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The highly anticipated new Seneca Middle School to be built on Wells Highway will be equipped with a room influenced by the pandemic. Architect Joel Carter announced at last night’s trustees’ meeting that, besides a wellness room, there will be “a sick room” devoted to students who become ill… The one-story building will be made up of three separate classroom […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the arrest of a Westminster man late last week on charges related to a December 2020 armed robbery investigation. 24 year old Cody Austin Grant of Lakeside Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 1:46am last Friday on outstanding warrants charging him with Armed Robbery Armed with a Deadly Weapon […]

  SDOC Class of 2021 Graduation  May 29, 2021   8:30am Seneca High School         Walhalla High School       West-Oak High School       Tom Bass Field               Razorback Field                    Warrior Field To ensure the health and safety of all […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster has issued Executive Order 2021-19, which directs the S.C. Department of Social Services (DSS) to prevent the federal government from placing undocumented, unaccompanied migrant children from the southern border in South Carolina foster care and group homes. The governor’s order comes following correspondence with DSS on the state child welfare system’s capacity to accommodate […]

Police said they responded to a shooting incident around 8:00 pm last night on Butler Street in Westminster. Chief Rory Jones said that one person was injured and an investigation is underway… More details are expected soon.

This week is National Telecommunicator’s Week, and Walhalla Police Chief Sean Brinson said he couldn’t do his job without the efforts of the dedicated men and women who work dispatching police, fire and EMTs to emergency calls…

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing that charges have been filed against three men in relation to two separate investigations involving the theft of catalytic converters. The names of the men are revealed below, along with their charges as well: • 30 year old Brandon Eugene Thomas of Spring Drive in Westminster. Thomas has been charged with one count […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Townville teenager Thursday on an outstanding warrant charging him with Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – 2nd Degree. 19 year old Christopher Jacob Barrett of Sandy Shores Circle was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:32pm Thursday. Barrett was released from the Oconee County Detention Center yesterday on a $20,000 […]

The Greenville-Spartanburg office of the National Weather Service (NWSGSP) confirmed that an EF1 tornado passed just northwest of downtown Seneca around 5:48 p.m. Saturday. According to the statement, Seneca experienced light damage — a radio tower was partially toppled, a business lost 20% of its roof, the force of the wind flipped a car parked in front of the business […]

Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputies are asking for the public in locating Peggy Griffin Turner, 56, of Anderson. Turner has been diagnosed with a medical condition requiring prescriptions that she has not been able to take since her disappearance from a care facility in the 2300 block of S. McDuffie Street in Anderson. She was last seen at the location at […]