Drug bust termed “significant”
A new drug bust conducted by the police in Seneca is being called “significant” by Chief Bowling. And he promises an announcement with details shortly
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A new drug bust conducted by the police in Seneca is being called “significant” by Chief Bowling. And he promises an announcement with details shortly
Read moreStudent meals eaten in the classrooms and limited crowds in recess. They are part of the new normal during COVID-19. However, with new lifting of certain restrictions the question has been posed by a listener of whether Oconee public schools are going to start easing some protocols. Here’s what the district spokeswoman told 101.7/WGOG NEWS this morning: “We’ve had a […]
Read moreSeneca – On Friday, February 26th at 1pm, Janis Osborn Kennedy lost her battle with cancer and left this earth for her heavenly home. Her husband Carl held her hand and she was surrounded by her three children; Dru, Vicki, and Carmen. Janis was born on February 23, 1938 in Tuttle, Oklahoma to the late Roy and Ida Kuhlman […]
Read moreThe short month of February is now in the record books kept by the U-S weather observer in Walhalla. Weather watcher Barbara Wilson recorded a wide temperature swing in the winter month–from a low of 22 degrees on both February 4 and 5 and a high of 74 degrees on the 26th. Total February precipitation was 4.8″ which included 2021’s […]
Read moreBy the deadline on Friday, Walhalla was left with two ballot candidates for the city’s special April 13 election to fill the vacant city council seat. The candidates are political newcomers: Christy Marlow and Gwen Owens. City voters next month will cast ballots to fill the seat held by the late Dennis Owens’, husband of Gwen Owens.
Read moreThe multi-county electric power retailer Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative will accept nominees next week to fill three positions on its board of directors. One of those positions will represent Oconee County customers on Blue Ridge’s policy board. Blue Ridge customers inside District #1 (Oconee County) are invited to attend a 10 o’clock Monday morning, March 8 meeting at the Co-Op […]
Read moreSeneca welcomes the start-up of a pair of separate downtown businesses, not only from an historic standpoint. Scott Moulder, city administrator, told yesterday’s Black History Tea that the pair of startups—one by an African-American and the other by a Latina—not only as progress in the city’s efforts to re-vitalize the downtown business district, but as an eye-opener when it comes […]
Read moreChanges are being made in Seneca hiring practices to give minorities greater opportunity at landing city jobs. Both the police chief and the city administrator promised those tuned to yesterday’s zoom meeting arranged by the Oconee NAACP branch on the final day of Black History Month. The city’s new police chief, Casey Bowling, promises a colorblind approach as his department […]
Read moreScott Moulder, Seneca city administrator, announces that “contracts are in place” to develop a mixed-use development in the Utica community on the property that sported a textile plant for around 100 years. During a meeting yesterday, Moulder said developers are interested in a combination residential and commercial project on the S. 6th Street property. He spoke during the annual Black […]
Read moreOn today’s DHEC report, 1,197 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina, including 24 in Oconee County. Added to the statewide death toll: 35 South Carolina residents. Of 26,779 test results received from the state, the positivity was 7%.
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