Category: News

State troopers report an Oconee County traffic accident this morning on S.C. 130 near the nuclear plant. Injuries reported in that accident around 5:45 a-m.

Oconee County Democrat Paulette Keffas-Chassin says, in 2010, Vincent Sheheen came within 60 votes of winning South Carolina governor. Keffas-Chassin believes 2014 will be Sheheen’s time. To work toward, Sheheen’s election she is hosting a house party at 6 tomorrow night at 140 Westlake Drive, Seneca, and everyone who believes in the Democratic hopeful is welcome.

In advance of the national health care law, the Oconee County community has begun to position itself to help the un-insured to qualify for coverage. A group contracted to register un-insured South Carolinians for benefits that start 2014 has announced an information and sign-up meeting in Seneca. The alliance AHA invites un-insured Oconee and Pickens residents to Seneca’s Gignilliat Center […]

Mayor Dan Alexander said a movie that’ll be shot in Seneca and parts Oconee will headline Burt Reynolds. It’s called “Elbow Grease” and the mayor made the official announcement last night during Jazz on the Alley at Ramcat Alley, where a good bit of the movie is to be shot. Alexander calls “Elbow Grease” a southern comedy with a touch […]

Oconee County now has a fully-stocked Capital Project Sales Commission. A new, six-member commission was in place this afternoon to work toward the process of a new referendum, in which the voters get to choose whether to accept paying an extra penny on the sales tax to generate funds for projects considered worthwhile. In a special meeting in Walhalla, Seneca’s […]

A man snatched four shirts from Belk’s in Applewood Shopping Center and ran across the highway. But, according to the Sheriff’s Office, the accused did not get far. The suspect in Wednesday afternoon’s theft was stopped by the highway patrol at a nearby intersection, and he was eventually issued a ticket for shoplifting. The shoplifting suspect is reported to have […]

Congressman Jeff Duncan voted with the majority to cut $4 billion from food stamps. The bill that will have state enact new work requirements for many recipients passed by seven votes. It’s considered a victory for conservatives, such as South Carolina’s Third District Republican Congressman, but a defeat for Democrats who united in opposing the cut.

Westminster’s W-P Anderson Park will be the setting tomorrow for the kickoff to the 2013 Oconee United Way Campaign. The United Way’s LaShauna Harrison says the event will also dedicate Oconee County’s first Born Learning Trail. The events begin at 10 in the morning at the park on W. North Avenue—next to the Westminster Library.

A late night traffic stop Wednesday in Seneca led the police to confiscate crystal methamphetamine, cash, and other items. The police say the driver, Larry Neil Gibson, Jr., 47, of Cottontail Drive, Westminster, was charged with meth trafficking. A policeman said erratic maneuvers on By-Pass 123 in the vicinity of the overhead bridge prompted him to follow a Buick automobile […]

The Oconee County jobless rate in August remained unchanged at 8.8%. So did the state’s percentage of 8.1% which held for both July and August. According to the Department of Employment and Workforce, unemployment has shown little movement since April. In August, the number of Oconeeans employed was pegged at 28, 926, while 28-hundred were registered as out of work […]