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A team from Oconee County Emergency Management Services (EMS) has been deployed to assist with Hurricane Florence, tells Oconee County Fire Chief Charlie King. “Oconee County has deployed a four person swift water flood rescue group that has partnered with Anderson County to create a specialty strike team. They left the area last night and are in the Sumter area […]

Seneca High School (SHS) seniors Rollins Baird and Samuel Dodd have been named National Merit Semifinalists. Being among approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, these two SHS seniors have the opportunity to compete for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million. Roughly 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered […]

Tuesday evening, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca teenager in the shooting deaths of two men on the Utica Mill Hill Monday morning. Two arrest warrants for murder were obtained against 18-year-old Steven Lee Reynolds of 3 Padgett Street in Seneca in regards to the deaths of 54-year-old Timothy Wayne Caldwell and 29-year-old David Thomas Tranah, whose bodies […]

As residents evacuate the coastal areas of South Carolina, Oconee County is preparing to greet some of them. The county’s three parks have hosted evacuees in the past and Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Director Phil Shirley anticipates seeing some more in the near future. “We do have a number of campgrounds here in Oconee County. It is a […]

The Walhalla Fire Department announces that it will be testing fire hydrants during the next two months as part of its bi-annual maintenance schedule. Firefighters will be checking more than 200 hydrants starting on Sept. 20. Each hydrant will be tested to ensure it produces enough water to fight a fire. In addition, the bi-annual maintenance is a requirement of […]

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, […]