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There are now a total of seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the School District of Oconee County. Three students – one from Walhalla High, one from Seneca High and one from Walhalla Elementary have all tested positive for coronavirus, as well as an employee at Orchard Park Elementary and an employee at the Hamilton Career and Technology Center. An […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 424 new confirmed cases and 42 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 42 additional confirmed deaths and 14 new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 113,107, probable cases to 1,491, confirmed deaths to 2,494, and 134 probable deaths. Anderson County added 15 […]

The School District of Oconee County has confirmed two positive cases of COVID-19 in this first week of school – one student at Seneca High School and an employee at James Brown Elementary both tested positive, officials said. A previous case reported at Walhalla High was removed because that person did not enter the school building or any SDOC facility. […]

SENECA, S.C. – The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) has been without phone, email, and internet service since Wednesday due to an SCDOT mowing contractor hitting a fiber optic line that serves the facility. AT&T is currently assessing the situation and will repair the line as soon as possible. Sewer customers are being asked to contact their wastewater provider […]

Two people recently arrested in Hart County, Georgia, may be linked to a double homicide in Townville. Leonard Piercefield and Payton Call were pulled over while driving a stolen car and while in possession of cocaine and a stolen gun on Sunday in Hart County, according to Hart County Sheriff, Mike Cleveland. When Hart County deputies ran the serial number […]

The steeples at both Seneca Baptist Church and Trinity Baptist were destroyed in the April 13 tornado, and this week they are being replaced. The churches were in the path of some of the most sever destruction caused by the tornado, only blocks apart from one another in a section of Seneca south of the railroad.

The City of Clemson Mask Ordinance was extended at a recent Council Meeting. This amended emergency ordinance will be in effect for 60 days from this past Monday. Last weekend, Clemson Police said they issued close to 150 citations over a three day period to violators of the local mask ordinance, which has been in effect for about two months […]

Five additional cases were added to Oconee County’s totals (now 998) in Wednesday’s DHEC report, along with two additional Oconee County deaths. Both were elderly persons who died on August 9 and 17. According to DHEC, Oconee’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 16. Statewide, DHEC announced 505 new confirmed cases and 42 additional confirmed deaths. This brings the total number […]

The School District of Oconee County issued a notification late Wednesday afternoon that a case of COVID-19 has been confirmed at Seneca High School. Seneca High’s principal, Felicia LeRoy, said in a statement that contact tracing began immediately and that if a student was in the same classroom or close contact with the person who was confirmed to have coronavirus, […]