Category: News

A fundraiser is planned to support the roof repair project of the Walhalla Civic Auditorium, a 100-year-old venue that supports live music and performing arts.  On May 3, a roof fundraising event is planned at Calyx Farms, a 120-acre sustainable farm and event center just outside of Walhalla. It is the Tamassee Craft Brew Celebration and proceeds go to the […]

Ready for sunshine, warm breezes and a day in the park?  Then plan to attend the 37th Annual Historic Pendleton Spring Jubilee presented by Anderson Independent Mail.  This award-winning community festival coordinated by the Pendleton District Commission was recently named the “Best Festival in the State of South Carolina in a Community of less than 5,000.”  The annual event welcomes 30,000 visitors to […]

The World of Energy has collaborated with the School District of Oconee County to display the artwork of students from across the district. The show will consist of over 400 works, with approximately 20 student works from every elementary, middle and high school in Oconee County. Teachers have selected these works to represent a variety of media and a cross […]

After an executive session Tuesday night, the Seneca City Council awarded Upstate Medical Associates on Wells Highway a new contract to administer the wellness plan for city employees. The contract is worth $82,720.  Seneca Clerk-Treasurer Joel Seavey says between 50 and 60 city workers take advantage of the wellness program and of that number, 40 of the employees are frequent […]

Longtime Seneca City Councilman Ernest Riley will be recognized during a meeting at Greenville Friday for his years of service as a member of the policy board of a regional government service. Riley is to be recognized by Jane Hall, board chair, during a meeting of the board of directors of the South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments. For the […]

A homicide is under investigation by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office.  It happened on Franklin Finely Road in the Dacusville Community. Pickens County deputies responded to the residence around 7pm Tuesday after receiving reports of a shooting victim. When deputies arrived on scene, they discovered a deceased male with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was identified as 47-year-old Travis Scott […]

Oconee County has been named one of the top micropolitan areas in the United States.  According to Site Selection Magazine’s 2014 list of top micropolitans, the Seneca micropolitan is ranked 27th out of the 576 micropolitan areas in the nation as identified by the US Census Bureau. Micropolitan areas are considered non-urban communities anchored by a town of no more than […]

With issues that have arisen at churches across the United States in recent years, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office wants to take a proactive stance to inform churches about proper church safety procedures and laws that can help to protect churches during their worship services, especially in regards to organized disruptions of those services.  While churches in Oconee County have […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a woman this week on multiple drug charges during routine road patrol operations.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “52-year-old Brenda Rogers Bates was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center.  Arrest warrants list Bates address as 162 Ashley Drive in Walhalla, while a uniform traffic ticket lists Bates […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Central man on grand larceny charges after $4,000 was stolen from a Seneca area home, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt.  “41-year-old Chad Jeremy Dalton of 268 Peach Drive in Central was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center. According to deputies, an officer responded to an address […]