Category: News

One of Oconee County’s longest serving employees is retirement-bound.  Karen Lee’s official retirement day as Associate Probate Judge is Wednesday, June 30.  But today she’s greeting many of her friends and co-workers at a drop-in at the county government office complex.  Lee started her career in the 1980s working in the Probate Court which, then, was office in what today […]

Robotic equipment to assist in surgeries is on its way to Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital.  A demonstration of the Da Vinci XI system took place this morning at the hospital.  Courtney Nations, executive director of the Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation, says there’s excitement at the hospital because this piece of equipment will serve as an option for patients undergoing […]

A COVID-19 vaccine clinic takes place in Walhalla starting late this afternoon and continuing into the early evening hours.  Foothills Community Health Care is staging the clinic from 4 until 8 pm at the City Gym at the end of N. College Street.  No appointments needed.  You need only to show up and roll up your sleeve to be administered […]

  Seneca leaders are beaming over the latest developments in their downtown.  Harper’s Plaza will see a green space and, perhaps, the city’s first public splash pad—right in the midst of the downtown.  A companion building, the former Kimbrell’s, could well be the next old structure to meet the wrecking ball, and make way for something new.  Mayor Alexander said […]

South Carolina DHEC announces support of a U-S Department of Health and Human Services recommendation for children 12 and older and young adults to get their COVID-19 vaccination.  The federal department, along with doctors, nurses and parents joined the CDC and the American Heart Association, among others, on a joint statement on rare cases of mild heart inflammation that some […]

Prisma Health is encouraging individuals with a longstanding history of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) to be conscious of the risk of developing Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer.  The most common symptoms of reflux disease are: ● Heartburn, a burning feeling in the chest ● Regurgitation, when acid and undigested food flow back into the throat or mouth GERD occurs when […]

A 59-year old man from the Tribble Center near Seneca remains missing this morning, following his failure to show up at his workplace yesterday morning.  James Roach  is 5’7”, about 180 pounds, wears a scruffy salt and pepper mustache and beard.  He is intellectually disabled and is a diabetic. He failed to show up for work yesterday at Clemson University.  […]

The Oconee coroner says the Westminster man found dead last night near the Coffee Road was a homicide victim, and the sheriff’s office has begun an investigation.  At first, at 9:30 last night, 9-1-1 received a call requesting assistance at 1490 Coffee Road for an unknown medical complaint.  Emergency Services and sheriff’s personnel responded.  Coroner Karl Addis says Danny Andrew […]

Oconee School District announces that summer time meals for students are available for pick up at the Tamassee-Salem Elementary School on Tuesdays from 9 to 9:30 in the morning.  No meals will be available there Tuesday, July 6.  Student meals are also available at selected times and locations at various other locations throughout the school district–in the Seneca, Walhalla, and […]

Pioneer Rural Water District held the 2021 Annual Membership meeting this week, but only one customer took the time to attend. Terry Pruitt, water district general manager, said, “It was a normal meeting with no major news nor any changes to the pro forma budget that we covered at our last meeting.” A couple of factors play into why Pioneer […]