Category: News

A Seneca man stands charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor in the second degree. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announces that 42-year-old Aaron Scott Evans of Seneca on the child porn charges. Investigators say Evans was involved in distributing child pornography via the Internet. He was arrested on March 10 and could get up to […]

At Monday night’s work session meeting of the Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County (SDOC), the board accepted the recommendation of David W. Thompson as the new principal of Fair Oak Elementary. The effective date of this appointment is July 1, 2017. Thompson has 13 years of experience as a teacher and administrator. He is currently […]

A number of Westminster electrical customers last year were unable to take advantage of the City of Westminster’s load control program because their individual air conditioning units had electrical loads greater than 40amps. Westminster City Administrator Chris Carter announces that the city via its membership within Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (PMPA) took delivery of 54, 100amp load control devices. This […]

The Seneca City Council holds their regularly scheduled monthly council meeting tonight, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at 6pm in the council chambers at City Hall. The agenda for the meeting includes the appointment of Carol Hall as Interim Treasurer and Clerk; the signing of a proclamation for Child Abuse Prevention Month; second reading of an ordinance to rezone 701 East […]

Three mid-afternoon car wrecks happened in Seneca on Monday. The worst wreck involved three cars on Highway 123 in front of Harbor Freight. Captain B.J. McClure says the accident started when a vehicle exited the Harbor Freight parking lot and collided with a westbound car. That car proceeded to hit a third vehicle. All three drivers were taken to Oconee […]

Make plans to attend Old Farm Day on Saturday, March 25, from 10am until 3pm. This one-day festival celebrates the Upstate’s rich farming heritage, showcasing antique tractors, cotton gins, hay baler, small engines and tractors. Admission is $5 per person. Children 5 and under are free. Sponsored by The Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina and the Pendleton Historic […]

Will your child attend kindergarten at Walhalla Elementary in the fall of 2017? If so, please plan to join the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) for a special event, Jump into Kindergarten, explains Public Information Officer Dr. Sharon Sanders. “This is a wonderful opportunity to meet the K5 teachers and see the classrooms. There will be two opportunities for […]

Soon the “Available” sign will disappear from in front of the former Covidien Plant. Richard Blackwell with Oconee Economic Alliance says an investor is to acquire the building, along with additional property around the plant, effective April 10. Plans are to find a tenant, or failing that, tear down the building.

Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis says a 72-year-old man died Sunday from injuries sustained during a traffic collision. The wreck happened near 195 Snow Creek Road in Seneca at about 6 PM Sunday. Addis says James Walter Olbon of Oakway Road, Westminster, died from multiple blunt force injuries. The coroner says there will be no autopsy.

President Donald Trump’s push to stop the exodus of U-S manufacturing to countries such as Mexico could play into the hands of Oconee County.  The reason, according to the Economic Alliance’s Richard Blackwell, is that one of the county’s “hot” prospects is an Oconee-based company wanting to expand and is considering both Oconee and Mexico for that expansion.  Blackwell is […]