Fallen tree closes Walhalla street

Walhalla Fire Department requests motorists this morning to avoid trying to use a short-cut thru street in the city because of a fallen tree.  The fallen tree has forced the fire department to close Hunter Avenue, between N. Catherine Street and Spring Street.  It’s possible that electric power lines have been hit, and Duke Energy has been summoned.  

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Death from gun play focus of lawsuit

A youngster’s death from gun play at a Mountain Rest home last year is the subject of an Oconee County lawsuit alleging wrongful death and survival action.  The suit was filed this week in the Common Pleas Court on behalf of the estate of a child who, at the time, of  fatally being wounded was a visitor to the Mountain […]

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Sheriff’s Office–Evan Michael Hood is wanted

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a subject wanted on outstanding arrest warrants for an incident that occurred in November of 2020.   41 year old Evan Michael Hood is wanted on charges of Carjacking and Grand Larceny.  Hood was involved in an incident on Knollwood Drive near Mountain View Drive near Seneca in […]

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Added data promised on COVID’s impact in the schools

Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is updating its online reporting of COVID-19 Associated with Students & Staff to help parents, caregivers and school officials have additional data about COVID-19’s impact on schools. DHEC has been working with the S.C. Department of Education to implement a new weekly reporting tool for schools and districts that […]

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Free cancer screenings next month in Seneca

Seneca’s Blue Ridge Community Center will host free cancer screenings on Wednesday, October 6.  The screenings are designed to detect breast and cervical cancer.  Through the Best Chance Network, women qualify for free screenings provided they are South Carolina residents, age 21-64; meet certain income guidelines (at or below 250% of the federal poverty level); and have a high-deductible health […]

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Latest South Carolina COVID-19 report

Here are the newest COVID-19 South Carolina COVID-19 cases, as reported by DHEC.  The count effective at the end of the day Sunday revealed 3,552 new cases of the virus statewide — 60 in Oconee County.  Statewide, 35 South Carolinians were added to the death toll.  Among them: two Pickens County residents and four Anderson County residents.  Of 31,054 test […]

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