Category: News

Officers with the Seneca Police Department responded to a traffic accident Thursday at 5:14pm at the intersection of South Fairplay Street and Monte Video Drive. A vehicle had struck a child on a bicycle at that intersection. The 9-year-old girl was immediately airlifted to Greenville Health System with what is reported to be life-threatening injuries. The last update listed the […]

The Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County holds a Special Called Meeting at 8:30am on Wednesday, March 30. According to the agenda, the board will hold an executive session on personnel items concerning employment recommendations or changes. The meeting takes place in the School Board Conference Room at 414 South Pine Street in Walhalla.

In addition to securing big wins for South Carolina’s military instillations and the well-being of our nation’s troops in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) also introduced a provision that will help stop certain foreign investors from stealing sensitive national security materials from American companies. Scott secured the inclusion of the Foreign Investment Risk […]

After a weeklong mark-up process in the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and committee members passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 out of committee, a critical first step in authorizing $716 billion for our Department of Defense. This bill funds critical military readiness initiatives and construction projects in South Carolina, and […]

A ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for Aug. 17, at 11am on the new Oconee Campus of Tri-County Technical College (TCTC). The campus is located in the Oconee Industry and Technology Park on Highway 11 in Westminster. In addition to the Oconee Campus, a new Career Center servicing the School District of Oconee County and local industry is planned for […]

A late night stabbing in Seneca last summer took the life of 53-year-old Thomas “Tony” Mark. On Thursday, the man in whose home Mark was stabbed entered pleas in Oconee General Sessions Court. 56-year-old Donald Clark Walker was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and distribution of crack cocaine. He had been charged with […]

In observance of Memorial Day, the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce will be closed Monday, May 28. The Chamber offices will reopen on Tuesday, May 29.

All of Tri-County Technical College’s (TCTC) campuses will be closed Monday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day. Classes will resume Tuesday, May 29.