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Word 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.
Read moreA way has now been assured to access the industrial park entrance road from the campuses of new education facilities to be built at the Oconee Industrial and Technology Park on highway 11. Construction of the Tri-County Tech campus is already underway there. On Friday, the board of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments signed off on $1.245 million […]
Read moreChildren who will be four years old on or before September 1 may be eligible for 4K (Pre-K) services offered by the Oconee School District. Required screening appointments are now being scheduled by calling 886-4503. Screenings take place at the Oconee Academy at 177 Razorback Lane, Walhalla and will be conducted February 23 and April 19-24. Space in the program […]
Read moreWestminster – Brenda Kathryn Dickson Laws, 71, wife of Gene Laws, 631 Welcome Church Road, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Pruitt Health in Toccoa. A funeral service will be held 2 pm, Monday, January 29, 2018 at the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm, prior to the service at the funeral […]
Read moreSeneca, SC— Mildred Lucille Slater Whitworth, 88, wife of Howard Marvin Whitworth, of 1004 Fairfield Drive, Seneca passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, 253 Oconee Station Road, Walhalla, SC 29691. The family is at their respective homes. Davenport […]
Read moreSeneca – Nancy Carol Nix, 76, wife of Melvin C. Nix, 559 Sam Brown Road, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018 at her residence. A funeral service will be held 2 pm Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Oconee Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm, Monday, January […]
Read moreA store near Seneca remained closed today. A sign on the front door of the Family Dollar at Wells Highway and Friendship Road read: “Closed due to sewer smell caused by OJRSA.” The Joint Regional Sewer Authority maintains a line by the store and Chris Eleazer, the executive director, says his office and staff are investigating to find the solution […]
Read moreThe coroner says an Oconee jail inmate suffered cardiac arrest January 20 in the detention center, but an autopsy on Friday was inconclusive. Coroner Karl Addis says further microscopic and toxicology studies are needed before he will issue an opinion on the death cause for Nathlee Nicole Wright. She lived in Gastonia, North Carolina, and Addis says his office is […]
Read moreDisplaced coal workers are expected to be among those who will land jobs to be created in rural Kentucky by a transport vehicle battery manufacturer from California. Turns out that the transport vehicle battery maker Enerblu chose Pikeville, Kentucky over Oconee County last month, despite an effort by Greenville businesswoman and former Oconeean Reggie Williams to land the major employer […]
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