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The South Carolina Highway Patrol is conducting an investigation into a fatal collision that occurred over the weekend in Anderson County. The collision happened around 8:23 pm Saturday evening and involved two vehicles, according to Lance Corporal Gary Miller of the Highway Patrol. The accident happened on Highway 76 near Estes Drive just south of the city of Anderson. The […]

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division arrested a Seneca woman last week in connection with embezzlement. 38 year old Bobbi Joe Miller was charged with Embezzlement of Public Funds, according to a SLED press release. Miller was employed with the Oconee County Solid Waste Department and was the office manager. The embezzlement took place last year between October 19th and […]

It will be a busy week for meetings this week across Oconee County. This afternoon at 4 pm at Westminster City Hall, The Finance and Administration Committee of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority will hold a meeting. Among the items on the agenda will be a discussion of the transfer of money from the Sewer Authority to the member […]

(Seneca, SC)—————————The Seneca Transit Service met Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon of this week. With details on the two days of meetings, here is Ed Halbig, the Director for Planning and Development for the city of Seneca.  The meetings were held in order to receive comment on the changes that were made temporarily in regard to moving the downtown bus […]

(Seneca, SC)———————The Seneca Zoning Board of Appeals met last night with two items on the agenda regarding property owners requesting setbacks on their property for the purposes of placing garages on their property. One of the locations is an address on South Depot Street and the other is an address on Westchester Drive. Both requests were approved for variance in […]

(Seneca, SC)————————The Seneca Planning Commission held a meeting earlier this week and three applications were on the agenda, including two that involved requests to rezone property. The first rezoning request was for property located on Towe Street to be rezoned to residence general in regards to placement of a manufactured home. The second request involved the old Sandifer Funeral Home […]

The Oconee Humane Society, as part of National Adoption Weekend, is hosting a three day adoption event that begins this afternoon at Pet Smart in Seneca. While there is a great need for pets to find good homes, Angel Newman from the Oconee Humane Society, says that potential adopters need to make sure that they can make a commitment to […]

(Seneca, SC)———————-Oconee County and much of the area remains under a Flood Watch until 7pm and more rain is on the way for today and tomorrow. According to Barbara Wilson, our official County Weather Observer, the County received 0.88 inches of rain for the 24 hour period ending this morning at 7 am. For this week, so far, Barbara says […]

(Seneca, SC)—————————-As the Oconee County Planning Commission seeks the public’s input into a Comprehensive Plan that they are working on, the Planning Commission is also seeking the public’s input into another project they are working on, the Highway 123 Corridor Plan and there are some meetings coming up in March in this regard. Adam Chapman, the Planning Director for Oconee […]