Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing departmental promotions in all five divisions, tells Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “The Sheriff’s Office late last week announced several promotions for all five agencies or divisions within the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. For anybody who would like to get further information on those promotions they can go to our website, which is […]
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Seneca’s municipal judge since 1998, Danny Singleton, was recently elected to be president of the South Carolina Summary Court Judges Association. This statewide group of magistrates and municipal judges has more than 500 members and strives to provide quality education and training for judges, through legal updates and training on matters related to the summary court. Judge Singleton is the […]
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United States Attorney Sherri Lydon announces that 35-year-old Travis Dale Brady of Easley pled guilty in federal court in Greenville on a murder-for-hire charge. United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the presentence report which will be prepared by the U.S. Probation Office. Brady faces a statutory maximum sentence […]
Read moreToday, Sept. 17, 2018, is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, reports the National Day Calendar. This is the American federal observance that commemorates the adoption of the Constitution of the United States and those who have become United States citizens. On this day members of the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution in 1787. The National Day Calendar is the […]
Read moreOconee County’s only homeless shelter, Our Daily Rest, is closely watching the weather and is prepared to wave the white flag should the need arise, explains Executive Director Lauren Richardson. “We’re monitoring the weather very closely. We do plan to open our white flag shelter if the weather gets really bad. My anticipation is that we will open sometime late […]
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With all eyes watching Hurricane Florence, motorists are being encouraged to watch roads as well in order to avoid flooded areas. Oconee County Deputy Chief of Special Operations and Emergency Manager Scott Krein says don’t drive across any flooded roads but rather turn around and don’t drown. “We’re asking people if you get to a flooded area and you can’t […]
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The City of Westminster is asking residents to hold yard debris and brown goods until after Hurricane Florence has passed. The city says during this period of time when heavy rains are expected it asks that residents not place any yard waste or brown goods at the street until the storm has passed. The reason is that in periods of […]
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The School District of Oconee County (SDOC) has released school and district numbers for enrollment on day 15, tells Associate Superintendent of Administration Steve Hanvey. “Well on the 15th day we had 10,628 students in the district and across it has played about like we expected when we did our projections. Seneca Middle is a little higher than we had […]
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The Seneca Planning Commission holds their monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at 6pm in the Council Chambers of City Hall. Only one items appears on the agenda and that deals with a zoning application for Lake Keowee Marina on Old Salem Road across from Camilla Lane. The applicant is requesting a zoning change from R-15 and RM-16 to […]
Read moreDistrict 2 residents have a choice on the ballot Nov. 6, 2018. Jody Gaulin is a candidate for SC House District 2 and she will be hosting a Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at 6:30pm at the Friendship Fire Department, which is located at 1307 Friendship Road in Seneca. This is free and open to the public. […]
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