Category: News

Senator Lindsey Graham says President George H-W Bush was a great role model for those in public service and to those who will aspire in the future. Over the weekend, the South Carolina Republican issued a statement of condolence. He said, “…my thoughts are with the Bush family who are some of the most incredible people I have ever met.” […]

Blue Ridge Bank announces a new addition. Maggie Leon has joined the bank as teller and customer service representative at the Seneca office in Bountyland. Leon has previous banking experience and five years working with her local family business.

Seneca Lunney Museum will re-open for a Christmas event Saturday, December 8 from 2 to 8 pm. The showcase bungalow located on Seneca’s Silk Stocking Hill was forced to close its door last summer for repairs to the electrical system. Nick McKinney, museum director, says those repairs have been accomplished, though there remains some painting to be done.

Oconee sheriff’s officers make a discovery at a home in the Return Community near Seneca. Four people were arrested there Thursday after a search produced what the Sheriff’s Office says was stolen property. Four men were arrested: Patrick Cole Stancil, 22 years old; John David Stancil, 46; Dustin David Stancil, 24; and Steven Vancelee Lunceford, 49. The Sheriff’s Office gave […]

The forecast ahead indicates the rain will have tapered off by parade time Sunday afternoon in Salem, and that means the parade there is on at 4 o’clock. The town’s Marti Jennings invites everyone to the 2018 Salem Christmas Parade.

Crimestoppers of Oconee and the Highway Patrol are asking the public’s help on a hit-and-run accident that occurred August 13 at the highway 123 7-11 between Seneca and Clemson. They are trying to identify an individual involved in the accident. A video from 1:57 pm on that summer day depicts a dark gray or green Chevy Trailblazer that backed from […]

A three-member committee is in place to find the successor to Dr. Ronnie Booth, who retires as president of Tri-County Technical College at the end of next June. That committee includes John Powell of Walhalla, chairman of the Tech commission covering Oconee, Anderson and Pickens counties. Joining Powell is Murph Fore, president of the Horry-Georgetown Technical College, along with Garvin […]

Paul Harris likely hopes the last impression made will help him land the job of Walhalla chief of police. Harris, the interim police chief, is scheduled to be the last of the six finalists granted interviews to be interviewed. And that interview is scheduled for Tuesday next week. Applicant interview number five was scheduled yesterday. The interviewing is being done […]

A company called Vermon (pronounced Ver-moan,) with a French background, is an example of the type of start-ups that are prospering inside an Oconee County Main Street Walhalla building between the Bantam Chef and S. Tugaloo. And Dana Todd is the lead entrepreneur there, part of a four-employee operation in the business of making ultrasonic probes. The company is Vermon, […]

Entrepreneurs behind new businesses in the Walhalla Brown Square building used as an incubator for start-ups gathered around a table for yesterday’s visit from a representative of the Ewing Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. In some circles, Ewing Kauffman is a name associated with major Kansas City sports teams, but his foundation focuses on helping communities overcome uncommon obstacles […]