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Anyone getting tested for COVID-19 at Prisma Health test locations before Thanksgiving gatherings must be tested by the closing times today to ensure they get results before the holiday on Thursday.  If you wait until tomorrow, you may not get your result until after Thanksgiving.  For hospital-based tests — which require pre-authorization through a provider order — people should also […]

The police believe a setting sun on the western horizon blinded the vision of a moped operator yesterday on the 123 Seneca ByPass and caused him to crash his bike into a stopped Ford transit van.  That van stopped for a red light at Pine Cliff Drive next to Applebee’s.  Novie Michael Phillips lay on the highway next to his […]

Seneca utility workers repair a broken water pipe tomorrow near 123/the Sandifer Boulevard and Hi-Tec Road.  The work starts at 7 tomorrow morning and, pending unforeseen circumstances, should finish by the noon hour.  During the repair time, Hi-Tec Road will be closed to thru traffic.

Six new COVID-19 cases appear today on the virus tracking page of the Oconee School District.  All were recorded on yesterday’s date:  one student at Seneca Middle School; one student at Ravenel Elementary; one student at Walhalla High; one employee at James Brown Elementary; and one employee at Walhalla Elementary and a second employee not on campus during his/her infection […]

Another one thousand-plus cases of the virus that doesn’t seem to go away were added today to South Carolina’s running case count.  The exact number:  1,095.  Of that number, 40 belong in Oconee County Five new deaths have been confirmed across the state.  Total test results received by DHEC Sunday were 10,217–a positivity of 10.7%.

Tomorrow is the day that Oconeeans may partake in a free food distribution in Westminster.  From 11 am to 3 pm the mayor and police officers will be among the volunteers handing out Farmers to Families food boxes.  It’s a drive-thru event in the parking lot of the community depot, and due to the pandemic everyone is asked to remain […]

The future of Oconee’s former courthouse is going to be the topic for county council meetings in both January and February, Council Chairman Julian Davis has disclosed today.  One idea is a new roof over the 1956 building that came in with a lot of fanfare, in part, because of its modern features all those years ago.  But county employees […]

Today through Wednesday, Walhalla sanitation trucks will make their rounds on regular schedule.  However, customers who would normally see their trash taken away on Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) will receive service on Wednesday.  Thursday roll cart customers should have their cart out and ready to be picked up by 7 am Wednesday.

Prisma Health encourages everyone to take advantage of its drive-thru flu vaccine shots before the end of the month.  Those influenza vaccinations will transition to other Prisma outlets, such as doctors’ offices.  Health officials warn that contracting the flu and COVID-19 at the same time is possible and could likely lead to more complications than if the flu were the […]