Category: News

The South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) is publicly announcing the agency has received instructions to begin issuing full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of November.   On November 12, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (“FY26 Appropriations […]

What Oconee municipal customers surrender in the interests of ridding sewer decisions of sewer politics going forward are raising control and accountability worries on the part of the members of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority reconstitution committee.  As put forth today by Seneca city administrator Scott Moulder, it’s the potential for his city to lose direct representation on a new […]

Duke Energy is before state regulators seeking the approval of rate increases. And hearings are underway today in Columbia to allow Duke customers to weigh-in.  Duke’s application seeks an increase of 7.6% which, according to the state Public Service Commission, would add about $10.38 a month to the bill of the average residential customer.  First to take advantage of today’s […]

An Oconeean gave a caller remote access to her cell phone, and it proved costly. The owner of the phone discovered that $648 dollars had been removed from her bank account.  According to the sheriff’s office, a male posing as an Apple technician elicited personal identification information to pull off the scam.  And it’s a reminder, the sheriff’s office says, […]

More than 1.6 million gallons of hazardous material, along with more than nine tons of asbestos, has been removed from the USS Yorktown at Charleston.  According to the governor’s office, because of erosion the pollutants created the risk of leaking into Charleston Harbor.  A ticking environmental time bomb is how Governor McMaster described it.  The Second World War aircraft carrier […]

The sewer permit for the Target retail store at Thornwell Village is in jeopardy of being pulled, effective a week from tomorrow (November 21). But today there’ll be a meeting involving the executive director of Joint Regional Sewer, lawyers for Landmark development, as well as representatives of the state Department of Environmental Services. It was last month that JRSA commissioner […]

“Lakeview Drive, Robinhood Drive and Sky Lane off Highway 24 in Townville, South Carolina.   Pioneer Rural Water District advises the residents of Lakeview Drive, Robinhood Drive and Sky Lane located in Anderson County, South Carolina to vigorously boil their water for at least one (1) full minute prior to drinking or cooking.   Pioneer Rural Water District has isolated […]

Shorter days and changing weather make travel more challenging.  A reminder from Justin Powell, the South Carolina transportation secretary, that crews and contractors continue essential work, improving roads and bridges, while traffic is lighter.  If you drive, remember to slow down in work zones, obey the Move Over Law, and share the road with pedestrians and cyclists

More than 200, two-angler teams are expected early next month at Lake Hartwell for a TNT Fireworks Bassmaster Team Championship tournament.  From December 3-6 the teams compete for a berth in next year’s Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic.  No stranger to major fishing competitions, Lake Hartwell is known for its healthy populations of largemouth and spotted bass.

An attorney at Conway filed a lawsuit this month in Pickens County, alleging negligence on the part of a city of Seneca worker in a car-truck accident two years ago in Clemson.  The lawsuit, for Pickens County resident Hailey Younger, names Donald Lee White and city of Seneca defendants.  It alleges negligence on the part of White, driving a Seneca […]