Category: News

The flu season is here, and state health authorities say now is the time to get vaccinated to protect yourself and your family from the viral disease.  According to the Department of Health and Environmental Control, even if you got vaccinated last year, you should do so again this year because protection from last season decreases over time. The vaccine […]

The Westminster police chief, Dean Awalt, has been asked to take a new look at the city ordinance governing the police department’s list of towing operators.  And Mayor Brian Ramey said that once Awalt consults the three wrecking services on the list for their opinions on how the rules can be made fairer, the chief is to recommend changes to […]

A poor turnout November 8 will hurt the chances of the Republicans to capture the White House, in the opinion of Bob Skipp, the chairman of Oconee Republican Party.  Skipp spoke to 101.7/WGOG NEWS yesterday while U-S Senate candidate Tim Scott pressed the flesh during a campaign stop at Seneca.  Because many Americans speak disgustingly of both the Republican and […]

A handful of candidates stand in the way of Tim Scott’s bid to be re-elected to the U-S Senate, but the Charleston Republican says he is cautiously optimistic that the voters next month will return him to a new term in Washington.  Yesterday Scott greeted those who gathered at the Seneca Family Restaurant–an event promoted by the Oconee Republican Party. […]

The regular October meeting of the Seneca City Council takes place at (5:30 corrected time) this evening at City Hall. The agenda includes an executive session property update by City Attorney Michael Smith.

A home health nurse has been arrested in Oconee County, charged with exploitation of a vulnerable adult.  The arrest of Walhalla resident Chelly Kay Franklin, 50, took place yesterday after an Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigator signed an affidavit to an arrest warrant alleging that, without permission, Franklin used the personal information of an Alzheimer’s patient for whom Franklin’s employer was […]

Tens of thousands of acres of South Carolina cotton, peanuts, soybeans, turnips, brassicas, collards and spinach took significant beatings when Hurriance Matthew marched through the state.  And Clemson University Extension agents say what’s worse is that hundreds of trees fell onto power lines, knocking out power to almost one million homes, farms, and businesses.  Some rural areas might not have […]

Oconee County soon will have a better way to put out a fire on a lake island or along a shoreline to which road access is difficult for large fire fighting equipment.  Charlie King, the county fire chief, announced during a public safety committee meeting last night that two boats equipped for fire fighting have performed well during tests on […]

  Economic developers from across South Carolina have agreed to hold a three-day symposium next year in Seneca, in a city building that affords a picturesque view of Lake Keowee.  Richard Blackwell says the developers are considered “the best and the brightest” at what they do.  They’ll gather in the conference area of the remodeled Seneca Water Treatment Plant, which […]

Authorities say a 21-year old Easley woman died enroute to a Greenville hospital after last night’s car-tractor trailer accident on U-S 123.  The 10:55 accident occurred where 123 meets SC 124 in Pickens County.  According to Kandy Kelley, the Pickens County coroner, Mary Gorman’s car hit the back of a tractor-trailer truck.  The highway patrol said the tractor-trailer truck driver, […]