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Jessica Porter's car was struck on the driver's side in an accident that claimed her life Friday morning.
Going a Greena Springs on Ram Cat Alley
The Journal Green Springs has an array of products ranging from recycled furniture to fish pitchers to organic products.
Adam T. Pacek to Tiffany D. Norris, both of Seneca; Louis Edmund McLellan Jr. of Seneca to Dorothy Marguerete Martin of Baldwin, Ga.; Robert John Green to Melinda Gaye Wilhelmson, both of Seneca; John Robert Chandler to Betty Jean Hess, both of Seneca; Michael Brandon Barton to Heather Nicole Beebe, both of Seneca; Joshua Daniel Wilson to Jennifer ...
Oconee County jail tour shocks council members
November 4, 2009 - 11:08 p.m. EST SENECA - Oconee County Council members toured the local jail this week for the first time.
a Experience Oconeea with tourism video
November 2, 2009 - 10:31 p.m. EST Photo Click on photo to enlarge Photo courtesy of GBA Productions Gene Borman follows two kayakers downstream on the Chattooga River with his camera during the filming of "Experience Oconee." The tourism video debuts at Duke World of Energy on Thursday, Nov.
Domestic violence charges keep area police officers busy
November 2, 2009 - 10:26 p.m. EST Photo Click on photo to enlarge Al-Nasser Photo Eagle Photo Woods WEST UNION - Mayonnaise, a flashlight, tools, wine and some bad tempers kept local law enforcement busy on Thursday and Friday.
SC man's body discovered by utility workers
An autopsy is scheduled for a 34-year-old South Carolina man who apparently died from electric related injuries.
Seneca man found dead; apparently electricuted
Two Blue Ridge Electric workers checking on a power outage found a 34 year-old Seneca man who apparently had died from electrical injuries, the Oconee County coroner said today.
High School GameDay Scoreboard
Daniel 21, Pickens 0 Seneca 0, West-Oak 0 Photo Click on photo to enlarge Refresh your browser often, as scores are updated at the end of every quarter.
BASF officials celebrate commitment to safety
October 30, 2009 - 11:39 p.m. EST BASF employee John Jackovetty speaks with a group during the Environmental, Health, Safety and Security Event Friday at the plant in Seneca.
Man gets 30 years in prison for selling crack
October 29, 2009 - 11:43 p.m. EST SENECA - Timothy Lee Blassingame, a Seneca man with multiple prior drug arrests and a conviction for armed robbery in Georgia, was dealt a harsh sentence on Wednesday in what law enforcement officers are calling a resounding victory for investigators and prosecutors alike.
Officials mulling local option tax
October 27, 2009 - 11:35 p.m. EST Don Fuller of the Oconee County Capital Projects Commission speaks to various city officials from across the county Tuesday night, trying to gauge their interest in a sales tax to fund capital projects.
Kristen Ann Davis of Gaffney, S.C. and Jacob Sterling Crooks of Seneca, S.C. were married Friday, July 10, 2009 at 3 p.m. in a seaside ceremony in Grande Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
DeMint and Graham: Two leading Republicans with differing views
The national debate among Republicans over their party's future is nowhere sharper than in South Carolina, where Sens.
Coats for Christ community-wide prayer service to be held Nov. 8
Johna s Evangelical Lutheran Church are jointly sponsoring Coats for Christ, an effort to collect new and gently used coats for those in our community who are vulnerable and unable to purchase a coat for the upcoming cold winter months.
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The head of a Toccoa, Ga.-based company whose radio stations throughout the Carolinas and Northeast Georgia include WGOG-FM and WSNW-AM, said Thursday he has no plans to move either studio out of Oconee County.
October 20, 2009 - 09:37 p.m. EST WALHALLA - There will apparently be no charges filed as a result of a jailhouse beating that sent one inmate to Oconee Medical Center for four days.
Seneca man arrested after assaulting deputy
October 20, 2009 - 12:04 p.m. EST SENECA - A 25-year-old Seneca man is still in jail at Oconee County Detention Center after being arrested Friday in a violent domestic incident.
Local industries salute their own
Some 150 representatives of the chambers of commerce in Walhalla, Westminster and Seneca, gathered for an industry appreciation kickoff at Shaver Recreation Center.