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On Monday evening, December 1, 2025, hundreds of residents lined downtown sidewalks for Seneca’s yearly Christmas parade, which featured a procession of local law enforcement, firefighters, nonprofits, schools, and businesses traveling the route. The event began with an array of performers and the lighting of the community Christmas tree by Mayor Ronnie O’Kelley… Rev. Ted Edgar and wife Vera served […]

The Knights of Columbus St. Gerard Majella Council No. 6884 recently presented a donation from its annual Tootsie Roll Hope Campaign to Seneca Middle School. Council representative James Dominic gave the check to Special Education Department Chair Kim Crane, who plans to use the funds to bring Farm Center staff to teach students with intellectual disabilities how to churn butter. […]

The holiday season officially begins tonight, November 21, 2025, with Christmas lights switching on in Downtown Seneca, and starting Monday, November 24, 94.1 The Lake flips the switch to all-Christmas music all day, every day! The Oconee Holiday Market will be December 5 from 11am to 7pm at Shaver Rec Complex, and pictures with Old Fashioned Santa will be available […]

At the start of their meeting on Tuesday night, Clemson City Council and Mayor Robert Halfacre issued a Proclamation recognizing Teen Miss Clemson 2025 Lydia Bartlett… Business undertaken by the council included 2nd reading of an Installment Purchase Revenue Bond Ordinance, a resolution regarding an Installment Purchase Revenue Bond, a resolution committing the City of Clemson to the goal of […]

On the first floor of Seneca City Hall, vibrant conceptual artwork is now on display for the city’s planned new park, to be built on the south side of the railroad tracks at the former Kellett Elementary School site and named in memory of Seneca native and Pittsburgh Steelers great Bennie Cunningham. A standout athlete from junior high through Seneca […]

Duke Energy’s World of Energy education center in Seneca, invites the public to its free 13th Annual Festival of Trees, running Nov. 28, 2025, through Jan. 2, 2026 (closed Dec. 24–26 and Jan. 1), with displays open 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Twenty-four uniquely decorated trees, sponsored by local businesses, civic groups, and nonprofits, will fill the lobby; visitors […]

And with the Oath of Office administered by City Attorney Bo Bowman, Ronnie O’Kelley is new Mayor of Seneca. Mayor Dan Alexander thanked his longtime friend, Mayor O’Kelley… Scott Durham was appointed Mayor Pro-Tem, while Bo Bowman was reappointed city attorney, Danielle Smith treasurer, Katie Cox as municipal judge, Anna Smith Associate Municipal Judge and Kathy Wilkes was reappointed municipal […]

Community Tree’s annual Thanksgiving food box giveaway is set for this Saturday, November 15, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. until supplies run out, at Ann Hope Church, 702 Goddard Avenue in Seneca, with vehicles entering via the Jameson Avenue side of the parking lot. Each vehicle will receive two boxes of non-perishable items including canned goods, pasta, and rice, along […]

A ceremonial beam signing was held at 11:30am Wednesday morning at the future site of the Seneca Center for the Arts, with Mayor Dan Alexander and City Council members participating in the tradition to commemorate the new facility, expected to open sometime in 2026. Mayor-Elect, Mayor Pro-Tem Ronnie O’Kelley, said it’s a project that has been years in the making…

J.T. Bass, current Abbeville County fire coordinator, and Dave Scheurrer, Demorest (GA) Fire Chief, are the two finalists to become the first full-time chief of the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department, which transitions January 1, 2026, to a tax-funded combined paid-and-volunteer operation serving one of Oconee County’s fastest-growing areas near Clemson University; Bass, introduced at Monday’s meet-and-greet with the department’s 37 volunteers, […]