Category: News

Repair crews are digging this morning to find and replace a water leak at West Union.  The leak cut off traffic over the weekend on SC 11 from the traffic lights to across the bridge.

  Dale Glymph is scheduled to officially join the Westminster City Council when he is sworn into office in a ceremony at 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, January 4.  Two incumbent council members—Yousef Mefleh and Jimmy Powell—will also take the oath for new, 4-year terms. Glymph will fill the seat that Reid Adams held.      

Oconee County’s Kevin Brown has been appointed commander of Troop 3 for the South Carolina Highway Patrol.  Named by the state Department of Public Safety, Brown succeeds Major Michael Carson to command troopers in Oconee, Anderson, Pickens, Greenville, and Spartanburg counties.  Kevin Brown’s dad, Neal, is a retired captain who led Troop 3 from 2006 to 2010.

Saturday’s Fair Play parade was a washout.  The rescheduled date for that community’s Christmas parade is Saturday, December 18, same time, same place.  The parade lineup will be Yoder’s parking lot at 11:30. Roads to be closed at 12:45 for the parade start at 1 pm.

Disaster trained volunteers from the Greater Carolinas Region of the American Red Cross are deploying to support relief efforts following tornadoes that devastated multiple states over the weekend.   The Red Cross and our partners are working around the clock to help those in need and make sure everyone has a safe place to stay, food to eat, critical relief […]

A Democrat from Charleston County, Joe Cunningham, made downtown Seneca a stop on his 46-county tour of the state to advance his campaign to win his party’s nomination next year for governor.  So far, Joe Cunningham is one of three Democrats to announce.  While he must win his party’s primary next year, Cunningham made to clear in a 101.7/WGOG NEWS […]

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns of a tidal wave of Omicron is coming.  And institutions, such as Clemson University, are ratcheting up their measures to protect against COVID-19.  Clemson University says it will follow public health experts’ recommendation for the start of their 2022 spring semester.  Highlights of the university plan are pre-return tests for all, on-arrival tests for […]

A box tractor trailer truck left SC 24 near Townville this morning and overturned.  Scott Krein, director of Oconee Emergency Management, says because the truck carried “multiple chemicals”, some of which leaked, a contractor has been called to offload the transport and secure the wreckage.  But SC 24 traffic on the Oconee side remains detoured this afternoon.  Another roadblock occurred […]

It appears likely that Bo Bowman, attorney for the city of Seneca, will lead the city council into an executive session next week for advice on the pending legal matter involving Seneca, Walhalla, Westminster, and the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  According to Tuesday night’s agenda, on return to open session action may be taken on items discussed in the executive […]

A head-on crash near Seneca….Until the public safety responders finish, motorists are requested to avoid SC 188/the Keowee School Road at S. Cove Road.