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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 […]

On Friday, May 4, 2018, Senior P.R.E.P., a program administered through the Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging, will host a spring readiness event to highlight the importance of senior awareness and preparedness. The event will take place at the Gignilliat Community Center YMCA, located at 621 North Townville Street in Seneca. Doors will open at 9:00 a.m., and speakers will […]

Events next month in Westminster will serve to dedicate the Martin House on Main Street and introduce the new owners of the Sandifer Funeral Home. The events Tuesday, May 8 will start at 4 o’clock with open house and light refreshments and a 6 pm dedication of the Martin House, as Cecil Sandifer passes the key to long-time employee and […]

In a ceremony yesterday on the grounds of the Oconee Memorial Hospital, the pain center was named for the late Todd Crowe, a physician who was bother personable and popular with those he came in contact with. The Todd Crowe Pain Center is located in the Omni Complex of the GHS/Oconee Memorial Hospital facilities. Cortni Nations of the OMH Foundation […]

A grant from the South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority will fund a sanitary sewer re-habilitation project in Westminster, on both Park Avenue and Pritchard Street. The project will entail more than 3,400 feet of gravity sewer line, 23 manholes, and the upgrade of existing sewer mains in the area. In a notice by the city, contractors are invited to submit […]

The next Pill Take Back Day, arranged by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, takes place Saturday at two locations across the county. The events will be 10 to 2 at the Oconee Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla and at the Sheriff’s substation near the Emergency Department of Oconee Memorial Hospital. You can get rid of old or no longer needed prescription […]

After a conference call yesterday, the South Carolina Drought Response Committee announced that recent rains have provided sufficient relief from the drought in 15 South Carolina counties. Rainfall has been close to normal in the Upstate. The South Carolina counties remaining in the first level of drought (incipient stage) are Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Dorchester, Edgefield, Hampton, Lexington, […]

Gas pump prices continue to climb in the Carolinas. South Carolina’s average is $2.54. That’s a five-cent increase this week and a 15-cent increase this month. AAA Carolinas spokeswoman Tiffany Wright says, “While we won’t hit the $3 mark, we continue to see prices go up each week and we haven’t even started the summer driving season yet.”

A Republican hopeful for governor, Catherine Templeton, holds a meet-and-greet at 9 this morning at the Seneca Family Restaurant.

Westminster will get ready for a visit next month by the manager of the municipal consortium thru which the city receives its wholesale supply of electricity. And when Coleman Smoak of the PMPA speaks to the city council May 15 he will seek to ascertain whether the city’s elected leaders would be agreeable to extending their contract with Piedmont Municipal […]