Category: News

Local marksmen will have to wait longer to practice their prowess at the rifle range inside the Sumter National Forest in Oconee County.  Robbie Sitzlar, Andrew Pickens District Ranger, predicts at least four more weeks before the maintenance work is finished.  The temporary closing of the Cedar Creek Rifle Range came in mid to late February, after it had come […]

The next Lindsey Graham Town Hall meeting is Saturday in Columbia.  The public event starts at 12:30 pm at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.  Seating is first-come, first-served.  Doors open at 12 o’clock.

Is Seneca High School worthy of the title “Palmetto’s Finest”?  The question is to be answered at 1:45 this afternoon during an announcement which Seneca High will follow by live streaming.  A committee that evaluated Seneca’s chances visited the school in recent days.

A couple of days old wildfire continues to burn near the Wild and Scenic Chattooga River, but the forest ranger is confident that by, cutting fire lines, crews have contained it.  So far, according to Ranger Robbie Sitzlar of the Andrew Pickens District, the fire has consumed 500 acres, and the cause may have been an abandoned campfire.  The location […]

South Carolina veterinarians, in tandem with health authorities, are helping pet owners this spring to protect against rabies.  By law, all pet owners must vaccinate their dogs, cats, and ferrets.  Local vets offer vaccine year-round, but spring time clinics raise awareness about rabies and provide convenience to pet owners.  While not required by state law, DHEC recommends animal owners vaccinate […]

  About 70 undeveloped acres are being positioned for Seneca at the city’s northwest tip at Lake Keowee,and the acreage would enter the corporate limits as Residential-20 zoning.  The city planning commission last night passed two votes amid expectation that the Crescent Communities-owned property could some day become a large home development.  And that concerns some existing homeowners nearby, including […]

Clemson-bound traffic on 123 has been forced to lower speed at this hour to make its way past the wreckage of two pick up trucks.  The accident has occurred at the traffic light of 123 and the Wells Highway near Blue Ridge Orthopedics.  Medical personnel are reported at the scene.

​A near two-mile section of U-S 123/the Toccoa Highway in Oconee County would be re-built and re-habilitated, as part of the 2017 State Transportation Improvement Program.  Announced today by the South Carolina DOT, this year’s program would spend $40 million for work on 94.40 miles of primary highways across the state, including the Oconee County project.  The DOT welcomes comment […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has filed charges against an Anderson man held in that county’s detention center.  The charges against Johnny Dean Sharp (right) include the allegation that on December 9 the 51-year old man test drove a 2008 Ford Fusion belonging to Lanning Auto Sales near Seneca and failed to return it.  The charge reads breach of trust with fraudulent […]

A Seneca woman, while living in Louisiana, worked as a camp counselor, a sales clerk in retail and a waitress in restaurants  — all minimum-wage jobs that had her struggling weekly to make ends meet for her and her two children.  Devin Williams wasn’t alone.  She says; her co-workers also struggled financially and they often talked about juggling two jobs […]