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(Seneca, SC)——–Oconee County taxpayers will see an increase in their tax notices when they are mailed out beginning in October. Oconee County Auditor Christy Hubbard presented before Oconee County Council last night the millage proposal for Tax Year 2019 that shows a 5.9 mill increase in real and personal property. For a home with a value of $100,000. the increase […]

(Seneca, SC)—-During executive session last night, Oconee County Council voted unanimously to allow County Administrator Amanda Brock to negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding as discussed in regards to an economic development matter called Project Trout. In another economic development matter discussed during executive session, County Council also voted unanimously to allow County Administrator Brock to negotiate and execute […]

(Seneca, SC)—The Seneca Police Department arrested a Belton man earlier this week on a charge of Grand Larceny. 33 year old Jason Durrell Sims was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 1:53pm Monday. The investigation that led to the eventual arrest of Sims began during the late morning hours on August 8th when officers spoke with a victim […]

(Seneca, SC)——-Southern Wesleyan University has announced that the annual P.B. Wood Golf Tournament will take place on Monday, October 7th at the Smithfields Country Club in Easley. The tournament raises funds for student scholarships. The event is named in memory of Dr. Paul Baker Wood, a noted psychologist and SWU professor emeritus. The fee for a 4-man team is $500 […]

(Seneca, SC)———The Board of Trustees for the Oconee County Public Library will hold a meeting next Monday, September 23rd at 5:30pm at the Seneca Library branch on East South 2nd Street in Seneca. There will be a time for a public comment session before the trustees receive reports. During the meeting, the trustees will receive a report on the summer […]

(Seneca, SC)—Yesterday on the Coffee Time program, Associate Superintendent of Education Steve Hanvey provided an update on the status of the new Seneca Middle School. Hanvey says the School District continues to look at the land options for the location of the new Seneca Middle School. Hanvey said that there is some difficulty in acquiring the necessary acreage when there […]

(Seneca, SC)——-Last night, the School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees voted 3-2 to allow middle and high schools to begin school one week earlier next school year. Students in middle and high schools will begin school next year on August 10th while elementary school students will begin the school next year on August 17th, which will be the […]

(Seneca, SC)—The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced that four transportation projects have been awarded to the northeastern region of the state totaling $9.7 million dollars. The largest project awarded was for the resurfacing and shoulder rehabilitation on State Route 72 in Elbert County, which will stretch from just east of Nicksville Road and extend west of State Route 17. […]

(Seneca, SC)—The South Carolina Department of Transportation has announced a preliminary total of four persons were killed on South Carolina roadways this past weekend, from the time period between 6pm, Friday, September 13th and just before midnight, Sunday, September 15th. As of this past Sunday, 670 people have died on South Carolina highways so far this year, according to a […]