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The City of Seneca is hoping two new incentive programs will give businesses a boost. Seneca Mayor Pro Tem Ronnie O’Kelley shares his thoughts on the recently passed Business Development Incentive Program and the Commercial Building Improvement Program. “Well, it is something that we’ve been talking about quit a while. It’s like everything, you’ve got to be able to fund […]

Help capture what makes Oconee County special by participating in the Oconee Heritage Center’s (OHC) Celebrate Oconee Photo Contest. It is open to photographers of all ages and skill levels, tells OHC Assistant Curator and Education Specialist Jennifer Moss. “We are looking for striking photographs of life in Oconee County to celebrate Oconee County’s Sesquicentennial. Photographs must exhibit 1 of […]

The Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County is still undecided on what to name the center planned for the new Oconee County Career and Technology Park. Oconee County Schools Associate Superintendent of Administration Steve Hanvey says that regardless the name of esteemed educator Fred Hamilton will remain on a school building within the district. “Well, at […]

Oconee County is looking for a new administrator after Scott Moulder resigned in the spring to take the city administrator job in Seneca. Tuesday night, the Oconee County Council approved two changes to the job opening. “Alter the county administrator resume review process to enable county council to review all resumes received confidentially and to extend the resume receipt date […]

A day after it was announced that Richard Blackwell was resigning from the Oconee Economic Alliance (OEA), the Board of Directors has named Destination Oconee Manager Janet Hartman as the new interim executive director. “Obviously, we’re sad to lose Richard, he’s been a great asset to Oconee County and has done wonderful things for economic development in our area, not […]

Richard Blackwell is leaving the Oconee Economic Alliance (OEA). After serving as the county’s Economic Development Director for the past six years, Blackwell is taking a job in the private sector. “Well, there is never a good time to take another step in life, but I have decided to move to a job on the private sector doing industrial development […]

Blessed with the beauty of nature, Oconee County is a popular tourist destination in South Carolina and throughout the South. With its strategic location near Charlotte, Atlanta, Greenville and Columbia, Oconee County draws visitors on a daily basis. Tourism is key to Oconee County’s economic success, says Destination Oconee Manager Janet Hartman. “With the blessings that we have with all […]

On Thursday, July 12, officers of the Seneca Police Department Narcotics Unit were notified by an anonymous source that a package being delivered to a residence inside the city limits contained an amount of narcotics believed to be marijuana. Pursuant to the investigation, information was developed pointing to a resident, Sylvester Monrow McCauley, that was to receive the package. Investigators […]

Crimestoppers of Oconee County, Inc. and the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seek the public’s help in regards to a recent burglary and larceny that occurred at a Seneca area business and any information concerning a suspect. A deputy was dispatched to Turner’s Jewelers at Applewood Center Place during the early morning hours of June 27, in regards to reports of […]

The South Carolina Department of Revenue announces that the Sales Tax Free Holiday is scheduled this year for Aug. 3-5. This annual three-day sales tax holiday takes place from 12:01am on the first Friday in August and ends at midnight on the following Sunday. During this time, the 6% state sales and use tax, and any applicable local sales and […]