Precautionary sewer advisories lifted

Water quality advisories for the Speed and Perkins creeks in the Seneca area of Oconee County have been repealed.  The Joint Regional Sewer Authority this afternoon announced that E. coli samples from the affected waterways and the results indicate that any potential bacterial contamination from April 13 wastewater spills has returned to normal levels.  The spills resulted from the morning […]

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Pendleton Girl Scout saved a life

Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands recognizes one of the Girl Scouts who showed tremendous bravery by saving a life. Last weekend the Girl Scouts celebrated its volunteers during a virtual ceremony. Maggie Majors, Pendleton, and her family joined for special recognition. On Saturday, September 7, 2019, Maggie Majors, Girl Scout Troop 591, was attending a Pendleton […]

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Looking to Rep. Duncan’s aide for an answer

The executive director of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce, JoAnn Johnson, is hopeful that in her planned talk tomorrow with a top aide to U-S Rep. Duncan that she will be able to elicit an answer tomorrow on whether there will be a second $1,200 virus relief check.  Last week at least some Americans, apparently for multiple reasons, hadn’t received […]

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Scammers and price gougers are out there

Within hours of the tornado strike, damaged neighborhoods were inundated by contractors ready for work. Fortunately, most of them are likely to be honest individuals looking to help for a fair price. But, as the Oconee Sheriff’s Office has warned, beware of the scammer and the price gouger. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says his officers are available to respond to any […]

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Sheriff tracks the virus numbers

The Oconee County sheriff makes it a habit to follow the numbers of COVID-19 death and cases and, so far, is pleased that when compared to surrounding counties, Oconee’s numbers are low. The latest is 22 cases and still no deaths, as confirmed by South Carolina DHEC. None of those 22 cases, Crenshaw says, include members of his office. As […]

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Added foods for WIC participants

In response to demand for nutritious foods during the COVID-19 pandemic, DHEC is providing additional food items to South Carolina WIC participants. “Currently there is no disruption to the food distribution supply chain, however some participants have experienced food item shortages due to people purchasing more food items than normal, ”said South Carolina State WIC Director Berry Kelly. “By expanding […]

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Libraries stay active, though the doors are closed

You can’t check out a library book the normal way. You can’t even return a book way overdue. But, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oconee Library system is staying active, and the employees are working, according to Blair Hinson, the director. “In addition to cleaning and straightening up our libraries and things with the anticipation when the libraries […]

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Stressing child abuse prevention

The virus and the tornado have naturally diverted the attention of many Oconeeans from a yearly observance that focuses on the need to prevent child abuse.  April is Child Abuse Prevention month, and the month almost got by without a formal recognition.  That will end during the noon hour today when Walhalla Mayor Edwards and a couple of city council […]

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Two kayaks stolen at Walmart

Two people in a pickup truck stole a pair of kayaks late last week from the Seneca Walmart. The suspects are two white males in a white Ford F-150 pickup with a black hood and a tool box in the bed of the truck. According to the Sheriff’s Office, at 6:45 Friday morning the two pulled up to the garden […]

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$10k donation to the Seneca relief fund

CG Roxane LLC, an independent, family owned and operated company and maker of Crystal Geyser® Alpine Spring Water®, announces it will contribute to the April 13th Seneca, SC, EF-3 tornado relief efforts with a $10,000 donation to the Seneca Tornado Relief Fund. “When the tornadoes hit Seneca, one also hit just behind our plant’s warehouse before plowing into a wooded […]

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