Category: News

By week’s end, the state intends to deliver to the public schools 300 thousand rapid-at-home tests.  That number of tests is part of a 1 million, 600 thousand order placed by DHEC.  The state health agency encourages schools to use TTS—the Test to Stay program—to better ensure healthy students can continue in-person learning.  TTS allows rapid tests to be done […]

Like clockwork, the crisp temperatures and clear skies in January in these parts usher in the occasional sky of smoke.  But the U-S Forest Service says it’s for a good cause.  Across the expansive Sumter National Forest prescribed fire is considered a valuable tool used by fire managers toward the goals of land management and habitat improvement.  Throughout the 85 […]

The state has identified four Oconee County bridges that merit either repair or replacement over the next five years.  The DOT is interested in hearing from the public what it has to say about any or all of the proposed projects.  They are located on SC 130 at Stamp Creek; secondary 51 over Snow Creek; secondary 133 at Little Cane […]

All pipe work for a new pump station as part of Seneca’s system to move wastewater for treatment has been completed, and the utilities director says testing and site sprucing up should be finished in the next three months. The installation of the Sheep Farm Road pump station has been a project for the past couple of years.  It has […]

A lawsuit filed Friday in the Oconee Common Pleas Court names the county sheriff’s office the defendant in what the civil action describes as a domestic investigation on April 17, 2021.  According to the pleadings of the action brought by Greenville attorney Charles Bondurant, on behalf of plaintiff Edmond Joshua Sexton, the plaintiff disputes what it claims are the facts […]

  A car theft last night from a home on Seneca’s Fairplay Street.  Reports indicate the thief led the police on a brief chase involving a 2005 Ford Escape that was in need of maintenance.   The police are said to have used stop sticks to effect the stop.  Further details not yet available from the police department.  

The regular first Tuesday meeting of Oconee County Council is set for 6 o’clock tomorrow night in the council chambers at the Pine Street administrative complex in Walhalla.  There are a number of big-ticket spending items on the agenda.  Including $1.2 million worth of self-contained breathing apparatuses for the fire fighters who are part of county Emergency Services.  The council […]

The railroad crossing on Main Street in Seneca will be closed for a few hours today while the railroad conducts routine maintenance at the location. Traffic is being rerouted onto Jordan Street, then EN 1st Street, US-123 and to Lindsay Road. Motorists are advised to avoid the area to avoid congestion and delays.

A grass fire yesterday afternoon in Tanglewood near Seneca spread to a shed and consumed the small structure before fire fighters could stop the fire. The location was Post Oak Drive near the Shrine Club Road.

The state election commission named Howard Knapp late last week as its executive director.  In that position, Knapp will serve as South Carolina’s chief election official and will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the agency.  He had worked as interim director and director of voter services and has had experience at audits to investigate fraud, waste, and abuse, […]