Category: News

Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander confirmed this morning his city is in talks for the donation to the city of what we are told is $1 million worth of museum-caliber furniture.  According to the mayor, the city expects word in December on the potential donation of what he says represents furniture contents of a museum.  

Toys are coming to Seneca’s Lunney Museum in the form of a display of pedal cars.  The prized collection of Anderson resident and Seneca native Mike Cannon, his wife, Brenda, and the Cannon family, these pedal cars will soon go on display for public viewing during the holidays.  Everyone is invited to the Lunney for the grand opening of the […]

An estimated 660 thousand South Carolinians are expected to travel 50 miles or more during the Thanksgiving holiday.  The motor club AAA estimates this year’s numbers will be only a slight increase from last year.  Most drive to their destinations.  And, for those who drive, they will experience the lowest gas pump prices since 2008.  South Carolina is one of […]

By mid Friday afternoon, the Oconee Sheriff’s Office still sought five remaining suspects in the drug sweep “Operation Chizel.”  By Friday morning, 19 individuals had been arrested.  “Operation Ice Chizel has been a success so far but we have reached a point in our investigation in which we are seeking our final five suspects and we need the help of […]

Between September and October, an additional 330 people were added to Oconee’s workforce.  The state reported today that the county’s jobless rate fell again in October—-to 5.3% from September’s 5.6%.  At 5.3%, Oconee remains in the lower one third of the state’s counties for the lowest unemployment rates.  Jasper, Greenville, and Charleston counties are the lowest at 4.7% while Orangeburg, […]

The contractor will move traffic devices on Walhalla’s Main Street today—-to prepare for the start of demolition on the south side of the street at Main and Catherine.  That demolition work is to begin on Monday.  According to contractor Hutch ‘N Son, it hopes to affix additional lane striping this afternoon.  

An outside government grant will allow Westminster to upgrade transformers in the city’s electrical system.  Coming Westminster’s way is a grant of $81,250 from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.  “This project is part of our effort to upgrade all of our old 2,400 volt transformers so we can switch to the more efficient 7,200 V circuit,” according to […]

Law enforcement officers are pursuing warrants against a 50-year old man taken into custody as a suspect in a domestic violence incident early yesterday near Townville.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a disturbance on Timberlake Drive and later apprehended the man and confiscated a knife in the Tokeena Crossroads area.  

A House bill that calls for increased oversight of Syrian re-settling refugees in the U-S passed 289-137.  And Congressman Jeff Duncan says he was proud to vote yes for a bill that attracted bi-partisan support.  Duncan, the Third District Republican, repeated his call for President Obama to immediately stop re-settlement of any refugees from Syria and other countries with known […]