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(Seneca, SC)————–Oconee County Council held their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night in Council Chambers and during the meeting, Council approved the third and final reading of next year’s almost $50 million dollar budget, which begins with the new fiscal year on July 1st.  Oconee County Council Chairman Julian Davis commented on the budget process, which included a 4% percent pay […]

(Seneca, SC)——–The Seneca Police Department responded to a motor vehicle accident Tuesday morning around 6am on the Highway 123 by-pass in front of Hardee’s.  According to Seneca Police Department Captain B.J. McClure, the collision involved a white in color Ford F-250 work truck pulling a utility trailer and a white in color Subaru Outback. The truck was occupied by a […]

(Seneca, SC)——————The City of Seneca Finance Committee held a meeting this morning in the City Hall Conference Room and by a 4-0 vote, the Committee authorized City Administrator Scott Moulder to seek grant funds for the purposes of demolishing the building on the Kellett property that housed the old J.N. Kellett Elementary School as well as the asphalt and concrete.  […]

(Seneca, SC)—————As the end of the 2018-19 school year quickly approaches, preparations are underway for commencement exercises for the three high schools in Oconee County. Those graduation ceremonies will all take place on Saturday, June 1st at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson.  Steve Hanvey, from the School District of Oconee County, was a guest on the Coffee Time program yesterday and […]

(Seneca, SC)————–Oconee County Council will hold their regularly scheduled council meeting tonight at 6pm in Council Chambers at the Oconee County Administrative Offices on Pine Street. Before tonight’s meeting, the Budget, Finance and Administration Committee will have a meeting that is scheduled to begin at 4:30pm.  Among the items on the agenda will be a Proclamation recognizing National Safe Boating […]

(Seneca, SC)——————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Foundation has announced that it is raising funds for a new K-9 unit. According to a press release, donations have been received to purchase another explosives canine for the Sheriff’s Office due to the recent retirement of a canine officer.  The Sheriff’s Foundation was created last year to offer a broad range of support to […]

(Seneca, SC)————-The South Carolina Department of Public Safety has announced that a preliminary total of seven persons were killed on South Carolina roadways during the time period between 6pm, Friday May 17th until just before midnight, Friday, May 19th.  As of May 19th, 344 persons have been killed on South Carolina roadways, compared to 383 deaths during the same time […]