Norm Cannada

1 week ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA — An ad hoc committee tasked over the past several months with recommending changes to the Oconee County Joint Regional Sewer Authority released its findings this week. The committee, which began its work in December, finalized its five major recommendations with next steps for the OJRSA at its Monday meeting.

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

WALHALLA — For Jennifer Crowe and her family, life has gotten better in three months since she became a homeowner through Habitat for Humanity. “Everything is going so good,” she told The Journal in an interview Friday afternoon. “I’ve actually been able to let go of my high-stress job, and I’ve got a work from home job now, and I have room to do it. Everything is just so much more convenient and just so permanent, like we don’t have to move anymore.

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA— Police in Seneca are continuing an effort to ensure senior adults in the city can get daily, consistent contact with officers. The Seneca Elderly Assistance Line is an opportunity for Seneca police, dispatchers and others working together to offer daily welfare checks for local senior adults enrolled in the program. The program has been around locally over the years, as Seneca Police Lt. Lisa Williams said the city had it several years ago.

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

WALHALLA — As a member of the United States Navy and later the Army National Guard, Timothy Moody has given and sacrificed for his country in military service. These include two tours in Iraq, along with serving in the Army National Guard for his home state, Mississippi. He came out of those battles with some wounds of his own — lingering effects from his military service. When Hurricane Helene hit the area in 2024, a tree fell on the house he and his kids were living in.

3 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA — The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority unanimously approved a balanced budget earlier this week for fiscal year 2025-26 that takes effect on July 1. The budget provides $6,759,426 in revenue for the new budget year — about $400,000 more than the current fiscal year. OJRSA executive director Chris Eleazer said the budget was put together with a 5 percent rate increase for 2025-26, but expects the total increase to end up less than that.