Category: News

Whether old buildings are restored or torn down is an expensive undertaking for Seneca, as the city steps up its efforts to fill empty storefronts in the downtown. Last night the city leaders infused their improvements corporation with a transfer of $200 thousand. That transfer, on the recommendation of city administrator and corporation president Scott Moulder. It represents monies derived […]

A pair of rock pillars that serve as an entry way on EN 1st Street into Seneca’s downtown sport a cleaner and tidier look these days. The city has taken over maintenance of the pillars, with the consent of their owners, the Once-A-Week Club. The city also has become re-acquainted with the history. City administrator Scott Moulder says the civic […]

In an early morning accident on highway 11 below West Union, no one received major injury–but one of the cars caught fire.  According to Walhalla Fire Department, the car that caught fire was the one that wound up on its side after the 4:30 am accident on SC 11 in the vicinity of Hefner and Old House roads.

Seneca’s elected leaders cleared the way last night for a controversial small home development in a section of the city filled with larger, older homes. In a 6 to 2 vote, Season’s Building Company of West Union was approved for a planned development residential zone at ES 7th and Townville streets. Ten out of the 13 speakers from the audience […]

An attempt to start a car while standing outside the vehicle proved costly to a woman yesterday in Walhalla. The police say Susan Ramona Cobb received medical aid after she was knocked down after her Mazda van began to move forward—rolled into a second vehicle and eventually crashed thru the glass/door entrance to the public defender’s offices at Brown’s Square. […]

A Walhalla policeman and his suspect both wound up getting medical attention yesterday in a laundry business incident on W. Main Street. The police say at 6:36 am at Tiger Wash, they found Bryan Ashley Evans of Neal Road, Seneca inside the crawl space between washing machines. According to the police report, after an attempt was made to place Evans […]

A Senate bill, introduced by South Carolina’s Tim Scott, would give nursing home operators access to a national data bank to allow them to screen and vet potential employees. The purpose is to ensure that caregivers don’t have a history that would endanger the seniors they care for. The bill is called Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care. Virginia’s Mark […]

If you have a penchant for numbers and want to check out the finances of the Oconee public schools, you can go to the district website and view the most recent audit.  Gloria Moore, district finance director, made the announcement last night after the outside auditor, Don Estep, delivered the financial report for 2018-19.  Moore says the audit can be […]

No one likes a bully, and what a bully can inflict on a youngster can leave deep scars. That’s a major reason why the Oconee public schools are ramping up efforts to discourage bullying—instances when an older and stronger student takes advantage of a younger or weaker student. Last night the Oconee school trustees recognized the winners of a poster […]

At their January meeting, Oconee school trustees will be asked to authorize a course that’ll equip high school students with the know-how toward careers in 9-1-1 emergency communications. According to Lisa Simmons, director of instruction for the public schools, it’s a course scheduled for space in the new Hamilton Career and Technology Center that is scheduled to be finished for […]