Category: News

Two new employees soon begin work in Oconee County Government. The County welcomes an attorney and a grant writer this month. Oconee County Administrator Scott Moulder announces the first in-house attorney is to be David Root who is moving from Charleston to start work Monday in Oconee County. Also coming to the Pine Street Office in Walhalla is Sharon DeRidder […]

The Seneca Planning Department holds a public meeting on the installation of a bus stop at the intersection of East South 6th Street and Goddard Avenue on Monday, Oct. 26. The 5pm meeting takes place in the Council Chambers at Seneca City Hall. The community is welcome and encouraged to attend.

Before the doors could even open, vandals damaged the new bathrooms at Seneca’s downtown bus stop. The city was hoping to open the bathrooms on Monday, but crews need time to clean up and make repairs. The Seneca Police Department is investigating the vandalism of the new bus stop on Railroad Street.

Grants amounting to $7,000 will assist the Rosa Clark Medical Clinic in Seneca dispense services to Oconee County residents in need of medical care. In April, Wells Fargo presented the clinic $2,000 to aid with providing care and prescription medication to Oconee County residents with little or no insurance coverage. This month the clinic received an additional $5,000 from Robert […]

Local businesses are raising money to assist flood victims in South Carolina. The Les Walden Real Estate Team and Due South Clothiers have teamed to bring relief to the thousands of people living in the Midlands and Lowcountry of South Carolina displaced and affected by the historic flooding the first weekend of October. Due South is selling their Saturday Traveler […]

Walhalla-based “Supply SC” recently sent donations to South Carolina areas ravaged by flooding the first weekend in October. Last Sunday, donations from 11 churches as well as the community filled a tractor-trailer truck. In addition, Supply SC raised nearly $5,000 in cash donations. More than 50 people from Welcome Wesleyan, Open Door Baptist, Golden Corner Baptist, and St. Luke United […]

Already tired of the cold weather, well tonight enjoy a trip to the Caribbean with music from the Tropical Island Players Steel Drum Band at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium. “From right here in Oconee County, the Tropical Island Players Steel Drum Band performs relaxing, upbeat music from the islands. Come join us for an evening of great Caribbean music featuring […]

The Center for Women (C4W) releases the first Status of SC Women Report, “Charting the Course for Change”, in commemoration of 25 years as an organization. This report focuses on four key indicator areas including leadership, health and safety, education and economic security. The status report is a state tool to measure the equality and opportunities provided to women in […]

A missing man from Taylors has been found safe after state investigators issued an endangered person advisory to locate him. According to the advisory from SLED, 73-year-old Ronald Hendrix went missing from his home in Greenville County around 10:30am Wednesday. He suffers from both dementia and depression. Information about his disappearance was reported across Upstate media outlets and on social […]