Governor rails at the president’s door-to-door vaccines

Governor Henry McMaster called on the S.C. Board of Health and Environmental Control today to “issue direction to agency leadership and to state and local healthcare organizations prohibiting the use of the Biden Administration’s ‘targeted’ ‘door to door’ tactics in the State’s ongoing vaccination efforts.” “A South Carolinian’s decision to get vaccinated is a personal one for them to make and not […]

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South Carolina (and Oconee) COVID numbers

In this afternoon’s report, South Carolina DHEC confirms 212 new cases of COVID-19, including one new case in Oconee County.  Statewide, there was one new confirmed death — an elderly Florence County resident who died on Wednesday.  Of 6,167 test results received, the positivity was 4.7%.  These numbers are data that reflect the count at the end of the day […]

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Dangers of leaving unattended child inside a hot car

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reminds parents, caregivers and anyone who drives with children in their vehicles to remember the dangers of leaving a child in a car for any period of time, especially during the hot summer months. An unattended child in a vehicle can result in heat stroke or death. In South Carolina, there […]

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Fire fighters get primer on new chopper

Seneca’s cross-trained fire fighters have become acquainted with a new Prisma Health helicopter that is being used to fly patients to the care they require.  The Seneca Fire Department is one of many that take responsibility to arrange landings and take-offs of medical helicopters from designated landing zones in the Seneca area.  Sometimes, however, circumstances dictate creating landing zones where […]

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Boil water advisory lifted

The City of Walhalla Water Department advises the residents of the Walhalla Water System, located in Oconee County that they no longer need to boil their water prior to drinking or cooking. Following an intense flushing of the distribution system, bacteriological samples were collected and analyzed by the City of Walhalla Water Department. The results of this sampling indicate that […]

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Margaret “Lanie” Southern

Central, SC — Margaret “Lanie” Southern, 74, of 106 Stone Terrace, Central, passed away Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Seneca Health and Rehab.   A native of Seneca, SC, Ms. Southern was the daughter of the late Claude Monroe Wooten and Lessie Rebecca Treadaway Wooten. She was a member of Snow Creek Baptist Church.   Ms. Southern is survived by […]

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Drug trafficking charges in a Townville investigation

A traffic stop Wednesday evening at Townville is credited with leading to the arrests of three men and confiscation of drugs weighing 23.6 grams.  The arrests by an Oconee deputy resulted from a vehicle that pulled into an address on Townville’s Rachel Drive.  Three Townville men are charged with trafficking in methamphetamine:  19-year old Christopher Jacob Barrett; 41-year old Joshua […]

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