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On Saturday, May 27th, the School District of Oconee County will honor a total of 694 graduates at commencement ceremonies at each high school. The district is proud to announce the Class of 2023 valedictorians and salutatorians. Seneca High School Valedictorian – Logan Christopher Dover Logan Dover is the son of Bobby and Faith Dover and brother to Emma. As […]

All branches of the Oconee County Public Library will be closed from Saturday, May 27 through Monday, May 29, for Memorial Day weekend. Book returns will be open, and the virtual branch, oconeelibrary.org, will be available for e-books, e-magazines, streaming video through Kanopy. All locations will reopen at their normal times on Tuesday, May 30. All Oconee County Solid Waste […]

The Auto Club Group Urges Motorists to Get a Vehicle Inspection Before their Road Trip Most South Carolinians are forecast to take a road trip for Memorial Day. Unfortunately, many of them will experience car trouble. Nationwide, AAA expects to rescue more than 483,000 stranded motorists, during the holiday weekend. The three most common reasons are flat tires, dead batteries, and […]

Don Moorhead Construction of Anderson has won the $12.3 million contract to run pipe from the Golden Corner Commerce Park through Fair Play village to connect exits on Interstate-85. The I-85 Oconee sewer contractor will be on the job by the end of next week after a pre-construction meeting took place Wednesday at the county sewer plant. The timetable for […]

Seneca Police, Fire and EMS responded to a crash between a passenger car and an SUV at South 6th & Fair Play Streets around 4:00pm An Wednesday afternoon. Six patients were transported to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained in the accident. Police said that five of those patients were traveling in the SUV. Two patients were […]

If you are planning to go out on the lake this long Memorial Day Weekend, Greg Lucas with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources says they are offering courtesy boat inspections, both locally and across the state, all weekend long…

Seneca’s officials are reviewing budgets exceeding $64 million, as presented by City Administrator Scott Moulder during a special city council work session and meeting Tuesday evening. The proposals include no property tax increase, a 3% raise for city employees, and a $2 to $3 monthly sewer rate increase to offset Joint Regional Sewer Authority charges. Ted Orrel from UTEC, the […]

The Pickens County Planning Department aims to involve residents in discussions on population growth between Oconee and Greenville counties. They encourage concerned citizens to attend upcoming meetings, including one on Thursday, June 1, from 6 to 7 pm at the Capt. Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library in Easley. The meeting will focus on proposed updates to the Pickens County Unified Development […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. ― The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is proud to spotlight the state’s emergency medical services (EMS) professionals during National EMS Week. Every day, EMS professionals help save lives and safeguard the health, safety and well-being of their communities. Across the state, 262 EMS agencies and more than 13,000 emergency personnel ― including first responders, […]

A Seneca man remains in jail today, at the Oconee County Detention Center, after his arrest Monday on charges related to a Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor investigation. 27 year old James Arthur Davis, Jr., of Overbrook Drive, was given a combined $203,000 dollar surety bond during a bond hearing. Davis, Jr. has been charged with 10 counts of […]