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Prisma Health said it has open dedicated, high-volume community COVID-19 vaccine centers in Greenville and Columbia. In Greenville, the vaccination site, located inside the former Kmart building, is open Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. All community appointments from Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital will be transferred to this site. The drive-thru vaccination site in Columbia is open Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. […]

58-year old Easley resident David Scott Halsey was arrested Saturday and charged by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division with “possession, manufacture, transport destructive device or explosive for damage, injury or death.” Arrest warrants state that on or around November 2, Halsey was in possession of Hexamethylene Triperoxide Diamine (HMTD), a known improvised explosive device. In addition to SLED and […]

The Seneca Police Department will be holding a community event on 01/18/2021 at 10:00 am. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Everybody can be great because everyone can SERVE”. On Dr. King’s birthday we would like to invite the Seneca community to our event. We will be picking up litter on MLK boulevard (South 6th Street). Our police department […]

In his State of the State Address this week, Governor Henry McMaster said that, “During the peak of the pandemic, the unemployment crisis was severe. During the worst week of the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009, we saw nearly 14,000 initial jobless claims filed. During the worst week of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw more than 87,000. In April, […]

On Thursday during a meeting of Oconee County’s Board of Registrations and Elections, it was revealed that in order for employees to have a space to work each day, an area that is being used for storage must be cleared because, well, the entire place is being used for storage. Soon to be retired, long time Board of Voter Registration […]

Prisma Health is setting up dedicated high-volume community vaccine centers in Greenville and Columbia starting as soon as next week and will further expand vaccine access as more vaccine supply becomes available to South Carolina. With the additional sites in place, Prisma Health expects to administer as many as 10,000 shots per day within the next few weeks. As of […]

As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase at record levels in South Carolina, public health officials announced the state will change its efforts from containment to community mitigation measures to slow the spread of the virus. South Carolinians are being called on to help by continuing to take actions we know work – wearing a mask and practicing […]

A fatal two vehicle accident is under investigation by the Highway Patrol. Master Trooper Brandon Bolt said it happened Thursday afternoon around 2:40 pm on SC Hwy 186 near Rhymes Lane in Pickens County…. The victim was identified by the Pickens County Coroner’s Office as Treasa Carol Norton, age 56 of Marietta.

Eric Devon Brooks According to jail records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Wednesday Seneca Police arrested 23 year-old Eric Devon Brooks and charged him with two counts of financial identity fraud, and one count each of breaking into auto and petit larceny. Details surrounding his arrest haven’t been released yet, and he remains in jail pending bond. Jimmie […]