Category: News

Fire burned a barn around 8:30 last night in the Crossroads community south of Seneca.  Rural Fire Control identified the location as 354 Rodgers Road.  No injuries reported.

A new warming shelter has opened at the Seneca Church of God of Prophecy at 1016 Overbrook Drive, Seneca, SC 29678. The Department of Social Services and American Red Cross will provide staffing for the shelter until it is closed. The shelter is open to men, women and children seeking refuge from the cold. No drugs, alcohol or weapons will […]

Small clusters of power outages remained yesterday across the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative system.  Yesterday around six thousand customers were brought online, among them all remaining Anderson County outages.  By yesterday, fewer than four thousand outages existed across BREC’s multi-county service territory. Among outside assistance is a crew from the Berkeley Electric Cooperative that went to work in Marietta.

The case of the fatal shot that took the life of a 21-year-old man two years ago in Seneca was resolved this afternoon at the Oconee Courthouse, although those he left behind remain in mourning. Judge Scott Sprouse accepted a negotiated plea that sends defendant Jacquesse Anderson-Savage to state lockup for a sentence of 45 years for the murder of […]

The following announcement this afternoon from Oconee public schools: “Due to the continued icy roads throughout the mountain areas and on side roads, continued power outages, and icy conditions at many of our schools, the School District of Oconee County will observe an eLearning day on Wednesday, January 28th.  The decision to remain on eLearning was made to ensure the […]

A man whose car overturned on Seneca’s Radio Station Road learned his fate today for a traffic offense and the much more serious charges of drug trafficking.  In Oconee General Sessions Court, David Wayne Howard pleaded guilty and stood as the judge handed down an 11-year prison sentence, from which 537 days will be credited for time spent in jail […]

The Oconee County Public Library, in partnership with Catholic Charities and Our Daily Bread, offers free showers every other Wednesday for Oconee community members with a mobile shower unit. This unique service promotes dignity, health, and job prospects to those who may be experiencing homelessness, housing insecurities, or those that may have issues with water at their homes. Under the […]

Here’s something to be considered by Walhalla’s economic advisory committee:  how do you better align downtown economic development with a city park north of the corporate limits?  The following item is on the agenda for tomorrow morning’s committee meeting:  Alignment with Stumphouse Park and downtown economic development.

There will be no Adult Education classes tonight, as part of the Oconee public school system.

If you are a Walhalla utility customer on Poplar Springs Road and vicinity, you should be able to count on stronger water pressure in the not-too-distant future, according to word from city hall. City Council this month approved a contract for an Anderson County company, to upgrade quality and water capacity for the city’s Poplar Springs customers.  Here’s what a […]