Category: News

Are you sick and tired of the rain?  Well, you are not alone.  Several Upstate residents are voicing their frustrations about the wet summer we are experiencing this year.  Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander encourages everyone to take advantage of the sunshine when it comes. “It has been an unusual summer that is for sure.  If you get a few minutes […]

The heavy rains may have stopped but they left behind standing water, which can attract mosquitoes. Mosquitoes can carry diseases like the West Nile Virus. Last year the Upstate saw 16 cases of West Nile.  So far, there have been no confirmed cases in South Carolina, but there has been one person diagnosed in Georgia. The South Carolina Department of […]

West Nile Virus remains an important public health concern, since appearing in the United States back in 1999. A new study examined whether certain factors could help guide future interventions, education and prevention associated with West Nile Virus infections. “Part of the challenge of West Nile is that it’s very unpredictable in causing very focal and intense outbreaks throughout the United […]

The Chattooga River community will gather August 3 to hold a benefit for the four surviving children of a Tampa, Florida rafter who died in a commercial rafting adventure on June 19. Tom Hill, regional sales manager for Sherwin Williams, drowned on the river and his body was removed from the river on July 5 after more than 500 rescuers from two […]

What is the bigger picture when it comes to the state of health in America?  What are the chronic disabilities and risk factors that contribute to poor health and dying prematurely in this country? A new study examined America’s overall health picture. “It turns out we’re living longer but we will spend more years with chronic disabilities of that extra […]

Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd has been named one of 34 quarterbacks on the 2013 Davey O’Brien Watch List. Boyd has been one of 16 semifinalists for the award each of the last two years. The 16 semifinalists for this year will be announced on November 4 and the three finalists on November 25. The winner will be named at the Home Depot […]

If you have a Sears dehumidifier, check it, because there is a recall for 2003 through 2005 models. Consumer Product Safety Commission spokesman Carl Purvis gives some of the basics on the recall, which is going out for the second time.  “Sears is re-announcing a recall that they had on Kenmore dehumidifiers and these Kenmore brand dehumidifiers were manufactured by […]

DHEC is offering a free Blitz Clinic at the Shaver Complex in Seneca on August 13th from 9am until 4pm to administer the Tdap vaccine.    Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, all students entering seventh grade must receive or have already received a dose of Tdap vaccine on or after their seventh birthday to protect them from pertussis, also known as whooping cough.  […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has ended their search for a woman reported missing this week after not being heard from for three and a half weeks, explains Jimmy Watt, Public Information Officer for the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office.  “44-year-old Rudi Samya Murphy of 266 Alexander Road in Salem was reported missing by her daughter, who filed a report with […]

The identity of the man who died Monday afternoon on the Chattooga River has been released.  Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis identified the man as 64-year-old Ralph Neal Head of Madison, Georgia.  A post mortem examination concluded that he died as a result of freshwater drowning.  His manner of death is classified as accidental.  Head was canoeing on the river […]