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  After two years of restrictions at the Oconee County Detention Center due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oconee County Detention Center is announcing that outside organizations will be allowed back in the jail for programs and bible study for the inmate population.   According to Kim Rutz, who is the Inmate Programs and Visitation Coordinator, groups will be allowed […]

Five of the six candidates for three available city council seats took part last night in a second forum–this one held by the League of Women Voters in Oconee and Pickens counties.  The LWVs’ Sarah McNeill said the crowd at the Westminster Legion building ranged between 25 and 30 people, and several of the audience members asked questions of the […]

If you run a business in Seneca, your annual license to do business there is now payable.  City of Seneca 2022 business licenses are now due.  Questions should be asked at City Hall, at 864/885-2700.  Penalties are tacked on for unpaid business licenses after April 30.

Fire burned a home around 8 o’clock last night near Seneca.  No injuries reported.  Fire fighters, including volunteers from the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department, spent one and a half hours at the scene–a home on Bernwood Circle in the vicinity of the Cherokee Gardens subdivision.

The National Weather Service has released a preliminary report following severe weather Wednesday night. Officials said that in Anderson County, several trees and power lines came down in the areas of Lakewood Lane, Hiott Road, and New Prospect Church. Duke Energy reported more than seven hundred customers were without power last night until this morning in Anderson County. Here in […]

The City of Walhalla Fire Department will begin testing and flushing the more than 200 fire hydrants in and around Walhalla beginning April 20th. You will see firefighters out working on hydrants during the months of April and May. This is part of their bi-annual hydrant maintenance schedule. This maintenance activity is necessary to ensure that hydrants produce the needed […]

Oconee County Council Chair John Elliott this week said no to the idea that it’s time to raise the pay of those who serve in the part-time county government positions, and said $8,000 annually is fine with him. However, Elliott did suggest raising the pay of the county’s full-time elected Sheriff, Mike Crenshaw. Chairman Elliott proposed on Tuesday to give […]

The City of Seneca’s 2022 Business Licenses for businesses located within the city limits of Seneca are now due. Penalties will be applied for any unpaid business license after Saturday, April 30, 2022.  Please contact the City of Seneca at 864-885-2700 with any questions.