Halloween in Westminster in 2022

Halloween 2022 will pass in Westminster without an organized event, but Main Street will remain open.  Parents and guardians who lead little goblins on their rounds are requested to check ahead of time with local businesses to see which ones are taking part in Trick or Treat activities.  Families are encouraged to visit neighborhoods they know best, churches with special […]

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TSA PreCheck enrollment event

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport rolled out a screening program this week to allow travelers to avoid some of the long lines associated with air traveling in the post-9-11 era. Through tomorrow, the I-D verification service IdentoGo has a TSA PreCheck mobile unit in front of the airport terminal building near Parking Garage A, and appointments are preferred at tsa.gov/precheck.  But walk-ins […]

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Plywood stolen, arrest made

A 41-year old Seneca man was jailed Tuesday in law enforcement’s investigation of stolen materials from a construction site.  A police investigator signed a warrant charging Robert Lee Rieder with grand larceny of $10 thousand worth of plywood from a construction site on Oakmont Valley Trail.  The theft was reported between April 6 and May 3.  

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John Vaught Jr.

Seneca– John P. Vaught, Jr., 82, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022 at his home.   John was born December 30, 1939 in East Point, Georgia to Paul and Clara Mitchell Vaught.  In 1965, he moved to Seneca, South Carolina where he took a job as an engineer with Jantzen Southern.  In 1972, he went into the car business […]

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Walhalla girl is a rodeo event winner

A young Walhalla equestrian won a barrel racing event over the weekend.  Now Merada Moffitt gains a berth in a youth world championship competition in Perry, Georgia. Merada is 14, the daughter of Tinker Moffitt and Stephanie Jackson and stepdaughter of Stacy Jackson.  She has been barrel racing for six years.  It’s a rodeo event in which horse and rider […]

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At stake, a one-half-million-dollar contract

In a special meeting tomorrow, a large Sewer South contract will hang in the balance. Under action items, the Joint Regional Sewer Authority board of commissioners will consider a $474,500 contract for the civil engineering company Davis and Floyd.  For that sum, Davis and Floyd would be obligated for bidding, construction, and inspection services for Sewer South Phase II.  It’s […]

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Voluntary cleanup of downtown Seneca property

A commercial property in downtown Seneca is in line for a voluntary cleanup as a Brownfields Site, according to a notice appearing in today’s legal section of The Journal.  The state Department of Health and Environmental Control is accepting public comment on a proposed cleanup contract between the state agency and 100 W. North First Street, formerly Kings Cleaners and […]

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Kidnapping and domestic violence investigation

A Seneca man was denied bond yesterday and remains in custody facing multiple charges.  Oconee Sheriff’s Office says it started an investigation Friday last week of domestic violence on Davis Creek Road, near 123.  The following charges were placed against Demarcus Shawntez Taylor:  kidnapping, domestic violence second degree, and assault and battery third degree.  According to the sheriff’s office, the […]

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