Category: News

Three municipal chiefs of police from Oconee County were in Myrtle Beach over the weekend for a conference meeting of the South Carolina Police Chiefs Association. Westminster Chief Dean Awalt said one of the conference speakers, the assistant police chief in Newtown, Connecticut imparted valuable information about how small town police departments can cope with fatal shootings in schools—such as […]

After a one-day break Friday, the trial over the quality of work at a complex of Lake Keowee townhouses resumed today in the Oconee Common Pleas Court. In the first half of today, plaintiff’s witness Derek Hodgin completed his testimony. Hodgin was employed on behalf of Stoneledge homeowners to assess what needs to be done to fix their townhomes. A […]

SC Department of Transportation has resumed work on the 133-123 intersection project at Clemson. Construction was delayed last year to allow for the design of what the DOT called unforeseen construction items related to the railroad detour track and permanent track alignment to construct a new bridge without impeding railroad operations. According to the DOT’s announcement, first estimates indicated the […]

Contractors for Seneca start breaking ground today on a new use for a former school building. Some neighborhood residents wish the project to convert the former Kellett Elementary School into the new Seneca Light and Water complex were not to be. Angela and Harry Hamilton and some of their neighbors in the Adams subdivision are worried that the storage of […]

Oconee sheriff’s officers arrested a 34-year old woman Saturday on drug charges. The arrest of Kalena Renee Lay took place in the Tokeena-Crossroads area of Oconee County. The Sheriff’s Office credits a tip received by a Westminster police officer indicating that Lay was at a mobile home on Tokeena Road. Deputies arrested Lay at that Tokeena Road address. According to […]

Officers from the Narcotics, S.W.A.T., Criminal Investigations, and Aviation Units of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Wednesday that resulted in the arrest of two individuals on drug charges.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “39-year-old Tony Keith Benson of 812 Shiloh Road in Seneca was arrested and charged with distribution of […]

The final night of the season for Jazz on the Alley fell on Halloween, so the City of Seneca combined the events, allowing young and old alike to celebrate.  At 5pm, trick-or-treaters were already wrapped around the parking lot of Norton-Thompson Park in downtown Seneca for Halloween on the Green.  Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander was happy to see so many […]

The winners of this year’s City of Westminster “Boo on Main” have been announced. The event was sponsored by Community First Bank.  The first place winner was Kylie Perkins. In second place was Hunter Henderson, and the third place winner was J.T. Bartlett.

With holiday supplies already covering the store shelves, Seneca families, churches and groups are working to make Christmas a reality for needy kids around the world by filling shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement. Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, is ramping up as Seneca residents prepare to collect 3,800 […]

The latest leaf report from the South Carolina Parks website conveys optimism this year.  The fall colors are gaining momentum at all elevations in the mountains thanks in part to the big chill last week. With milder weather on tap through the rest of this week, conditions will be ripe for getting out for some viewing. If the foliage is […]