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Regardless of when COVID-19 is finally tamed, the School District of Oconee County will continue to offer virtual learning to some of its students, that according to Dr. Michael Thorsland, who spoke virtually during a meeting of the School District’s Board of Trustees last night. Thorsland appeared on video from his basement while in quarantine after being exposed to a […]

63 more unmarked graves were located at Woodland Cemetery on the grounds of Clemson University, thanks to ground penetrating radar. They are thought to be the final resting places of slaves, sharecroppers, laborers and even prisoners who worked on the Clemson College construction project between 1890 and 1915. Clemson University is working with the local community to identify descendants of […]

Seneca Police and Prisma Health EMTs were called to the magistrate court on North First Street around 10:15 am Tuesday morning. Police Chief Casey Bowling said there was no cause for alarm, it was only someone who thought they might be in need of medical attention…

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man over the weekend on a Trafficking in Methamphetamine charge. 28 year old Luther Darren Reid was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 2:46 pm Sunday. Reid was also charged with Driving under Suspension and Operating a Motor Vehicle Uninsured. A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division, on routine patrol […]

Late Monday night, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office received a report that multiple 911 calls had come into the dispatch center with an open line and no one speaking. Deputies arrested David Anthony Burch age 42 of Westminster and charged him with use of 911 unlawfully. Reports state that Burch called 911 and told dispatchers that he was driving down […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Salem man this past weekend on outstanding warrants charging him with First Degree Burglary and Petit Larceny. 24 year old David Ronald Ramey was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:50pm last Saturday. Ramey was also served a Magistrates Bench Warrant and a hold has been placed on Ramey by the […]

Scheduled opening in August 2024 A  targeted opening date of August 2024 for the new Seneca MIddle School was announced at a Board of Trustees meeting held Monday, February 8, 2021.   District administrators had been hopeful to open the new school a year earlier.  However, several factors out of the district’s control have resulted in the delay.  Those factors include: […]

“We have been made aware of an accident that occured at Walhalla Middle School on Razorback lane. A bus crossed the centerline, sideswiping a car waiting in the pick-up line.  There were no students on the bus at the time.  As far as we’ve been told, there were no injuries to anyone in the car or to the bus driver.  […]

Today marks the first anniversary for the Foothills Area YMCA of being opened in Seneca and CEO Christale Ross said that they kicked off the celebration this morning with a blood drive in conjunction with The Blood Connection…

Walhalla Police Chief Sean Brinson said that they have received several calls recently in reference to loose dogs running inside the city. Residents are being asked to please restrain your dog within your property and when leaving the house with your dog be sure to use a leash. Please contact the Walhalla Police Department if you have any questions or […]