Category: News

Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says the case of a homicide last night near Westminster is not a threat to the community.  Crenshaw spoke of the shooting death of Jesse Eugene Mulkey, 33-year old Westminster resident, who Coroner Karl Addis says was shot around 10 last night at 330 Brock Road.  Mulkey died two hours later at a Greenville hospital.  Crenshaw told […]

Gas pump prices are down, and thousands of additional South Carolinians are expected to travel during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday period.  The motor club AAA’s prediction is that 1.3 million South Carolinians will travel 50 miles or more.  The Christmas/New Year’s travel holiday is defined as Wednesday, December 23 through Sunday, January 3.  The longest holiday travel period […]

Duke Energy has been notified to prepare early next year for two weeks of fire protection inspections at the Oconee Nuclear Station.  Inspectors from the government watchdog agency NRC have scheduled weeks in February and March to examine Oconee Nuclear’s fire protection program.  The inspectors, from the Atlanta office of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will be led by Jonathan Montgomery, […]

A hospital in western North Carolina has joined The Blood Connection, based in Piedmont, South Carolina.  On December 1, The Blood Connection became the primary supplier of blood products for Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, a member of Mission Health.  The Blood Connection’s Delisa English says the new partnership will held serves a broader community and a greater number of patients in need.  […]

A first-year early literacy program serving Oconee County hopes to double its accomplishments in year two.  BabyRead finished 2015 having served 10 families and 10 babies—the youngest at two months old.  BabyRead’s goal in 2016 is to serve 20 families.  Volunteers meet with families to read, talk, and sing.

The shooting death of a Westminster man overnight is being investigated by the Sheriff’s Office as a homicide.  Coroner Karl Addis, so far, has identified the victim as a 33-year old man who died in surgery at 11:49 last night at the Greenville Memorial Hospital—after having been shot about two hours earlier at 330 Brock Road near Westminster.  The family […]

Oconeeans may need a scorecard to track how their Washington representatives voted on a measure that will keep the government running through September 30, 2016.  Senator Graham voted to support of legislation to fund the federal government.  He cited an increase in military spending and several important South Carolina priorities in voting for the measure.  Senator Scott decried what he […]

The elderly and the disabled can enjoy easier access to the Seneca Library on South Second Street.  Improvements made this week include automatic entrance doors and a new, stand-alone outside book return.  The automatic doors replace doors that had been in place since the last major renovation of the library building, 30 years ago.  The old wall-mounted book return leaked […]

The House of Representatives in Washington voted in favor of a $1.1 trillion dollar bill that allows the government to keep going.  Passage came this morning on a vote of 316-113, with the Third District’s Jeff Duncan voting no.  The Republican said, “Some members of the Congress are so risk averse that they will agree to anything to avoid a […]

The clock struck noon today without any changes to the field of candidates for the 2016 Seneca Municipal Election.  Mayor Dan Alexander and Councilmen Gaines, Smith, Moore, and O’Kelley are unopposed as ballot candidates.  State law provides that if no declares as a write-in during the next two weeks, the incumbents automatically start their new terms and no election is […]