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On Sunday, Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 47 year-old David Michael Johnson. They charged him with failure to stop for blue lights, missing or incorrectly displayed tag, possession of a stolen vehicle, reckless driving and petit larceny. Total bond was set at $12,500 and he remains in custody pending bond.

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Because of the steep rise in COVID-19 throughout the state and the high infection rates, patients coming to Prisma Health emergency departments will no longer be allowed to have visitors except under special circumstances. The change is effective Saturday, Jan. 8, at 7 a.m. This will apply to all Prisma Health hospital’s emergency departments. Visitors and care […]

Executive sessions are planned for tomorrow night at the end of council meetings in both Seneca and Westminster. The mayor and council in Westminster are scheduled privately consider as many as three separate matters: personnel as it relates to the city’s staff structure; legal advice on the threat of legal action over the makeup of the board of the Joint […]

A 20% rate increase for the municipal members of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority is a major topic for this afternoon’s meeting at 4pm of the JRSA board of commissioners. The meeting is being held at the Depot on Main Street in Westminster. A 20% increase in the charge that Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster pay to treat their sewage […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. ― January is National Radon Action Month, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is encouraging South Carolinians to become familiar with the risks of radon when it’s present inside a home. Radon is a naturally occurring, invisible, odorless, tasteless gas that is dispersed in outdoor air, but radon can reach harmful levels when […]

An increasing number of COVID-19 patients in both Prisma and AnMed Health hospitals across the area has been reported in recent days. Prisma Health’s hospitals, which includes Oconee Memorial, said that eight out of every ten in-patients have not been vaccinated. Prisma Health has counted 438 COVID-19 patients, as compared to just 85 on December 1. Of the 4 Prisma […]

Seneca Elks #2822 will be having a Hoops  Contest Sunday, January 9th for all boys and girls ages 8-13 yrs. at the the Fair-Oak Youth Center, 150 Schoolhouse Road, Westminster, at 2pm. All parents are urged to bring a copy of their birth certificate. There will be 3 age brackets: 8-9/10-11/12-13. Ant questions please call Brian Reichle 864-923-6650.