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The steeples atop two of Seneca’s largest churches are being replaced this week. The steeples at both Seneca Baptist Church and Trinity Baptist were destroyed in the April 13 tornado. The churches are only blocks apart in a section of Seneca south of the railroad and the scene of some of the worst damage inflicted by the EF3.
Read moreA case of a student with COVID-19 is reported at Seneca High School. Dr. Michael Thorsland, district superintendent, said, “We will post tomorrow morning. There was a student case there reported today (Wednesday).”
Read moreSeneca, SC – Morris Larraine Price, Jr., 64, husband of Linda Diane Cornett Price, of 423 Mountain View Drive, Seneca, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020, at his home. A native of Seneca, SC, Mr. Price was the son of the late Morris Larraine Price, Sr. and Nona Williams Price. He was of the Christian faith. […]
Read moreSeneca – Troy Dale Emerson, 66, passed away Monday, August 24th, 2020 at his residence. Born in Seneca, SC, Troy was the son of Freddy “Fred” Lee Emerson and the late Glen Edna Swafford Emerson. He was a retired electrician, with Square D in Seneca. Troy is survived by his father, Fred “Freddy” Lee Emerson; son, Matthew Emerson; […]
Read moreJerry Dyar and the staff of the Oconee Veterans Office in Walhalla met the state’s first secretary of veterans affairs. The newly-appointed Maj. Gen. Will Grimsley made an Oconee County visit today–a chance for him to become familiar with one of the state’s 46 county offices as well as a chance for Oconee veteran officials to meet him. Dyar, the […]
Read moreThe highway patrol has announced the death today of a moped rider who was hurt in a weekend afternoon accident near Westminster. Coroner Addis identified the decedent as Jim Rose, 68-year old Westminster resident. Death to the moped rider came at 7:06 this morning at Prisma Health Greenville. The accident, described as a spill, occurred at 2:15 pm Sunday on […]
Read moreOconee County is fast approaching 1,000 COVID-19 cases, since the counting started in March. Five additional cases were added to the county’s totals (now 998) in today’s DHEC report, along with two additional Oconee County deaths. Both were elderly persons who died on August 9 and 17. According to a DHEC spokeswoman, Oconee’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 16, counting […]
Read moreWestminster, SC — Willie Mae Haulbrook Smiroldo Harbert, 96, wife of the late Champ Paul Harbert, of Westminster, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020, at Valley Falls Terrace. A native of Westminster, SC, Mrs. Harbert was the daughter of the late Henry Canada and Lillian Irene Pitts Haulbrook. She retired as a clerk from the Washington Temple. She […]
Read moreIn anticipation of delayed revenues, Seneca will take the borrowing route to recover expenses from the April tornado as well as a drop in revenue resulting from the financial impacts of COVID-19. In last night’s special meeting, the city council gave final approval to a $2.5 million dollar general obligation (taxpayer-backed) bond. City administrator Scott Moulder explained that the general […]
Read moreThe spokeswoman for Oconee School District says a Walhalla High student who reported testing positive for COVID-19 never entered the building, and there’s no need to quarantine a classroom or even the entire student body. Spokeswoman Jennifer Dodd says the local district received clarification from the state Department of Education yesterday that these circumstances do not require the district to […]
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