Category: News

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 […]

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announces approval of a Duke Energy application to allow a new use for a Lake Keowee area not far from Oconee Nuclear Station. The order allows three contractors and additional future contractors to lease about one and a third acres at Mosquito Point for use as a permanent staging area. The order apparently formalizes the […]

Seneca’s Gignilliat Community Center will be the location for a special event hosted by The Blue-Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation to honor and present a Grant to Mountain Lakes Access Health. During the 11:45 event this morning, Mountain Lakes Access Health will be presented with a $158,000 grant. The presentation will include remarks by officials from the Blue […]