Category: News

At a called meeting tonight, Westminster City Council considers an informal proposal for an aquatic and swim center to be built on city property adjoining Lucky Street–property now home to the municipal swimming pool.  The meeting is scheduled for 6 o’clock at City Hall.

Oconee County emergency responders have been deployed to hurricane-ravaged areas of South Carolina.  They are meeting with success.  The county’s Special Rescue team’s four-person boat, by last evening, was able to help move 59 people out of flood waters in the Marion County town of Mullins.  Assigned to that boat were David Owens, Tommy Christopher, Casey Wood and Eric Kelley. […]

  Congressman Jeff Duncan says 44 missing Afghan troops in the U-S are proof to him that the U-S is unable to protect the homeland.  The Republican reacted to a news service report that the Afghans, while they were receiving military training, went missing in the U-S in fewer than two years. Duncan’s statement reads:  “In an era where radical […]

In a difficult time for law enforcement nationwide, the Oconee County sheriff is saying thank you to the public for its expressions of support and its deeds of good toward his men in blue.  Sheriff Mike Crenshaw, in an open letter to Oconee County residents, expresses gratitude to individuals, businesses, organizations and churches who have reached out to his office […]

If the forecasts pan out, some parts of lower South Carolina are to receive double digits of rain from the hurricane.  In other parts, such as upstate South Carolina, the situation is a serious lack of rain approaching critical.  Bob Faires, the Seneca utilities director, says the area remains in category drought 2 and customers should be conservative with what […]

Seneca utility officials are pursuing a system of levelized billing service for costumers.  Levelized billing would be optional.  The city’s utilities committee this morning approved Director Bob Faires’ request to make a recommendation to the city council.  Averaging monthly bills avoids large swings.  Light and water would use the amount that a customer would owe for the current month, add […]

Seneca’s Jazz on the Alley is said to have accommodated its largest crowd of the warm weather seasons.  Stores and restaurants were crowded.  Last night’s attendance was bolstered for a couple of reasons.  One, the numbers of competitors in this weekend’s Road Titans bicycle competition and the influx of evacuees from the coastal parts of the state.  At a Clemson […]

A new stretch of four-lane U-S 76 awaits re-paving between Clemson and Anderson.  The contractor has announced that, thru Friday, October 14, men and equipment are  at work between  Westinghouse Rd at Bojangles to the Pickens Co line. They are in the process of milling the highway, prepping it for a new surface.  You are asked to pay attention to […]

The evacuation order has been extended to Jasper and Colleton counties in South Carolina. South Carolina fears storm surges from Matthew to surpass those of Hurricane Hugo.

All South Carolina voters will now have more time to return voter registration applications for the 2016 General Election.  This will provide additional opportunity for citizens to register who are affected by voter registration office and post office closures related to Hurricane Matthew.  Post offices are also closed on Monday, October 10 due to a federal holiday.  The following deadlines […]