Category: News

Deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office recently went through training with the tourniquet kits that all certified deputies now carry due to the support of the community and the people from Tactical Medical Solutions of Anderson.  All certified Oconee County Deputies now have tourniquet kits, which contain a tourniquet and several bandages, and materials that can be used to […]

Clemson University’s most-honored fiction writers and poets will read selected works at the annual Writers’ Harvest being held at 7pm Nov. 21 in the Self Auditorium at the Strom Thurmond Institute. Attendees will be regaled by the works of novelist and poets Jillian Weise, Keith Lee Morris, Akel Kahera, Joseph Bates, John Pursley III, Mike Pulley, Angelina Oberdan, Alex Kudera, and Sarah […]

Join the Walhalla Library in showing your appreciation this holiday season for a veteran, military family or active-duty service member. The Walhalla Library will be hosting a card making party on Tuesday, November 19, at 6 pm.  Refreshments, supplies and holiday joy will be provided.  All ages welcome! If you can’t attend this event, you can still participate by making cards at […]

On October 24th, at the main branch of the Oconee County Public Library, located in Walhalla, the Library hosted a celebratory murder-mystery dinner, Killing for the Crown, honoring local Friends of the Library, during National Friends of the Library Week.

New electric charging stations are in place on Railroad Street in downtown Seneca and at Oconee Medical Center for the all-electric CAT buses, which are anticipated to arrive next month.  Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander said he is pleased to see it all starting to come together.  “Finally seeing it come to together is pretty neat but last week they put […]

The Foothills Area YMCA is reaching out to the community to learn what its needs are and ways the YMCA can respond to those needs.  For more than 160 years, the YMCA has been meeting the communities’ most critical social needs and it is determined to keep doing so, explains Foothills Area YMCA CEO Darryl Broome.  “Essentially what we are […]

The City of Seneca has halted its plans to renovate the old JN Kellett School to be the new home of the Light and Water Department.  Area homeowners have voiced opposition to the project, so Mayor Dan Alexander said the city is postponing the project to answer their concerns.  “This week we put the project on hold because over the […]

Patriots’ Place, the new Veterans Center that opened this month on Tri-County Technical College’s Pendleton Campus, will be the site of a Veterans Day Celebration this year.  Currently, there are 225 veterans enrolled at Tri-County Technical College this semester.  This new veterans center that will serve as a one-stop shop for enrollment processes, resources and a place to hang out […]

Robert Bosch President Mike Mansuetti says his company is looking to Tri-County Technical College and other colleges and universities to supply graduates with an educational background in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.  STEM education is the key to our country’s economic prosperity and success, said Mansuetti, who spoke to a crowd of business, industrial, education, government and political […]

Two new quilt blocks were recently installed in Oconee County. Friends, families and employees of Lila Doyle joined to sponsor the first quilt block.  A pattern called a 9 Patch was installed on the Long Term Care Rehab Facility’s exterior and can be viewed from both Highways 123 and 28 in Seneca.  Lila Doyle has a long history in the community since […]