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The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will hold a hunter education class at Foothills Community Church located at 505 Bountyland Road, Seneca, this Saturday, Oct. 31 from 8am-4pm. All residents and non-residents born after June 30, 1979, need the hunter education endorsement and must complete a hunter education course before obtaining a hunting license in the state. If you […]

During a work session meeting Wednesday night, the Seneca City Council discussed a resolution to transfer three diesel buses to the City of Clemson. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander gives details. “With the electric buses when we were able to get those last year, we did have the diesel buses that had to go somewhere. So, we were able to work […]

On Nov. 19, be a part of history as the City of Seneca cuts the ribbon on the Strickland Cultural Museum, which celebrates our rich African-American history. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander invites the community to the 11:30am ceremony. “I’m real excited because it is going to give us the opportunity to share the African-American history here in Seneca and Oconee […]

Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw announces the 2015-16 Fall Membership Drive for the South Carolina Sheriffs’ Association starts soon. Sheriff Crenshaw went on to explain that he is an active member of the South Carolina Sheriffs’ Association and invited the citizens of Oconee County to join the Association as an Honorary Member. The South Carolina Sheriffs’ Association provides aggressive advocacy […]

A private closed-door meeting took place Wednesday night in the City of Seneca with Police Chief John Covington, Mayor Dan Alexander, members of the City Council, City Administrator Greg Dietterick and City Attorney Mike Smith. No action was taken after the executive session to discuss a legal matter. Officials said the reason for the private meeting was to give an […]

An inmate died of natural causes in Oconee County earlier this week. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that 33-year-old Ernest Lee Smalley Jr. of Seneca died Tuesday night at Greenville Memorial Hospital after being found in cardiac arrest the day before in a holding cell of the Oconee County Detention Center. Guards started CPR and EMS was called. Smalley […]

Enjoy an Appalachian Homecoming on Friday at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium. The event features BBQ, craft beer and great music. “Come join us for a night of Appalachian Roots and Blues music with Conservation Theory and many other local performers along with local BBQ and craft beer,” says Lynne Martin, one of the organizers of the event. The doors open […]

An arrest has been made in connection to the burglary investigation of Upstate Medical Associates in Seneca. On Oct. 22, 2015, officers with the Seneca Police Department were dispatched to the business at 15575 Wells Highway after receiving a report of an alarm. Responding officers arrived to find a front window shattered. Police spoke to the office manager and conducted […]

The School District of Oconee County (SDOC) announces that Seneca High School art teacher Fred Edgerton is the District’s Teacher of the Year. The Board of Trustees will formally recognize Edgerton at their Nov. 9 meeting. Edgerton has taught art for 30 years at Seneca High School. His beliefs about teaching and learning, including everything that surrounds the daily-full-of-wonder experience, […]

Roughly two inches of rain fell in Oconee County in 48 hours, reports Official Weather Observer Barbara Wilson. “Wednesday morning, I reported 1.25 inches of rain and the previous day, .60 inches that gives us for October, close to 8 inches of rain, which is definitely twice as much as we had in September but we are still behind the […]