Category: News

  Last night was expected to be a long night for the remaining four Oconee school trustees, as they made their way through the resumes of 12 Oconeeans who’ve applied for the vacant District One seat.  And sometime today the district will announce which of the 12 have been deemed worthy enough to merit personal interviews. Board vice chairman Joe […]

No fewer than 12 people aspire for the two years left in the term of the late Oconee school trustee Jerry Lee.  Board vice chairman Joe Rukat calls that an “amazing” number.  As announced by Rukat tonight, the 12 are:  Randy Abbott, Steve Anderskow, Dean Bare, Richard Blackwell, Jeff Bright, Kay Corney, Cynthia Dalton, Amanda Holder, Kurt Kreuzberger, Lee Ann […]

A car accident last night has claimed the life of a pedestrian in rural Pickens County.  According to the highway patrol, the accident occurred around the 8 o’clock hour last night on a private drive three miles from the Sunset Community.  Deputy Coroner Gary Duncan identifies the deceased as Ava Claire Devine, 21-year old Charlotte, North Carolina resident.  An autopsy […]

Prisma Health makes the  following announcement: “Lila Doyle reopened its Seneca nursing care facility to limited outdoor visitation this week. In accordance with federal and state guidance, Prisma Health Lila Doyle will follow all recommendations to ensure that residents, family members and team members remain safe during outdoor visitation. Outdoor visitation at Lila Doyle will be offered Monday–Friday, 2–5 p.m., […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 584 new confirmed cases and 7 additional confirmed deaths from COVID-19, in its daily report issued this afternoon.  The 584 cases included 36 new Oconee County cases, but no new deaths. This brings the total number of SC confirmed cases to 152,242 and confirmed deaths to 3,355. DHEC received reports […]

Plexi-glass shields are in place to protect from COVID-19, as a jury was chosen today for the first Oconee County General Sessions trial since COVID-19 was declared a world pandemic in March.  Although the jury is in place, testimony won’t start until 9:30 tomorrow morning. The setting is the fourth floor courtroom at the Oconee Courthouse in Walhalla. Solicitor David […]

Community First Bancorporation, Seneca, SC (“Community First”) (OTC: CFOK), the parent company of Community First Bank, and SFB Bancorp, Inc., Elizabethton, Tennessee (“SFB”) (OTC: SFBK), the parent company of Security Federal Bank, jointly announced today the signing of a definitive agreement for Community First to acquire SFB in a cash transaction. The combined company will have approximately $575 million of […]

Galen DeHay, Ph.D., president of Tri-County Technical College, joins leaders from across South Carolina to participate in the Diversity Leaders Initiative  While classes are typically sorted by state geographic region, the fall 2020 class is the first state-wide cohort. The  four-month program will be held virtually due to COVID-19, a pandemic that underscores the need for such a program, said […]

Oconeeans who live in the rural county District One have until noon today to officially make known that they’d like to be considered for the open seat on the board of school trustees.  The office of the district superintendent will cut off the application period at noon today and submit the applications received to be considered during tonight’s board meeting.  […]

Seneca fire fighters rolled their equipment and trucks to a By-Pass 123 restaurant, but there was no fire.  According to the fire department, an electric power problem forced Hardee’s restaurant to close for a couple of hours yesterday morning.