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As forecasts increasingly predict that Hurricane Florence is expected to significantly impact North Carolina and South Carolina, Duke Energy is preparing for the storm and urges customers to do the same. The company expects widespread damage and power outages as Hurricane Florence is forecasted to be a large and extremely dangerous storm system, packing fierce winds and torrential rainfall. Historical […]

Less than a week remains to cash in a Mega Millions® ticket worth $10,000 sold in March of this year. This ticket expires on Sunday, Sept. 16. If you purchased a Mega Millions® ticket from the former Bi-Lo store on Rochester Highway in Seneca in late March, you should check your ticket. The ticket purchased for the March 20, 2018, […]

Work has begun on a new facility for the Foothills Area YMCA. Phase 1 of the new YMCA facility will be 31,000 square feet with an indoor pool, fitness center, group fitness rooms, cycle studio, youth sports fields and child watch area. “This facility will be a place for the community to come together. The YMCA will bring programs that […]

The American Geographical Society (AGS) has named Cynthia Carlisle of Seneca High School (SHS) as a 2018 AGS Geography Teacher Fellow. She is one of 50 teachers selected from across the United States to participate in this third year of the initiative. The AGS Geography Teacher Fellow initiative has been made possible by a generous gift from the Boundless Corporation, […]

This is the 50th anniversary of the Hamilton Career Center in the School District of Oconee County (SDOC). At the public school system’s vocational education school, students learn through progressive, innovative programs that enhance technology and career skills. Hamilton Career Center Director Chad Lusk is excited about the milestone. “This is our 50th year. We are really trying to celebrate […]

Oconee County’s tax millage is set for another fiscal year. At last night’s meeting of the Oconee County Council, Auditor Christy Hubbard made a presentation and requested a new rate. “The millage recommended to approve the budgets is for county operations we will need 62.5 mills, in the ordinance you would have 2.9 for emergency operations, 1.1 for economic development, […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office filed charges late last week against a Westminster man who was being sought last Thursday night as a person of interest in relation to several Westminster area burglaries and larcenies. 26-year-old Joseph Edward Kinsel, who has listed addresses of Ten Downing Street in Fountain Inn as well as Sunshine Ridge Road in Westminster, was apprehended […]

Friday night ran like a normal game at Bobcat Stadium between Seneca and Daniel. The only difference was it took a little longer to get into the game because the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) decided to use metal detectors on fans entering through the home and visitor gates. Evie Hughes, […]

A 47-year-old Easley man was pronounced dead at 7:14pm Monday, Sept. 3, in the emergency department at Oconee Memorial Hospital after he jumped into Lake Keowee from his boat. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that Jody Levi Black jumped from his boat into Lake Keowee at approximately 5:35pm and never resurfaced. His body was recovered at approximately 6:10pm from […]

An autopsy was performed Sunday morning on 54-year-old Elmer Clarence Church, Jr. of Westminster, who was discovered dead Friday afternoon lying on the ground near the shoreline of Lake Keowee at Stamp Creek Landing. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that items found at the location suggested he perhaps had planned to camp and fish at this area of Lake […]