Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Senior Living Expo 2026 takes place today, May 14, from 9 am to 1 pm at the Shaver Complex in Seneca. This event features free admission and hosts over 50 industry leaders specializing in healthcare, finance, home remodeling, and healthy living. Sponsored by Vyve Broadband and 94.1 The Lake, the expo offers attendees a chance to win various prizes, […]
Read moreTornado Watch From Wed 6:47 pm until Thu 2am EDT Issued By Greenville-Spartanburg – SC, US, National Weather Service Affected Area Oconee County Description THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 188 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA ELBERT FRANKLIN HABERSHAM HART RABUN STEPHENS […]
Read moreAn evacuation order issued Tuesday for residents within a 1-mile radius of 611 Cateechee Trail in Central, South Carolina, due to a nearby fire, has been lifted as of 8:30 p.m. Earlier updates from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office indicated that improving wind conditions helped contain the immediate threat by 7:00 p.m., though the order remained in effect at that […]
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Seneca Police, Fire and EMS responded to an accident not long before 8am Tuesday morning at the intersection of Hunter and South 6th Streets in Seneca. Police Chief Casey Bowling said due to the crash a bicyclist was airlifted in critical condition to Greenville…
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Seneca Police Chief Casey Bowling said that a woman, possibly hunting for Easter eggs, was taken to the hospital for evaluation and then arrested after she was caught kicking in the Seneca Police Headquarters front doors. The suspect, identified as Katrina Lee, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center and later released on bond, according to records from the […]
Read moreAt 12:51 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2026, crews from Seneca Fire and Crossroads Fire responded to a structure fire on Tokeena Road in Seneca. Firefighters arrived to find flames inside a small home. Chief 701 quickly began fighting the fire with a hose line, while other firefighters searched the rear of the home for anyone who might be […]
Read moreThe Missing Persons Unit of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating 15-year-old Jazmynn Rosa Morales Sakkinen and her four-month-old daughter Elina Elizabeth Morales Sakkinen, who are considered endangered due to their ages and the circumstances. The pair were last seen around 11 p.m. on Friday night at their residence on Yellow Bell Road […]
Read moreColumbia, S.C. (March 23, 2026) – The South Carolina Department of Transportation has closed a portion of Unity Church Road over the tributary to Toxaway Creek in Oconee County. An expedited replacement is planned for the bridge and further updates will be provided. As part of this closure, a detour route has been set up. A map of the closure and […]
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Hundreds of runners and families filled Seneca’s Shaver Recreation Complex on Saturday morning for the City of Seneca’s annual Race for the Green, which featured a children’s fun run, 5K, half marathon, and two-person half marathon relay. In the 5K, local standout Thomas Donovan, a 14-year-old boy from Seneca, SC, took first place overall with an impressive chip time of […]
Read moreUpstate residents in Oconee, Pickens, and Anderson Counties should prepare tonight for a severe thunderstorm outbreak Monday, March 16, starting pre-dawn in the northwest with damaging winds (60+ mph), large hail, and possible strong tornadoes as storms move eastward through the day; while the highest tornado risk lies east/south of I-85, the entire Upstate faces enhanced severe potential—have a shelter […]
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