Category: News

A road is being prepared to access the only rail-served industrial park in Oconee County.  The contractor, J-Davis, has the job to build the road for access to the Seneca Rail Park alongside the Shiloh Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad.

The big screen showing of a movie shot in Seneca and surrounding area is being formatted into a DVD and will soon be available for purchase.  According to movie director Jason Shirley, the movie Elbow Grease is under a new title, Innocent Kiss.  The movie stars Burt Reynolds and features several actors and scenes from Seneca.  Shirley says the DVD […]

Fire fighters are dealing with a second house fire in Utica in three days. The latest was reported shortly after 4 this morning at 12 Humbert Sreet, as passersby reported they discovered the fire. Latest reports indicate no one hurt. A destructive fire occurred late Saturday afternoon at 4 Powell Street in Utica. No one hurt there, but fire fighters […]

Word has been received of fatal traffic accidents in Anderson and Pickens counties.  One person died in the crash of a van, a Kia, and a Volvo at 7 last night on SC 153 at the Old Pendleton Road in Anderson.  One of the vehicles, trying to avoid the crash, hit a tree.  Earlier yesterday the highway patrol reported the […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has reported the state’s first death associated with an individual recently diagnosed with e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI). “We regret to report that South Carolina has suffered its first death in a person recently diagnosed with a vaping-related injury,” said DHEC Bureau of Chronic Disease and […]

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment unexpectedly dropped last week. Claims are at their lowest levels in months, suggesting the labor market remains solid as the economy is slowing. And, the latest (October’s) numbers show Oconee, Anderson, and Pickens counties with a jobless rate of two percent. As one Oconee leader sees it, “unemployment is a great problem […]

The opening of the final, new ramp of the 85/385 Gateway Project was made official this morning with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Greenville. Secretary of South Carolina Transportation, Christy Hall, made the announcement: “We are excited to deliver the final configuration of this new, modern interchange to the more than 220,000 vehicles that currently use it daily,” Hall said. “A […]

A recent meeting at Newry was the chance for residents to hear firsthand what developers have in mind for the former textile community. And, we’re told, it was a chance for Newry people to ask questions and comment about the potential for renovating the dilapidated textile building and bringing in new life—including condos, a restaurant, and a new store.

A Georgia policeman admitted this week that the trail to catch whoever has been going up and down I-85 breaking into vehicles has gone cold.  But Daniel Carson of the Lavonia police says the investigation is not finished and that they are working with law enforcement in the Southeast to find their suspect.  Something like eight vehicles parked at night […]

When the city of Westminster’s outside electrical consultant was handing out the complements the other night to the city’s leaders for investing in their utility infrastructure, he likely took into account the recent acquisition of a backup 44 kilovolt transformer. The re-conditioned 55,000 pound equipment was acquired to backup transformer that has seen 22 years of service and, to Westminster’s […]