Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) recently concluded their fourth annual Leadership Camp with a graduation ceremony on June 8, at the Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla. Thirty-seven students from the sixth through the tenth grade participated in the camp which began on June 4. The age group for the students, all male, […]
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The State Election Commission wants to make sure voters understand the rules for voting in the Primary Runoffs on Tuesday, June 26. Voters who voted in the June 12, Primaries are limited to voting in the same party’s runoff. Voters who did not vote on June 12, can choose to vote in either party’s runoff. Everyone who voted in the […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man on multiple charges on Tuesday, June 19, including a charge of drug trafficking. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 40-year-old Millard Jerome Strickland, Jr. A deputy observed Strickland riding a moped on Highway 123 headed towards Seneca. A check with dispatch showed that Strickland had active warrants. The deputy […]
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Crimestoppers of Oconee County, Inc. and the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in regards to a larceny last week of an ATV from an address in the Westminster area. A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division contacted the victim on Wednesday, June 13, who told the deputy that the ATV had been stolen from a family […]
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During the executive session at the June 18, regular Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) meeting, the board performed Dr. Michael Thorsland’s annual superintendent evaluation. Of the seven performance standard indicators, he scored proficient or exemplary in all areas. The board voted to extend Dr. Thorsland’s contract for one additional year and also approved a […]
Read moreLeaders of the Oconee Branch of the NAACP say the original banners that flew above S. Sixth Street in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. have over the years become weather-beaten and need to be replaced. Branch President Beverly Jenkins and Vice President George Anderson represented the NAACP at this week’s meeting of the Seneca City Council to request the […]
Read moreOconee County leaders are considering financial assistance to the town of Salem to extend water service in the vicinity of n. highway 11. After County Council’s vote on Tuesday to further investigate the project, Council Chairwoman Edda Cammick, Salem’s representative on council, said the idea is to lay a line from Park Avenue to Lydia Mountain along the east side […]
Read moreThe McDonald’s Restaurant chain has announced that six of their high school employees from the local area have earned college tuition assistance in its program to increase access to education for employees across the country. Six high schoolers from Seneca, Daniel, Pendleton, and Walhalla are eligible to receive up to $2,500 toward their tuition bill for any accredited college or […]
Read moreThe longest day of the year is going to be a long one for the South Carolina governor. Henry McMaster and his running mate, Pamela Evette, will make bus stops across the region—the first of which will be an appearance this morning in Seneca. Chairman Bill Jerome of the Oconee Republican Party says the public is invited to see and […]
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Lake Jocassee experienced an earthquake Monday evening, tells Mikayla Kreuzberger in the Corporate Communications Office of Duke Energy’s World of Energy. “The United States Geological Survey did post that a small 2.2 magnitude earthquake was detected near Lake Jocassee. It did not affect Oconee Nuclear Station and wasn’t detected by any of our on site monitoring equipment. The earthquake didn’t […]
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