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As a preventative measure to limit the spread of COVID-19, the School District of Oconee County has chosen to transition a math class and a physical education class to distance learning for a period of 14 days.  Students in both classes may return to school on Tuesday, October 28, 2020 unless under quarantine for another reason. Also, the next two Seneca […]

Prisma Health announced that they have reopened the Lila Doyle Nursing Care Facility in Seneca to limited outdoor visitation this week. In accordance with federal and state guidance, Prisma Health Lila Doyle will follow all recommendations to ensure that residents, family members and team members remain safe during outdoor visitation. Outdoor visitation at Lila Doyle will be offered Monday–Friday, 2–5 […]

Plexi-glass shields are in place to protect from COVID-19, as a jury was chosen yesterday for the first Oconee County General Sessions trial since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March. Testimony began this morning in the fourth floor courtroom at the Oconee County Courthouse in Walhalla. Not only is today’s trial the first in General Sessions this year, it’s […]

Community First Bank of Seneca, and SFB Bancorp, Inc., in Elizabethton, Tennessee, the parent company of Security Federal Bank, jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Community First to acquire SFB in a cash transaction. The combined company will have approximately $575 million of assets and 12 offices serving South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The transaction was […]

Several COVID-19 Testing events are coming to our area in the next several days. A testing event will happen Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Seneca River Association Life Center, 298 Poplar Street, Seneca (Oconee County); Thursday, October 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Foothills Church, 505 Bountyland Road, Seneca; and on Thursday, October 29 from 2 to 7 […]

DHEC announced 584 new confirmed cases and 26 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 7 additional confirmed deaths and no new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 152,242, probable cases to 5,813, confirmed deaths to 3,355, and 204 probable deaths. 10 new cases were confirmed in Anderson County; Pickens County added 31 new […]

The School District of Oconee County was awarded a $25,500 DHEC Recycling Education Grant last month. The Recycling Education Grant is a competitive program that allocates funds to schools and districts within South Carolina to support school recycling, composting, waste reduction activities, or for costs associated with field trips designed to improve understanding of recycling issues.   The grant will provide […]

The School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees accepted applicants for the District I board vacancy through 12:00 pm noon, October 12.  At its regularly scheduled meeting last night, the board announced the list of applicants. Those individuals are listed below. SDOC Board of Trustees District I Vacancy Applicants Randy Abbott; Steve Anderskow; Dean Bare; Richard Blackwell; Jeff Bright; Kay Corney; Cynthia Dalton; Amanda Holder; Kurt Kreuzberger; Lee […]

A pedestrian was struck and killed in Pickens County just west of the town of Sunset at about 8:30 pm Sunday night. The accident happened on private property in a drive way, according to Trooper Joe Hovis with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, who has more…

As a preventative measure to limit the spread of COVID-19, the School District of Oconee County has chosen to transition a Westminster Elementary kindergarten class to distance learning for a period of time. Students may return to school on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 unless under quarantine for another reason. School District of Oconee County Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland said that […]