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South Carolina DHEC announced 664 new confirmed cases and 16 additional confirmed deaths. There were five new Oconee County cases. This brings the total number of South Carolina confirmed cases to 139,021 and confirmed deaths to 3,097. The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 6,995 (not including antibody tests) and the percent positive was 9.5%.
Read moreSeneca’s popular Jazz on the Alley is on a hiatus for tonight. Riley Johnson, event coordinator, says the forecast of rain in our area the next few hours is enough to cancel tonight’s social activity. The hope is for better weather to allow Jazz to return on Thursday next week.
Read moreA rural Oconee County school has recorded its first COVID-19 case. A student enrolled at Keowee Elementary School is listed as a positive case–the first recorded this year at that school. Another new Oconee case is that of a student at the Walhalla Middle School. Both are recorded on the district’s tracking list on Wednesday.
Read moreAt the top, there’s a change in the membership of South Carolina public service commissioners. Randy Randall, the Clinton resident who chaired the PSC, pulled out of a re-election bid at the state legislature and the Third District seat he held now goes to a Clemson resident, Mike Caston. In all, there were three candidates deemed qualified candidates by a […]
Read moreAs far as re-uniting workers displaced during the pandemic, there’s encouraging news today for the economies of Oconee, Anderson, and Pickens counties. The chairmen of the county councils in the three counties were told by a jobs’ official that first-time claims for unemployment benefits are dropping substantially and, correspondingly, the jobless percentages are among the lowest in the state. (On […]
Read moreFree STD/HIV testing and educational webinars are part of PrEP Awareness Week initiatives aimed at increasing awareness about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a pill that can help greatly reduce HIV infection if an individual is exposed to the virus. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2012, PrEP is a daily pill for use by people who don’t already […]
Read moreWestminster – Lawrence Edward Marcengill, 64, husband of Pam Rhodes Marcengill, passed away Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 at his residence. Lawrence was born in Seneca, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Charlie A. Jr. and Mary Pauline Haney Marcengill. Lawrence was self employed and a jack of all trades who loved working with his […]
Read moreSeneca – Cheryl L. Kirby Sheetz, 62, wife of Johnny R. Sheetz, passed away Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Cheryl was born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Jimmie P. and Miriam Standiford Kirby and was a homemaker. Cheryl is survived by her husband, Johnny R. Sheetz; daughter, Tiffany […]
Read moreThe Outdoor Lab at Clemson University will be the setting Friday and Saturday for a two-day workshop for the commissioners from the nearby Tri-County Technical College. Workshop sessions are planned from noon to 5 pm tomorrow and from 8 am to noon Saturday. Because of physical distance guidelines, the meeting can accommodate a limited number of participants. If you’d like […]
Read moreThe mayor and council of Westminster cleared away any confusion last night as to the role that their new hire in the utilities department is to play in the near future. They did it at the request of the newly-hired electrical supervisor Leigh Baker. While in a 90-day job performance probation period, Baker is to serve as electrical supervisor and […]
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