Seneca News

Jane and Bob Harris, of Seneca, seated, received the Philanthropists of the Year award at a Nov, 19 meeting of Tri-County Technical College's Foundation Board - the Foundation's highest and most prestigious honor.

Markers signify various pieces of evidence gathered near the corner of Hope Avenue and Double Branch Road in Seneca where a deadly assault took place early Friday morning.

Photo Click on photo to enlarge FOR THE JOURNAL Seneca Middle School Career Counselor Chris Parker, left, and Seneca Middle School Principal Al LeRoy display their awards for Middle School Guidance Counselor and Administrator of the Year received during a recent South Carolina School Counselor Association conference.

Ralph Nix, coordinator for the Seneca Rotary Club Literacy project, and Angie Garrett from Blue Ridge Elementary School are shown.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford tearfully admitted to having an affair during a news conference in Columbia, S.C., Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

In what appears to be the calm before the storm, an aisle at the Big Lots store in Seneca is neatly arrayed Wednesday, Nov.

November 27, 2009 - 07:55 a.m. EST SENECA - Maj. Pete Normandin of the Seneca Police Department has no qualms about asking concerned citizens for help.

Oconee County Sheriff investigators mark off points of evidence linked to the stabbing death of Joe Bentley Gulledge in Seneca on Friday morning.

November 27, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST SENECA - Hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians are hitting the roads during the Thanksgiving holiday season, and The South Carolina Highway Patrol has placed more troopers on patrol in anticipation of possibility highway danger.

A fire that consumed a mobile home in Seneca last week is believed to have originated from an electrical outlet, Seneca Fire Chief Shane Phillips said on Tuesday.

November 25, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST A crew from King Asphalt works Tuesday on East South Second Street in Seneca, where federal stimulus dollars are funding sidewalk paving work.

Gene Riggs left Seneca City Hall Monday night with what he wanted, at least on paper.

November 18, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST SENECA - Fires in the Seneca area of Oconee County in consecutive days destroyed two buildings, but did not cause any injuries.

Oconee County Planning Commission members could begin to review the countya s $97 million 10-year capital projects list at their next meeting Dec.

November 20, 2009 - 10:25 p.m. EST Photo Click on photo to enlarge Oconeea s jobless rate increased to 14.3 percent in October, while Pickens Countya s rate went up to 11 percent.

An empty lot on the corner of Depot and Fourth Street in Seneca's Historic Downtown District is becoming a kudzu jungle.

Joe James and his wife, Sandra, have entered a conservation agreement to permanently protect their 244-acre property, Chestnut Return.

More than anything else, the death of a child may have given rise to the establishment of Senecaa s first responder unit.

14 at the Seneca Branch Library at 300 E. South Second St. Joe Woods, board member of the Keep Oconee Beautiful Association which promotes litter elimination and waste reduction, will demonstrate what items are most recyclable in the items we throw away every day.

November 18, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST The vacated and fenced in Lake Hartwell Inn property on U.S. 123 entering Clemson, and Tower Place on College Avenue - identified by Mayor Larry Abernathy as eyesores - should begin to show improvement soon as developers for both properties plan to start work at those sites.