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(Seneca, SC)————————The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, continues to seek public comment through May 15th on the Draft 2019 Hartwell Project Shoreline Management Plan.  The Plan provides guidance and information for the public regarding which facilities and activities can be authorized on public lands and waters adjacent to Hartwell Lake. The Corps last formally revised the Shore Management […]

(Seneca, SC)———————The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the agency will be hosting a blood drive in honor of National Police Week.  The Blood Drive will take place on Thursday, May 16th from Noon until 5pm at the Law Enforcement Center at 300 South Church Street in Walhalla.  All blood donors will receive a commemorative shirt and a $10 […]

(Seneca, SC)———————————Seneca’s first ever Cinco De Mayo event is coming up this Saturday, May 4th from 5pm until 9pm on Ram Cat Alley. Food, drinks, music, and dancing will all be a part of the event, that is being co-sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Association and the city of Seneca.  Nick McKinney, who is director of the Lunney Museum, is […]

(Seneca, SC)———–Seneca City Council will have a Work Session and a Special Called Council Meeting tonight at 6pm in City Hall Council Chambers.  Among the items on the agenda for the work session and the meeting will be the audit report from the firm of Stancil, Cooley, Estep and Stamey, the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority Appointment and the Oconee […]

(Seneca, SC)—————–A 19 year old Greenville man died in the intensive care unit at Prisma Health-Greenville Memorial Hospital.  According to Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis, Angelo D. Hall was swimming with friends on Lake Keowee near Salem at Fall Creek Landing yesterday when he disappeared below the water surface.  Coroner Addis says that Hall was recovered by friends who initiated […]

(Seneca, SC)————–The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating two separate accidents that occurred earlier today along I-85 northbound that shutdown that side of the interstate for the morning drive. The accidents were located at mile marker 3, which is between Highway 59 and Highway 243.  According to Trooper Joe Hovis with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the first collision involved […]

(Seneca, SC)—————The Walhalla Police Department arrested a Walhalla woman last week on charges of Willful Neglect of a Vulnerable Adult.  30 year old Nicole Marie Perry was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center last Thursday.  According to Walhalla Police Chief Sean Brinson, officers responded to an address on Golden Corner Drive after receiving a call from the Department of […]

(Seneca, SC)——————–The Walhalla Police Department arrested a Waynesville, NC woman recently on a charge of Unlawful Neglect of a Child.  33 year old Jennifer Leigh Uhl was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center last Thursday.  Back on January 15th of this year, officers were dispatched to an address in regards to assisting paramedics in regards to a juvenile who […]

(Seneca, SC)—————————The Walhalla Police Department arrested two Walhalla residents recently on charges of Trafficking in Methamphetamine and Simple Possession of Marijuana.  43 year old April Dawn White and 37 year old Richard Eugene Cantrell were arrested after officers responded to a residence on North Johnson Street late in the evening hours of April 24th in regards to reports of a […]