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Seneca Development Incentive Committee, bands for Memorial Day weekend, and Oconee County Sesquicentennial banners are agenda items tonight for the city council which will meet for a work session and a special called meeting. The meetings get underway at 6 tonight at City Hall. Reserved for closed-door consideration tonight are the Chace and Haynes legal matters and a contract matter […]
Read moreWestminster – Charles Edward Smith, 73, husband of Brenda Crooks Smith, 108 Sunshine Ridge Road, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018 at the Cottingham Hospice House. A funeral service will be held 2 pm, Friday, February 2, 2018 at the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm, […]
Read moreOconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority hopes a chemical feed of a bleach solution will alleviate the smell that has resulted in the closing of Family Dollar store near Seneca. Chris Eleazer, executive director of the JRSA, says his operation has contacted its consulting engineer to help come up with the solution. The Family Dollar at Friendship Road and the Wells […]
Read moreThe death of a 92-year old Seneca woman this month has been ruled a homicide by the office of the Oconee coroner. Her 57-year old son has been arrested. Karl Addis, the coroner, said an autopsy was performed January 18 and that Alma Louise Gaines died of medical complications secondary to her fall and neglect by a family member in […]
Read moreTwo fishing tournaments this past weekend on Lake Keowee add to Oconee County’s growing reputation as a fishing mecca. Ken Sloan, director of the Mountain Lakes CVB, says both tourneys were successful. Not only in the numbers of anglers, but the boost those visitors give to the local economy. This past weekend’s tournaments are going to be following by another […]
Read moreThe ballot can now be printed. The following candidates will make up ballot for the April 3 West Union election: for mayor, Linda Oliver; for the four council seats: Bethany James, Tommy Moore, David Scealf, and Kelly Weiser. The office of Oconee Elections closed the candidate qualifying books for the town election at noon today.
Read moreNo foul play is suspected, but there was no immediate explanation available for this morning’s electric power outage in Seneca. Bob Faires, utilities superintendent, says an investigation is underway to determine the cause. Seneca Light and Water is getting the assistance of Duke Energy, in Faires’ words, to try to understand what happened. The outage lasted about 75 minutes.
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Ray Paul Galbreath, 75, husband of the late Jeanette Baxter Galbreath, of 821 Robinhood Drive, Walhalla, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2018, at his residence. Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Attn: Food Bank, PO Box 339, Walhalla, SC 29691. The family is at […]
Read moreWord from Seneca is that a widespread electric power outage that affected the area for more than one hour this morning has been solved, and service has been restored to customers. The outage affected doctors offices and other businesses and several schools–the high school, the middle school, Blue Ridge Elementary, and Adult Education.
Read moreMotorists on 123 coming from Seneca across the Seneca River Bridge are experiencing a backup this morning. The backup is believed caused by an earlier accident that damaged or took down electric power lines in the vicinity of the Bountyland Quik Stop.
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