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The longtime Oconee delinquent tax collector is the county’s new tax assessor. The appointment of Kevin Robinson to the post, succeeding the retired Linda Shugart, was announced Friday by Scott Moulder, county administrator. Moulder predicts Robinson will make a smooth transition from one Pine Street office to another. The Delinquent Tax Office will continue to run as normal, with Harriett […]

Hundreds of people filled a large Seneca meeting room today for the city’s Sixth Annual Black History Luncheon. On this day, the city opens a new exhibit at the Strickland Cultural Museum, the city museum that celebrates its African-American heritage. Organizers brought Greenville’s Merl Code Sr. home to the neighborhood where he was reared and the place where his late […]

Nearly one month before candidate qualifying starts, the Seneca mayor is not saying yes or no at this point about whether he will run for District Two, State House of Representatives.  Mayor Dan Alexander was asked about his political aspirations today–the day after he was in the audience for the annual public meeting of the Oconee Legislative Delegation. He did […]

Third District Rep. Jeff Duncan, Republican from Laurens, cast a minority vote early today on the bill that allows the federal government to continue thru a short-term spending package. But spending is the problem, says Duncan.  “I’m appalled at the disastrous ‘deal’ that was struck between a coalition of Congressional Republicans and Democrats…I could not in good faith support legislation […]

The office of 10th Circuit Solicitor is expected to ask a judge next week to remand an underage defendant to General Sessions Court to be tried on charges that came from September 28, 2016—the day of shootings at the Townville Elementary School. Officers of the Anderson General Sessions Court predict the proceeding before Family Court Judge Edgar Long could take […]

State lawmakers were told last night there are 139 Oconee County children in foster care homes, so many that children’s services has been forced to locate some of the children as far away as Dillon and Charleston counties. Donna Lee of Walhalla appealed last night for candidates to serve on the county Foster Care Review Board. The board provides a […]

Seneca stages a luncheon today to help mark its observance of Black History Month.  The event at the Seneca River Association Family Life Institute on S. Poplar Street features Oconee native Merl Code Sr. as keynote speaker.  The luncheon runs 11:30 to 1:30.  At 2:30 today, the doors will open at the Strickland Museum for the first permanent exhibit, “Plus, […]

Emergency responders are at the scene of a car accident on the 123 Seneca By-Pass. This accident has occurred in the vicinity of the traffic light and Leader Ford.

At the annual public meeting of the Oconee Legislative Delegation, there was talk about roads and bridges—and new school buses on the way. State Representative Bill Sandifer, Seneca Republican, announced that the state has ordered new school buses and they are to arrive in April. The matter is one of urgency because some of the state’s oldest buses in the […]

Members of the League of Women Voters pressed Oconee’s state lawmakers last night to assure there’s no gerrymandering when it comes to re-drawing voting districts, based on the population numbers that come from the next census in 2020. In a statement read by the league’s Reggie Turetsky, the women voters called for a non-political independent panel to draw the next […]