Category: News

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources officials are warning anglers that if the invasive Northern snakehead fish is caught, they should kill it immediately and by all means NOT release it back into the water. In early October, a Georgia angler reported catching a Northern snakehead, an aquatic invasive species, in a pond located on private property in Gwinnett County, […]

Audaciously oversized, a thing weighing 55 thousand pounds has arrived in the city of Westminster, and we’re not talking about the creature Bigfoot. City Council, in its effort to strengthen the integrity of the electrical system, funded the purchase this year of a backup 44kV transformer at its electrical substation. The current, and sole, 100kV to 44 kV step-down transformer […]

The elected leaders of Seneca will gather at 6 tomorrow night for their monthly work session, to be followed by a special meeting.  Up for discussion will be such matters as a city master plan and zoning changes south of the railroad.  The public may attend.  The meetings take place at City Hall.

Tonight in Westminster you can see all of the men and women who are laying it on the line in their city’s election next month.  The mayor and council candidates have been invited by the League of Women Voters to take part in a forum at 6 o’clock tonight at the city fire department complex.  

A South Carolina highway 11 accident last week in Pickens County injured four people. Now one of the four has died. The highway patrol this afternoon announced the death on Wednesday of the driver of a Buick SUV. Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the deceased as Shaun Arness of Greer.  According to the patrol, the accident involving the Buick and a […]

West-Oak High Marching Band will compete tomorrow for the SC Band Directors Association 2A State Championship at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, SC. The band qualified for the state championships for the 6th year in a row with a superior rating and 5th place finish last weekend at the UpperState Championships. West-Oak is scheduled to perform at 6:30pm with […]

The case of a young Walhallan convicted of murder will be considered by the South Carolina Appeals Court. The case of South Carolina versus Kenneth Strother Collins is one of several cases listed by the appeals court to be submitted without oral arguments. A source close to the case says Collins is appealing his conviction of the murder in 2015 […]

The Joint Regional Sewer Authority will host a special chlorine gas drill next week at the county treatment plant on Seneca’s Return Church Road.  “We want the community to know, while they may see emergency personnel and vehicles around our facility next week, that it’s only a drill,” said Chris Eleazer, executive director.  “It’s an important drill for us to […]

A blood drive next week in Oconee County will remember a popular car dealer and salesman, who died in April of cancer.  You can give the gift of life to others by donating your blood between 10 am and 3 pm Monday at Edwards Auto Sales on highway 28.  Gary Smith was one of those patients who  needed transfusions and […]

You can get rid of old or no longer needed prescription medicine during Pill Back Day tomorrow in Oconee County. Two locations will accept that type of meds, as well as old vitamins and over the counter medications from 10am -2pm. The proper collection and disposal of these medications will prevent damage to the environment. Proper disposal can prevent medications […]