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The office of the Oconee Auditor will be closed for a three and a half hours period Thursday morning.  County Administrator Amanda Brock says the Auditor’s office inside the Pine Street complex will be closed tomorrow for sanitizing and deep cleaning from 8:30 am to 12 noon and will re-open tomorrow at the noon hour.  Until further notice, Oconeeans and […]

In the Millbrook subdivision the thought has arisen whether construction of a new car dealership across the highway could justify the state adding a new set of traffic lights along 123—the Seneca-Clemson corridor.  And an overture to the state senator has resulted in Thomas Alexander asking for a DOT study on whether 123 at Millbrook Way would qualify for traffic […]

A combination of the pandemic and an EF3 tornado has left Seneca in a “cash-strapped” situation, according to its city administrator.  And Scott Moulder cautioned the mayor and council last night that it may be necessary for the city to borrow money, possibly, through a tax anticipation note or a bond issue.  The city has hired an outside firm to […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Tuesday announced 1,573 new confirmed cases and 18 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 52 additional confirmed deaths and seven new probable deaths.  The new death toll includes two elderly Oconee County residents who died on July 20 and 26.  The new case count adds eight cases to the […]

The outdoor recreation of boating seems to be in high swing during this pandemic summer.  One dealership is on its way to re-position itself to capture more of the business.  The dealership has its sight set on property at the east end of the Seneca corporate limits.  The city council last night gave first reading to an ordinance that changes […]

A fire truck siren sounded throughout the Seneca downtown early last evening.  Near the city limit on 123 and Lindsay Road, a car suddenly burst into flames.  But Chief Richie Caudill said the fire department needed only one truck to put out the fire.  The driver was not hurt.

Three current members of the Oconee Board of School Trustees have entered the political fray for the November General Election.  They are Joe Rukat in District Two, Denise McCormick in District Four, and Buddy Herring in District Five.  At least two of them will face General Election ballot opposition.  So far, Megan Ketterman is challenging for the District Two seat; […]

Part of the Seneca police investigation in a spree of crime in a tornado-damaged subdivision will focus on whether the two out-of-county suspects might have been introduced to the neighborhood as part of storm repair crews.  “That is an aspect they (the investigators) are still looking into,” says Chief of Police John Covington.  Addresses given for the two men arrested […]

Walhalla High School will be the location this week for five-hours of COVID-19 testing.  The tests will be conducted by the Healthy Me Healthy SC Alliance, whose partners are Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina.  The tests will be given at Walhalla High School from 10 am to 3 pm Thursday.  No appointment is needed.  There’s no […]

The re-elected Oconee County councilman, Julian Davis, has been in government long enough to know that regardless of the importance and the excitement that a project creates, it can take time to see it become reality.  That’s exactly the case with the county governing board’s top priority—piped sewer to the county’s four miles of Interstate-85.  Undeveloped as much of the […]