PICKUP VS SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT IN SENECA

Not long before 7 am this morning Seneca police, fire and EMTs responded to the intersection of South 2nd and South Fairplay Streets. A school bus and a pickup truck were involved in an accident. The pickup landed on its side and the occupant was taken by ambulance to an area hospital for treatment. Another bus came to finish transporting […]

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COVID also creates a need for mental health care

Professional medical personnel recognize a corollary need for care on the part of those people who’ve experienced mental and emotional letdowns, after recuperating from a bout with COVID-19.  Dr. Karen Lommel, chair of the psychiatry department for Prisma Health, highlighted this when she spoke today about what some of us experience with our minds as the pandemic just seems to […]

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Westminster special election — April 26

Voters in Westminster will be asked to go to the polls on Tuesday, April 26 to fill the terms of three city council seats.  Those seats have opened with the recent resignations of Brad Chastain, Danny Duncan, and Rusty Cater.  According to Kristi Burr, director of Oconee elections, her Pine Street office will accept candidacies from Westminster residents during an […]

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Ramey positioned to return to sewer board

Westminster City Council gave tentative approval last night to an ordinance that would make the mayor an ex-officio member of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  In the case of Brian Ramey, the current mayor, he’ll find himself back to a seat on the board that sets the policy for the three-municipality sewer operations of Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster. A rule […]

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