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Charles Jeffrey Underwood, a former Oconee County Sheriff’s Captain from Mountain Rest, was charged with misconduct and larceny and was released from jail on a personal recognizance bond on Thursday. He is scheduled to appear in court on August 31st. Underwood was placed on administrative leave when the investigation began in June, however, he is no longer with the Sheriff’s […]

Seneca has announced that a spraying day for mosquitos is scheduled today. The spraying takes place in the evenings around 8:30 pm. The city does not spray if it rains. If people are close to the area to be sprayed, city workers are required to turn the machine off until moving past the people. If you keep bees inside the […]

On Tuesday, day, bids were opened at the Salem Town Hall for two major town projects: the Barkdale Roadway Revitalization Project and Phase 2 for the highway 11 water line loop. HDH Construction of Seneca’s bid of nearly $214 thousand was the only bid received for the Barkdale Road work. Of four bids, HRH Engineering of Chesnee was the apparent […]

Staggered schedule for August 3rd – 4th Children in the School District of Oconee County 4K and 5K Kindergarten classes will begin school on a staggered start for the 2023-2024 school year.  The purpose of a staggered start is to allow students who are in the early stages of experiencing school to be exposed to school-wide and classroom expectations in […]

The Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department has issued its annual request for community donations. At the same time, it is updating its home and business owners on a process to create a tax district covering the service area. Once established, this will take away the need for fundraising and provide reliable funding for years to come. Last year Corinth-Shiloh […]

A woman passed away at the Pelzer post office on Thursday morning. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and the Anderson County coroner were called to investigate the incident. The circumstances surrounding the death have not yet been released, but deputies said there is no evidence of foul play.

In Council Chambers at City Hall in Seneca Tuesday night, the Mayor and Council met to take care of a few agenda items, one in particular that has been getting a lot of attention from neighbors in the Dalton Road area, where a rezoning request had been submitted by the owner of a little over 16 acres. The request to […]

During a meeting of all five members of a Seneca regulatory board, it was decided that a restaurant south of the railroad would not be allowed to erect a 16-foot statue of a fork. The board of architectural review (BOAR) voted 3-2 on Monday to deny Jim Rowe’s request to place the giant fork statue inside the historic district at […]

Brandon Burton is leaving Walhalla, opening up an opportunity for a new city administrator. The city council has offered the position to Celia Myers, the current community development manager, who has tentatively accepted. Mayor Danny Edwards stated that a committee will work out the details of Myers’ arrangement with Walhalla in the coming weeks… During a private city council meeting […]

Mayor Dan Alexander and members of the Seneca City Council were introduced to the team in charge of Seneca’s portion of a Black Heritage Trail – the first of its kind in the country, according to Arts History and Culture Director Shelby Henderson…