this morning at the 34 mile marker. There, the bike ran off the southbound lanes, hit a tree and a sign, and […]
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