Category: News

(Seneca, SC)———U.S. Senator and Seneca Native Lindsey Graham issued a statement yesterday welcoming President Donald Trump’s intent to nominate 51 judicial nominees. Graham, who is the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, said “The committee will immediately begin working on these important nominations and trying to confirm as many as possible, as soon as possible.”

  (Seneca, SC)———————The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man this past Tuesday night on charges of Trafficking in Methamphetamine. 41 year old Christopher Brian Key was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 11:06pm. Key was the passenger in a vehicle that the Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on near Seneca for a defective tail light. […]

  (Seneca, SC)——————————The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Walhalla man on one count each of Attempted Murder and Possession of a Weapon During Commission of a Violent Crime. 49 year old Randy Lewis McJunkin was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on Wednesday. According to a press release, deputies responded to an address on Westminster Highway late […]

(Seneca, SC)————–Oconee County Council held their first regularly scheduled meeting of the year last night with new Interim County Administrator Amanda Brock. County Council Chairman Julian Davis told 94.1 FM The Lake today that the topic of the new Administrator for the County will be on the agenda for the next County Council Meeting on February 5th in order to […]

  (Seneca, SC—————– AAA Carolinas announced in a press release yesterday that gas prices have begun to level out across the Carolinas, according to Tiffany Wright from AAA Carolinas. In South Carolina, the average price for a gallon of gas is $1.97 a gallon.  The average price of gasoline is up three cents on the week but down two cents […]

  (Seneca, SC)———–Registrations are still being accepted for the Run For The Green on Saturday, March 16th here in Seneca, which includes Seneca’s Half Marathon and 5K.  According to Riley Johnson, Events Coordinator for the City of Seneca, the registration form and further information on the event can be found by going to the City of Seneca’s website at www.seneca.sc.us

  (Seneca, SC)———————-The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office arrested a subject on burglary charges today, a subject who allegedly told deputies that there was an active shooter located at the offices of Piedmont Natural Gas in Anderson. Deputies responded to the business location on White Street Extension around 7am this morning. Deputies located an individual on scene who said people were […]

(Seneca, SC)—————–Prisma Health is announcing today that due to increased flu activity, individuals who are 18 years of age or younger are being asked not to visit patients in any Prisma Health – Upstate Facility, which includes the entire campus of Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital. In addition, visitors of any age who are showing signs and symptoms of […]

  (Seneca, SC)——— U.S. Senator Tim Scott announced this week that he has introduced legislation in the Senate, which is called the Creating Hope and Opporunity for Individuals and Communities Through Education Act. The Act would give military families, families of students with disabilities, and low-income students in Washington, D.C.—together, totaling more than 6.2 million students nationwide—, access to greater […]

  (Seneca, SC)——————–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest earlier this week of an Oconee County man who had multiple outstanding warrants. 30 year old Phillip Travis Lear was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 5:37pm Sunday. Lear was arrested by deputies conducting a warrants service at an address on Knox Landing Road in Seneca. Besides multiple […]