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The investigative division of the Seneca Police Department has been actively working two separate burglary cases involving both city and county properties. A burglary was reported on May 30, at the Oconee County Rescue Squad located on Goddard Avenue. Damage was done to the building and property was stolen. A second burglary occurred in the early morning hours of June […]

Whether it be artifacts, images or funds, the Oconee Heritage Center (OHC) always welcomes donations, says Director and Curator Leslie Hagerty. “We do get some financial help from Oconee County, we get some from the cities of Walhalla and Westminster, but it really only adds up to at best half of what we need to continue operating, so we do […]

The City of Seneca’s regularly scheduled June Council Meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 19, at 6pm.

The agenda has been released for the Oconee County Budget, Finance and Administrative Committee meeting on Monday, June 11, at 2pm. Discussion items include the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Administrator’s Budget and other business. The meeting is open to the public and takes place in Council Chambers of the Oconee County Administrative Offices at 415 South Pine Street in Walhalla. There […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man Thursday, June 7, on kidnapping, first degree burglary and criminal domestic violence in the second degree charges. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 24-year-old Austin Blaine Myers. A deputy met with the victim concerning an incident that occurred at an address on Hall Street in Fair Play. The victim […]

The Oconee County Board of Zoning Appeals meets on Monday, June 25, to consider three appeals. According to the agenda, the board will hear public comment on requests for three special exceptions to the zoning law. One is an exception to a commercial use inside the lake overlay district at 330 Summit Drive in Salem. Another involves an application for […]

Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander has issued a proclamation recognizing the life and achievements of Helen Keller, who became the first deaf and blind person to attain a Bachelor of Arts degree. It calls attention to the disability of deafness and blindness, which affects more than one million people in the United States. The proclamation reads, “It is in the interest […]

See Peter Rabbit under the stars this Saturday night at Norton-Thompson Park in downtown Seneca. This is a free event for the whole family, says Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander. “This is something that Mayor Pro Tem Ronnie O’Kelley and some of the council wanted to do something different, maybe something that could attract more of the high school and middle […]

Restoration has begun on the Faith Cabin Library in Seneca, tells Mayor Dan Alexander. “It’s a one room log cabin that we are going restore back to its original condition and its exciting because it is a piece of heritage here in this community. At one time we had a Black Junior College here that closed down in I think […]