Category: News

The Board of Trustees of the Oconee County Public Library has called a special meeting for Wednesday, January 8 at 4pm at the Seneca Branch Library to review and approve their application to the Capital Projects Sales Tax Commission to fund new (and expand or improve existing) library facilities in Oconee County. In addition to the Seneca Library project, the […]

North Townville Road in Seneca is being reopened at the request of Oconee County’s Department of Transportation office, despite the road and sidewalks not being finished.  The barricades will be removed and the detour ahead and road closed ahead construction signs will be covered up. Goldie & Associates is the contractor on the project to improve the road and add […]

Clemson University Police arrested a Seneca man who allegedly entered a campus residence hall room and took items from a student’s purse.  Campus Police report that 44-year-old Richard Clayton Sr. was charged with burglary in the first degree and financial transaction card theft, which are both felonies, as well as with petit larceny less than $2,000 and trespassing after notice. […]

The School District of Oconee County recognizes Jill Moore of West-Oak High School as a Nationally Board Certified Teacher.  This brings OconeeCounty’s number to 105 teachers who are Nationally Board Certified.  Statewide, 230 new National Board Certified teachers brought the state’s total to 8,663, ranking South Carolina third in the nation after North Carolina and Florida. South Carolina is second […]

The City of Seneca invites the community to become a subscriber to its free eCity News email. Keep up-to-date with the latest news and events in the city, explains Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander.  “We’re encouraging everybody to go to the Seneca website and it is in the top right hand corner, it says Seneca News, just click on it and give […]

Still looking for that beautiful holiday scene to take the family Christmas photo?  Well, look no further than the Lunney House Museum in downtown Seneca.  “The house is ready to be seen and I encourage anyone, particularly if you have out of town guests or friends coming in.  We are open Thursdays through Sundays, 1-5pm, but if you need to […]

With only a few days remaining before Christmas, a local organization is scrambling to gather toys and clothes for needy kids in Oconee County.  Celebrate Christmas with a Hero is still accepting new toy and clothing donations as well as monetary donations at Seneca City Hall, explains Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander.  “This year the toys were not coming in as […]

The Oconee Medical Center Foundation recently received its largest private gift.  An anonymous couple donated more than $707,000 in appreciated securities to create an irrevocable Charitable Remainder Unitrust for Oconee Medical Center.  A Charitable Remainder Unitrust will provide income for these donors throughout their lifetime and after the last survivor’s death, the trust will be dissolved and the corpus will […]

The Savannah River Basin reservoirs continue to remain above or near “full pool.” TodayHartwellLake is 660.73 ft-msl, RussellLake is 474.46 ft-msl, the ThurmondLake is 329.35 ft-msl. Today’s average outflow rates are: 12,053 cfs at the Hartwell Dam; 10,642 cfs at the Russell Dam; and 7,844 cfs at the Thurmond Dam. Power generation is scheduled today between 5am and midnight. Saturday […]

New 2014 annual passes for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers day use recreation areas are now available for purchase at the Corps’ Savannah District’s three dam and lake projects on the upper Savannah River, lakes Hartwell, Richard B. Russell and J. Strom Thurmond. The annual pass costs $30 and is valid for 12 months from date of purchase. Passes can be […]