Category: News

Seneca City Council held their regularly scheduled monthly meeting Monday night in the City Hall Council Chambers. Among the items on the agenda is City Council’s approval of two new electric buses at a cost of around $1.7 million dollars. The money to pay for the buses comes from the city of Seneca, Oconee County and a federal grant as […]

February is American Heart Month, which focuses on the importance of cardiovascular health. According to a release from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, heart disease is the number one cause of death in South Carolina in 2017 and it is a leading cause of early death and disability.  Lisa McNally from Prisma Health-Upstate, who is the […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a missing Walhalla woman. The family of 26 year old Pamela Faith Roach reported her missing to the Sheriff’s Office on February 12th. The family told a deputy that they met with that Pamela was last heard from on the afternoon of February 4th. The Sheriff’s Office […]

(Seneca, SC)————————The School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees held their monthly work session last night in the School Board Conference Room in Walhalla. A few items were on the agenda for the work session and then the Board of Trustees went into Executive Session to discuss some other items, including a property update regarding Seneca Middle School. No […]

(Seneca, SC)———————Seneca City Administrator Scott Moulder addressed a meeting of the Seneca Rotary Club last week and discussed several items, including the continued revitalization of downtown Seneca and activities and events that can be implemented to draw more people downtown. One of the ideas that has been discussed is to create a Clemson football home game tailgate environment in downtown.

(Seneca, SC)—————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a stolen vehicle investigation. 31 year old Kenneth Allen Barkley of Six Mile was arrested after deputies responded to an address on Dr. John’s Road in Westminster late last week in regards to reports of a possible wanted person and possible stolen vehicle. Deputies located Barkley inside of a […]

(Seneca, SC)——————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man on a Fugitive from Justice warrant. Gerald Bruce Gentry was arrested late last week and booked into the Oconee County Detention Center by a deputy from the Warrants Division. According to the arrest warrant obtained by the Sheriff’s Office, Gentry is a fugitive from justice from the state of Texas, […]

(Seneca, SC)—————-The Seneca Police Department has arrested a Georgia man on a Fugitive from Justice. 42 year old Marc Daniel Higgins of Pendergrass, Georgia was located at a hotel on Highway 123 in Seneca this past Saturday night. Seneca Police were contacted by an investigator with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia in reference to Higgins, who was a […]

(Seneca, SC)———————From now through February 22nd, the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce is promoting the Heart to Heart Small Business Challenge in partnership with The Blood Connection, which is located on Sandifer Boulevard in Seneca. According to information provided by the Chamber, Chamber members, regardless if it is individuals that work with a Chamber member business or company, their friends […]

The Clemson University Board of Trustees wrapped up their quarterly meeting last Friday. The meeting was held at the Madren Conference Center on campus. Among the highlights was the board participating in a ground breaking ceremony of a 12,700 square foot child care facility that will be located near the Snow Family Outdoor Fitness and Wellness Center on Highway 93 […]