Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
From The School District of Oconee County: District leadership is closely monitoring the spike in COVID-19 cases at a national, state, and local level, particularly with the approaching Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. It continues to be our goal to provide face-to-face instruction for as many students as possible while protecting the health and safety of our staff and students. Through […]
Read moreSeneca Police arrested 43 year-old David Shane Spears Wednesday and charged him with four counts of breaking into autos, three counts of petit larceny, malicious injury to property and second degree burglary. At this time he remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center pending bond. Details surrounding his arrest have not yet been released. David Shane Spears Also […]
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The Ballenger Award is given annually by the Seneca Rotary Club to a locally owned business that has been in operation for at least ten years in Seneca, and that demonstrates and promotes high ethical standards and service to the community. The Award is always presented to a non-Rotarian. This year’s winners are Tim and Barbara Moore, owners and operators […]
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The first flu-associated South Carolina death of the season was announced this week by DHEC. And the state health agency says the death is a reminder that everyone, six months and older, should be vaccinated. Contracting the flu and COVID-19 at the same time is possible and could likely cause more complications than if the flu were the only infection. […]
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DHEC announced 1,226 new confirmed cases and 94 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 22 additional confirmed deaths and 4 new probable death. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 187,774, probable cases to 11,673, confirmed deaths to 3,906, and 276 probable deaths. There were 53 new cases and one death in Anderson County; 40 new […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in reference to an ongoing fraud investigation. A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division spoke with the victims, who reside in the Seneca area, back during the evening hours of August 14th of this year. The victim told the deputy that a credit card was obtained using her husband’s […]
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A graduation ceremony was held last Tuesday night at the new Hamilton Career and Technology Center, which is located at the Oconee Industry and Technology Park on Highway 11, for the seventh graduating class of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office “Citizens Police Academy.” The 19 graduates along with deputies and employees from the Sheriff’s Office attended the ceremony which was […]
Read moreWalhalla crews have repaired the 10″ line break near Halfway Branch, however a boil water advisory continues for Walhalla’s customers on Blue Ridge Boulevard, Avondale, Tanglewood, Albert’s Road and Park Ridge subdivision. Samples are being analyzed and results are expected back sometime later today, according to Walhalla’s superintendent of utilities, Scott Parris.
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A meeting December 1 will likely finalize details for the annual Walhalla Christmas parade, which is scheduled 5:30 Saturday evening, December 5. The worsening rate of the spread of COVID-19 is a prime consideration for how the city will attempt to regulate the parade in a way that makes it safe for both spectators and participants. For those who’d rather […]
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A local school teacher in Walhalla, Sarah Carpenter, recently introduced the idea of a community garden to the mayor and council there, and she told them that she has found a location across from the swimming pool on West Main Street to serve as a place for people to try out their green thumbs, and to make the produce grown […]
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