Category: News

A pre-dawn accident in Anderson County took the life of a bicycle rider.  The state patrol says the accident occurred shortly before 6 this morning on SC 28 near the Anderson city limit and involved a bicyclist, an SUV driver, and another person who operated an unknown vehicle.  State troopers are appealing to the public for any details about what […]

Blue Ridge Bank has extended a welcome to its newest employees.  They are Tina Gainey and Linda Torres.  With 23 years banking experience, Torres joins Blue Ridge as a loan operations specialist.  Gainey is the new senior vice president and deposit operations manager.  She counts 30 years previous bank experience.

The chairman of the Oconee school trustees, Jerry Lee, was among those who took part in an “exit” interview with the district’s outside auditors who tonight officially report the results of the latest audit.  According to Lee, all seems to be in order.  The audit is to reflect the spending and the revenues of the public schools for the government […]

Utica near Seneca remains beset by house fires—two of them in the last three days. The latest was during the 4 o’clock hour this morning at 12 Humbert Street. Fire Chief Caudill says the causes for recent Utica fires are undetermined and left to further investigation. This morning Sheriff Crenshaw told us: “Our fire service partners will determine the cause […]

A road is being prepared to access the only rail-served industrial park in Oconee County.  The contractor, J-Davis, has the job to build the road for access to the Seneca Rail Park alongside the Shiloh Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad.

The big screen showing of a movie shot in Seneca and surrounding area is being formatted into a DVD and will soon be available for purchase.  According to movie director Jason Shirley, the movie Elbow Grease is under a new title, Innocent Kiss.  The movie stars Burt Reynolds and features several actors and scenes from Seneca.  Shirley says the DVD […]

Fire fighters are dealing with a second house fire in Utica in three days. The latest was reported shortly after 4 this morning at 12 Humbert Sreet, as passersby reported they discovered the fire. Latest reports indicate no one hurt. A destructive fire occurred late Saturday afternoon at 4 Powell Street in Utica. No one hurt there, but fire fighters […]

Word has been received of fatal traffic accidents in Anderson and Pickens counties.  One person died in the crash of a van, a Kia, and a Volvo at 7 last night on SC 153 at the Old Pendleton Road in Anderson.  One of the vehicles, trying to avoid the crash, hit a tree.  Earlier yesterday the highway patrol reported the […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has reported the state’s first death associated with an individual recently diagnosed with e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI). “We regret to report that South Carolina has suffered its first death in a person recently diagnosed with a vaping-related injury,” said DHEC Bureau of Chronic Disease and […]

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment unexpectedly dropped last week. Claims are at their lowest levels in months, suggesting the labor market remains solid as the economy is slowing. And, the latest (October’s) numbers show Oconee, Anderson, and Pickens counties with a jobless rate of two percent. As one Oconee leader sees it, “unemployment is a great problem […]