Category: News

The City of Seneca announces plans for this year’s Black History Month luncheon and celebration.  LunneyHouseMuseum curator and director Dr. John Martin says you must make reservations in order to attend.  “This is going to be our second annual Black History Month luncheon and it is going to be bigger than it was last year.  We had about 103, we […]

Economic development will be the topic of this year’s State of Oconee luncheon, explains Jillian Lusk, Executive Director of the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce.  “This is one of our most exciting events of the year.  This is our sixth annual State of Oconee and basically it’s to get together the community leaders and any individuals who are interested in […]

The South Carolina Highway Emergency Program is ready to help you if you have broken down on a state road. The program known as SHEP acts as a free emergency service to get disabled drivers back up and running. Services include jumping batteries, helping patch a tire, and even filling your tank enough to get to the next exit.  These crews operate […]

During the cold and flu season, the School District of Oconee County reminds parents and caregivers to keep children home if they are sick.  The School District encourages parents to keep any child at home with visible symptoms of illness: fever, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. Please check your child’s temperature anytime they complain of not feeling well. If their fever is […]

Monday and Tuesday, January 20 and 21, are student holidays for all students in the School District of Oconee. Schools will be closed on January 20 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and on January 21 for a teacher in-service day.  School will resume on a normal schedule for students on Wednesday, January 22.

The U.S. Forest Service will waive fees at most of its day-use recreation sites on Jan. 20, 2014, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The fee waiver day is the first of four such days and one full weekend offered by the agency during 2014. The health benefits visitors receive from visiting national forests and grasslands are found when […]

The South Carolina Heritage Fair recently presented the Oconee Heritage Center in Walhalla with six new student Dulcimers to be used for the Heritage Center’s Appalachian Music program. The instruments were donated though a grant from the Heritage Fair as part of their commitment to promote the cultural heritage of the area. With the Dulcimers, the Heritage Center will be […]

Duke Energy announces that 12 employees have passed their federally administered tests to work as operators at Oconee Nuclear Station.  These jobs require training, which includes simulators that mimic what control room operators encounter. According to spokesperson Roger Hannah of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, all 12 who took the test passed. Five of the applicants qualify as senior reactor operators. […]

The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce  is notifying more than 4,600 employees after learning their personal information, including names, addresses, birthdates, and Social Security numbers, was improperly downloaded onto a mobile storage device. The state department said the information download occurred on Dec. 18, and officials were notified by security software right away. The State Law Enforcement Division launched an investigation the […]

Moments after being released from Oconee Medical Center, a 22-year-old Seneca man was arrested on burglary and criminal domestic violence charges in connection to a Tuesday incident.  Seneca Police issued an alert for Austin Tyrell Cousins after a women and her 18-year-old daughter identified him as the burglar of their home on Allen Street.   Authorities went to the home twice […]