Category: News

A car crashed early last evening into Walhalla Power Tumbling at 1804 N. Catherine Street/the Pickens Highway.  A report from the scene indicated everyone was OK, but the business will be closed until Monday.  That means all classes, including the cheerleading activities, are canceled.  

Fresh and home grown produce will be offered for sale once again during Farmers Markets in four locations across the county.  Two of those markets open Thursday, a third opens Saturday, and the fourth will wait to open Tuesday next week.  According to Vanessa Penton of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, the Seneca Farmers Market opens Thursday at Norton Park […]

Seneca is a city still in search of a new financial officer.  But the business of the city is ongoing.  Tonight the city council is scheduled to give first reading to six budgets that will project spending and revenues for the year 2017-18.  Two readings of the budgets are required.  The city council will start its work with a 6 […]

The death of Greg Allman, one of the founders of the bluesy rock and roll group the Allman Brothers, was felt during the holiday weekend music festival at Long Creek.  According to one festival goer, Allman’s death created a somber mood at the festival.  Some of the performers changed their sets to include Allman Brothers’ music as a tribute to […]

A Sunday morning autopsy confirmed the death of an Oconee man as drowning.  Michael Treadway was involved in a Friday mishap with a lawnmower behind his home near Oakway.  He was 68 years old. Coroner Karl Addis said the preliminary investigation showed that Treadway was cutting grass with a zero turn lawnmower and suggested that the lawnmower went down a […]

  Two men have been arrested after authorities determined shots were fired with the intent to kill a third man last weekend in the Utica community near Seneca.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announced attempted murder and other charges against Michael Anthony Price and Evan Scott Powell.  Arrest warrants allege Powell fired two shots from a handgun at Arthur Johnson with […]

A man near Oakway died yesterday after what authorities suspect was an accident involving a lawn mower near a pond.  Coroner Karl Addis says the victim was Michael Treadway of Cottontail Drive, Westminster.  Family members found the body Friday evening of the 68-year old Treadway floating in a pond behind him home.  According to Addis, the preliminary investigation suggests the […]

  A Westminster man was jailed Thursday as part of an investigation of thefts on two occasions at storage units near Seneca.  The crimes occurred on the Rochester Highway.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announced charges of second degree burglary and larceny against Austin Thomas Woodard, 21, of Freeman Street.   In the burglary reported on March 4, tools were taken, including […]

The temporary restraining order sought against Pioneer Rural Water District has been denied.  An order signed today by Judge McIntosh denies the temporary restraining order that Oconee County and the cities of Seneca and Westminster sought in the construction of the treatment plant.  At the same time, however, the judge put Pioneer on notice.  Here’s the order in its entirety:  […]

  Oconee County and the cities of Seneca and Westminster have made their official response to the counterclaims by Pioneer Rural Water District.  On behalf of the county and the two cities, attorneys Bernie Ellis, Derek Enderlin, and David Root responded yesterday in the Common Pleas Court to the legal claims that Pioneer filed to stave off attempts to stop […]