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The City of Seneca wants to hear from citizens about how it can improve recreation. The city has launched a survey and Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander is encouraging everyone to take part in it. “We definitely want everybody to check out the survey, go in, let us know, give us your feedback, because it is very important for us that […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reported that three people have been referred to their health care providers for consultation after being potentially exposed to rabies in Oconee County by a cow that tested positive for the disease. The exposures occurred while the victims were providing general care to the cow. After it was reported that […]

Seneca Events Coordinator Riley Johnson wants to attract more people to Norton-Thompson Park during Christmas. During Tuesday night’s Seneca City Council Work Session, Johnson ask the council to invest in new Christmas decorations. “We would like to take this to the next level. It is the opening of the Seneca Christmas Parade every year. We started about three years ago […]

With the first home Clemson Tigers football game of the season on Saturday, Sept. 1, verses Furman, the City of Clemson announces that College Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic between Keith Street and Highway 93 on Friday nights between 9pm and 3am. This is being done as a safety measure, says Clemson Mayor JC Cook. “Over the past […]

Clemson Mayor JC Cook is praising the city’s police force for a job well done Monday afternoon in apprehending a bank robber. “Our Police Department did a magnificent job of getting the bank robber captured and in jail. I don’t think he got to hold the money for more than an hour at the most, so that just goes to […]

A new program has been launched in the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) aimed at recognizing students interested in building the construction workforce in the county. Contract Construction Inc. has partnered with the SDOC to honor a Construction Student of the Month, explains Dr. Meghan Ketterman, Director of Business Development at Contract Construction. “So, we are very passionate about […]

A suspicious fire is under investigation in Westminster. Sunday night around 7:30pm, Oconee County firefighters in the southern end of the county were alerted to a reported home on fire along Marrett Road. Oconee County Fire Chief Charlie King reports that crews arrived on scene within seven minutes to find the vacant single wide mobile home well involved in fire. […]