Category: News

The City of Seneca is growing, again.  At their recent meeting, the Seneca City Council approved the annexation of 11.219 acres of land for a future senior housing development.  Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander gives details.  “This piece of property was not in the city, it is annexing into the city.  If you go down Highway 130, where Bi-Lo is there […]

Oconee County announces the grand opening of its new Holly Springs Fire Substation. The station will serve residents and business located along Highway 76 between Westminster and Long Creek. Holly Springs Fire Substation #24 is the first of eight stations to be built as part of Oconee County’s comprehensive Fire Service Improvement Plan. The plan calls for new stations to be […]

Clemson University’s Reading Recovery Training Center has won the Dick and Tunky Riley What Works SC Award of Excellence from the Riley Institute at Furman University. Part of Clemson’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education, the Reading Recovery Training Center provides training and professional development to teachers who work with struggling first-grade readers. The program offers one-on-one sessions to help improve students’ […]

In a further effort to save money and reduce waste, the City of Senecais instituting direct deposit for its employees.   At their meeting this week, the Seneca City Council accepted City Clerk-Treasurer Joel Seavey’s recommendation to switch to direct deposit, explains Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander.  “When Joel Seavey came on the City Council had wanted to set up an option […]

The first flu related death has been reported in South Carolina.  Officials with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control report that death was in Barnwell County.  Officials did not release any further details on the flu death. Health officials report that flu season has started earlier than usual this year in the Palmetto State with widespread cases of […]

The Seneca and Westminster Lions Clubs recently announced winners of the Lions International Poster Contest.  This year the theme was imagine peace and students were invited to draw a poster and write an essay on what that means to them.  Lion Jim Atkinson once again served as chair of the International Poster Contest.  “The winners who got their awards Tuesday […]

A survey from CareerBuilder.com finds that there are often significant problems with the references given by job applicants, not the least of which is the fact that the references may not actually exist. CareerBuilder’s Jennifer Grasz says that you cannot fake references and you had better check with your references in advance. “What the study really speaks to is the […]

The FBI is warning homeowners and prospective renters in South Carolina of a new scam.  The press release reports that potential victims are contacted by an individual in a foreign country by either email or phone then asked to wire money to a third person in an overseas location.  Perpetrators are searching for homes listed for sale on public search […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has issued a CrimeStoppers Alert regarding a woman found laying in the sand on the shore of Hartwell Lake in Fairplay.  The incident occurred on Tuesday, November 27 at approximately 10am when a passerby discovered the woman. Deputies identified the woman as Diane Johnson from Westminster. She appeared to have been severely beaten, and was […]

Seventeen Palmetto State football greats from various eras and colleges have been named finalists for the inaugural class of the South Carolina College Football Hall of Fame. The members will be inducted during the South Carolina College All Star Bowl on March 23. The list of 17 was created from voting from game organizers as well as members of South […]