Category: News

Creative writing is a skill that can help kids get into college and the Seneca Branch of the Oconee County Public Library is encouraging teenagers in the community to write a spooky poem.  Seneca Library Branch Manager Blair Hinson gives details.  “We are encouraging teens to write a poem with a spooky theme and bring it to the Seneca Library […]

An Anderson man has been indicted for his role in environmental crimes involving asbestos.  United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that a Federal Grand Jury in Columbia, South Carolina, returned indictments against 37-year-old Scott William Farmer.  He stands charged in a nine-count indictment.  Farmer was charged with knowing violation of work practices governing hazardous air pollutants and knowing endangerment by release […]

Construction is winding down on the installation of a new hardwood court in the gym of the Shaver Recreation Complex.  Seneca Mayor Pro Tem Ronnie O’Kelley has championed the move from a rubberized gym floor to hardwood courts.  “The facility is really starting to come together, the floors are down and the first coat of varnish is on them.  I […]

The lack of a quorum means tonight’s Zoning Board of Appeals hearing at Seneca City Hall has been postponed. The new date is Thursday, October 24 at 6pm.

A tree trimming accident has claimed the life of a 49-year-old Seneca man.  Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that Tyrome Harris died late Wednesday morning at the emergency department of Oconee Medical Center from injuries sustained during a fall while cutting a tree limb.  Harris was employed at David’s Heating and Air, LLC which is located at 309 West […]

The latest unsolved case to be profiled by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is that of Adan Delgado Villa.  On July 7, 2003, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office received a call from an employee of Community First Bank at the intersection of Sheep Farm Road and Highway 123 near Seneca.  The caller told the Sheriff’s Office that a vehicle had […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) voted to supports the Senate agreement to reopen the federal government and avoid the first-ever default on the federal debt. “To say we as Republicans left a lot on the table would be one of the biggest understatements in American political history.  We could have done much, much better.  Unfortunately, given where we now […]

On Wednesday, students from across South Carolina signed pledges to keep their schools and communities safe as participants in South Carolina’s 12th  Annual Student Pledge Against Gun Violence.  United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that students in middle school and high school signed a voluntary pledge promising that they will never take a gun to school, will never resolve a […]

The Oconee County Council will hold public hearings for “an ordinance authorizing the execution and delivery of a fee in lieu of tax agreement between Oconee County and project Flat; the granting of infrastructure tax credits; and other matters relating thereto including, without limitation, payment of a fee in lieu of taxes related to the project” and  “an ordinance to amend section 1-7, entitled General Penalty; […]