Category: News

Last night’s rally at Seneca came on election eve, and that wasn’t lost on at least one panelist assembled by the “Emerge” event, arranged by a group of high school alumni.  The Rev W-C Honeycutt is a member of the city council.  He called for all those who are of voting eligibility to be registered and to vote not only […]

In a community meeting room last night in Seneca, the overriding message was Black Lives Matter.  Around 100 people crowded into the Blue Ridge Community Center for a protest against George Floyd’s death along with a plea for better relations among the white and black races.  The audience was practically an even mix of the two races, and from the […]

Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary School welcomes a new assistant principal.  His name is Philip Price.  He joins James Brown from Seneca’s Blue Ridge Elementary, where he taught “STEM”–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

Grading underway on a new Walhalla gas station.  A look at county records show a permit for the project at 608 W. Main near N. Poplar.

The Western Upstate Association of Realtors will return to Seneca tomorrow to take applications for grants of up to $1 thousand to help victims of the April 13 tornado.  If you are a victim and would like to make application, you can do this between the hours of 1 o’clock and 5 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Ann Hope United […]

A theft late last week was partially solved when the Oconee Sheriff’s Office recovered a utility trailer on S. Walnut Street near Seneca. Evidence showed that at 7:19 Friday morning last week, a male backed up a Honda Passport to a self-storage business near Seneca, hooked up, and stole a utility trailer.  The theft took place at Greenleaf Self Storage, […]

On this last day to vote in-person absentee, many Oconee voters have waited to make their choices.  The elections director, Joy Scharich, this afternoon said there have been “lines out the door” since 8:30 this morning at the county’s absentee voter precinct at Pine Street.

Another protest has taken place in Seneca.  This one was last night and, according to one police estimate, between 40 and 50 people took part.  Like the others since they started a week ago, last evening’s protest was peaceful.  The focus on potential change will center tonight at a community center in the Perry Hill neighborhood of Seneca, where a […]

Presumptive nominee Joe Biden is now said to have secured enough delegates to win his party’s nomination this summer at convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  But one of Bernie Sander’s young supporters, an Oconee County woman, remains loyal to Bernie Sanders’ campaign.  And Cody Hunter will find herself in position to call attention to Sanders because 32-year old Hunter has been […]

Law enforcement authorities are reporting and confirming mail theft incidents late last week outside post offices in parts of Oconee and Anderson counties.  According to Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw and his white-collar crime investigator Amanda Tinsley, mail-drop boxes were broken into Thursday night at the following Oconee County post offices:  Seneca and Richland.  Mail was also stolen from the drop […]