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South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster orders that the flags on all state buildings be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown on Monday, April 30, 2018, in tribute to Deputy James L. Kirk, Jr. of the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, who died in the line of duty. Governor McMaster requests that flags over buildings of the political subdivisions of the state […]

A 22-year old Seneca man lost his life in a traffic accident this morning near Westminster. Coroner Karl Addis said Austin Tyler Rogers was the lone occupant of a pickup truck that crashed on Doyle Street in the Five Forks Community. Neighbors reported hearing a crash around 6 o’clock, but it was not until a half hour later that the […]

A two-month old injured girl is in the hospital, and an Oconee man identified as her caretaker is under arrest. Oconee Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Nicholas James Underwood, 34, of Owens Road near Seneca on the charge of child abuse inflicting great bodily injury. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a deputy started an investigation Thursday after a meeting […]

We have an explanation for all of the smoke this morning in parts of Walhalla and the Blue Ridge Boulevard. Today is the annual barbecue fundraiser for the Boy Scouts, and they’ve been cooking all night long at Scout Hut on Walhalla’s N. Katherine Street. The smoke has drifted in a southeast direction toward Seneca.

An Oconee County youngster, Isaac Kanagy, became involved in the 4-H program thru the non-profit Youth Link program and stood out during the recent 4-H Engineering Challenge. Isaac, along with Addison Griffin, won the Lil’ Einstein Award. And he said, “I just like science programming, engineering and that kind of stuff. There is such a diversity of things you can […]

Three hours of barbecue and Republican politics take place Saturday, May 5 at the South Cove County Park near Seneca. The event, sponsored by the Oconee Republican Party, will run 11 am to 2 pm. Bill Jerome, party chairman, has announced all tickets have been sold and capacity attendance is expected. Among those scheduled to speak are U-S Rep. Jeff […]

The Blue Ridge Bank free shredding event for Arbor Day runs until 1 o’clock this afternoon at the bank’s Seneca office at 118 Bountyland Road. A Shred-A-Way mobile truck is set up to shred and recycle personal or sensitive documents in a safe manner. It will shred paper, light cardboard, and other related material.

More rain was forecast than actually fell in Walhalla Thursday night. Official U.S. Weather Observer Barbara Wilson said rainfall totals collected at her weather station at Hickory Hollow Farm in Walhalla were lighter than apparently what fell around Seneca and Clemson. For the county seat, Wilson only recorded .31 inches of rain with a high yesterday of 65 and an […]

The Internal Revenue Service warns of a new twist on an old phone scam as criminals use telephone numbers that mimic IRS Taxpayer Assistance Centers (TACs) to trick taxpayers into paying non-existent tax bills. The IRS and its Security Summit partners – the state tax agencies and the tax industry – urge taxpayers to remain alert to tax scams year-round, especially […]