Category: News

A three-county coalition headed by Seneca native Mike Cannon spread the word Friday for the advantages of hiring those with disabilities.  Cannon helped create the coalition Foothills CAN which invited employers to hear how the disabled can be reliable and effective members of their workforce.  Representatives of Schneider Electric and Walgreen were among those companies represented at a luncheon meeting […]

An arrest is reported in the wounding of a man found last week in woods in the Utica Community near Seneca. According to Sheriff’s Capt. Greg Reed, 26-year old Marshall Lee Rogers of Jasmine Tea Lane has been arrested on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. In a Hope Avenue […]

A late Saturday night home fire near Walhalla took the lives of an elderly man and his grandson. The fire was reported to 9-1-1 at 11:55 at a home on Hidden Valley Road in the Picket Post Community. Killed were Winfred Lee Dills, 75 years old, and his grandson, 25-year old Daniel Lee Ayers. Both men lived in the home […]

The DNA profile from the state police lab has ruled out the possibility that the human remains found last month in Seneca could be those of one or the other missing women from Oconee County. Coroner Karl Addis says based on the “SLED” lab analysis the remains are not those of Faith Roach or Laura Anders. The Seneca police had […]

A spotlight will shine on Toccoa, Georgia when a promotional tour for a new Ken Burns documentary arrives next weekend. On Saturday, July 20, a special screening of Ken Burns’ new documentary “Country Music” will be paired with a performance by Edgar Loudermilk and his band . Those who show up at the Historic Ritz Theatre will selected footage of […]

The S.C. Drought Response Committee met Friday, July 12, via conference call to update the drought statuses for South Carolina counties. The drought declaration was removed completely for several counties in the Lowcountry, including Georgetown, Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, Colleton, Beaufort, Jasper and Hampton counties. Over the past 30 days, 6 to 14 inches of rainfall has fallen across much of […]

The hope of the South Carolina DOT is that the closed section of US 123/the Toccoa Highway is that the highway can be reopened Monday evening.  However, resident construction engineer Alan Adams says weather or other factors could push the re-opening back a few days.  The DOT had hoped it would have been able to have lifted the five-month detour […]

A lawsuit filed last month in Newberry has the potential to divide a long time consortium of electric cities that derive their power supply through ownership in part of a nuclear reactor. Westminster is a member city of the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, but its mayor says his city has no part in the legal squabble and anticipates it will […]

The expectation at Walhalla City Hall is that the city’s Stumphouse Tunnel Park, after road repairs, should re-open for visitors around the noon hour today.

Wisdom, fairness, and honesty are words ascribed to Flora Riley for the Seneca woman’s contributions to the process of Oconee County elections.  A drop-in held yesterday by the Board of Registration and Elections served as a farewell to Riley, who steps down after 33 years board service.  Riley still has the letters from the governor and state senator that confirmed […]