Category: News

Congratulations to the Seneca High School Competition Cheer Team will compete at state on Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Bon Secours Center in Greenville. The ladies hit the mat at 2:15pm. “This is our first year back having a Competition Cheer Team in sometime. Coach Nickie Powell and Coach Lauren Wiley have done a fantastic job starting from scratch with […]

Once again, Seneca High School’s chorus students triumph as 27 were named to the South Carolina All-State Chorus. Of the 85 schools participating in the state, Seneca High School had the fifth largest number of students chosen. Students selected will sing at Winthrop University in March with world-renowned conductors. Congratulations to those students selected: Sam Bellotte, Dawson Caime, Anna Foster […]

The Oconee County Public Library will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27 through Sunday, Nov. 30 for the Thanksgiving holidays. The Seneca Branch Library will close at 6pm on Wednesday, Nov. 26. The book drops at various branches will be available, as with the OCPL website, www.oconeelibrary.org.

United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville returned an indictment against 27-year-old Ivan Stanislavovich Nechitaylo. He was charged with possession of counterfeit U.S. currency. The maximum penalty he could receive is twenty years imprisonment. This case was investigated by agents of the United States Secret Service and is assigned to Assistant United States Attorney […]

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Richard Mark Gergel ruled against South Carolina’s constitutional amendment banning marriage equality, making the Palmetto State the latest to see such a ban struck down in court since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its historic marriage rulings last June. In Condon v. Haley, Lambda Legal and private attorneys sued the state on behalf of […]

South Carolina taxpayers are getting an extra year of free, state-provided identity theft protection. The CSID Identity Protection service was set to expire in October 2014. The SC Department offered a year of free CSID service to all South Carolina taxpayers affected by the 2012 breach in October 2013 after Experian declined to continue offering its services to the South […]

Make Christmas special this year for a needy child in Oconee County. Once again, the City of Seneca is collecting toys and clothing for Celebrate Christmas with a Hero. Items may be dropped off at Seneca City Hall now through Dec. 15, explains Seneca Events Coordinator Riley Johnson. “At City Hall the tables are out. I had a chance to […]

The City of Seneca as well as Seneca Light and Water will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27 and Friday, Nov. 28 for Thanksgiving. The Sanitation Department will continue their normal scheduled hours. For your convenience, the Seneca Light and Water Night Deposit will remain open 24 hours for payments. In case of an emergency, call 885-2723 for assistance.

Students at all Oconee County public schools will be dismissed starting at 11:45am for elementary students and noon for middle and high students once per month on Wednesdays to allow for faculty and staff professional development. The next early release day in the School District of Oconee County is scheduled for Nov. 19, 2014.

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds about eight in ten Americans feel they have lost control of their personal information. Mary Madden is a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project. “There is an overwhelming sense that consumers have lost control over the way their personal information is collected and used by […]