Category: News

(Seneca, SC)————–Oconee County Council held their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night in Council Chambers and during the meeting, Council approved the third and final reading of next year’s almost $50 million dollar budget, which begins with the new fiscal year on July 1st.  The next big budget item for County Council will be the final approval of the Fiscal Year […]

(Seneca, SC)————–A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon on the campus of Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital for a new facility that will house one of the organization’s newest residency programs.  Family Medicine Residency – Oconee will train physicians to meet the primary care needs of patients in rural communities with a population health approach to medicine.  Hunter Kome, […]

(Seneca, SC)—————-The Seneca River Baptist Association has announced that a Pillowcase Dresses Open House will be held tomorrow from 1pm until 3pm at the Blue Ridge Community Center, which is located on Holland Avenue in Seneca.  The dresses will be delivered to Haiti coming up in June.

(Seneca, SC)—————-The Oconee County Chaplain’s Association celebrated their 50th anniversary with a luncheon that was held Tuesday at the Seneca River Association Family Life Center.  The work of the Chaplain’s Association has made the Chaplain’s position at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital possible for the last 50 years. Pastor Scuddy Walker, President of the Chaplain’s Association, said the celebration […]

(Seneca, SC)———-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release Thursday updating citizens on reports from a Wednesday press release indicating that a juvenile made a generalized threat to inflict harm at a nonspecific church by the use of a firearm. The reported threat was posted on the juvenile’s social media site recently.  According to Thursday’s press release, the individual […]

(Seneca, SC)—————Wednesday morning, the City of Seneca Events Committee met to discuss the issue of animals at city events and after a discussion among the members of that committee, a motion was made and passed that authorized Seneca City Administrator Scott Moulder to draft a temporary ordinance, with the assistance from the City Attorney, that would bar animals from the […]

(Seneca, SC)———-On Wednesday morning, the Seneca Facilities Corporation met in the Conference Room at Seneca City Hall and during the meeting, the announcement was made that Borg Warner has approved a lease agreement for space in the Seneca Rail Park on Shiloh Road. The lease agreement is for 10 years, and with the lease agreement officially in place sometime next […]

(Seneca, SC)———-During Oconee County Council’s Tuesday night meeting, Council also held discussions regarding the Utica Mill Hill that began with comments from Third District Councilman Paul Cain. There have been ongoing issues involving this area of Oconee County just outside of Seneca, which is now an area that is located within one of the two Opportunity Zones in Oconee County.  […]

(Seneca, SC)—————A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon on the campus of Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital for a new facility that will house one of the organization’s newest residency programs.  Family Medicine Residency – Oconee will train physicians to meet the primary care needs of patients in rural communities with a population health approach to medicine.  Hunter Kome, […]

(Seneca, SC)————–Oconee County Council held their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night in Council Chambers and during the meeting, Council approved the third and final reading of next year’s almost $50 million dollar budget, which begins with the new fiscal year on July 1st.  Oconee County Council Chairman Julian Davis commented on the budget process, which included a 4% percent pay […]