Category: News

(Seneca, SC)—————–The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced recently that Upstate native Dr. Rick Toomey has been named as the new director of SCDHEC. A native of Greenville, Toomey served as President and CEO of Beaufort Memorial Hospital from November 2007 until September 2016. Toomey holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Duke University and his doctorate from […]

(Seneca, SC)——-Anderson County deputies responded yesterday evening to a shooting incident that was reported in the county on Willingham Road. According to a press release issued last night from the Sheriff’s Office, one male suffered at least one gunshot wound and was transported to the hospital for treatment. The condition of the victim was unknown at the time of the […]

(Seneca, SC0————————–If your travel plans take you into Franklin County in Northeast Georgia over the next several weeks, daily lane closures are going on Monday thru Friday from 9 am until 5 pm on Georgia State Route 17 due to crews doing patching work on the asphalt. The lane closures will be weather permitting and are scheduled to continue until […]

(Seneca, SC)—————————Tri-County Technical College announced recently that thirty-one students have been named to the college’s Academic Distinction List for the fall of 2018. To be eligible for the Academic Distinction List, a student must be enrolled in six to eleven credit hours for two consecutive terms and earn at least twelve credit hours during the two consecutive terms, with a […]

(Seneca, SC)———————–Gasoline prices continue to rise across South Carolina for the fourth straight week, however, gas prices do remain cheaper year over year, according to AAA Carolinas. In South Carolina, the average price for a gallon of gas is $2.15 a gallon, 11 cents higher than last week and 14 cents higher than last month but 10 cents cheaper than […]

(Seneca, SC)—————The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Townville man with one count of Third Degree – Arson. 55 year old James Robert Moore has been charged with setting fire to his dwelling, a camper, which belonged to another individual back on February 26th. Deputies responded to an address on Mark Lane in Townville in regards to an arson […]

The Keep Oconee Beautiful Association will be holding a kick-off event this weekend for their 2nd annual One Bag At A Time Cleanup. The kick-off event will be held at the Walhalla Public Library this Saturday from 10 am until 12 pm, rain or shine. The event will be going on throughout the month of March but at the kick-off […]

(Seneca, SC)—————————————–An earlier incident at Crescent Pointe Apartments in which a former Oconee County Sheriff’s Office deputy barricaded himself inside his apartment came to a peaceful conclusion early this afternoon. Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said that around 10am this morning, deputies attempted to serve a civil process of eviction on a subject at the Apartment complex on Highway 59 […]