Norm Cannada

Greenville

News Editor at Daily Journal (Seneca, South Carolina)

Reporter at The Journal, Seneca, SC. Married to @chellecannada

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Golf tournament brings community, police together

1 week ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA — While proceeds from a golf tournament Thursday at Cross Creek Plantation were going to support efforts in the community by the Seneca Police Department, Chief Casey Bowling had other goals in mind. “Our goal today is to just have fun with our community members and our partners out here in the community,” said Bowling, who is in his fifth year as chief. “They’re the ones that make this happen.
Moulder talks city, state responsibilities

1 week ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA — Road construction and repaving can seem simple projects, but Seneca city administrator Scott Moulder says that is far from reality. Many factors affect the timeline of which road projects are done and by whom — including who owns the roads needing work. The South Carolina Department of Transportation owns most of the roads and sidewalks in the city, while Moulder said the city owns “less than 10 (percent)” of roads in the city.
Longtime councilman remembered in playground dedication

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA — As she watched her 1-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter, Nouri, enjoy a ride on one of the slides after the official opening of the newly-dedicated playground named in honor of her father and Nouri’s great-grandfather, Alphonzo D. Gaines Sr., Angie Hill was looking ahead a few years. “This is such a special moment, because it leaves such a legacy,” Hill said of the park being named for her dad. “Kids were always so important to him.
12-hour standoff after shooting ends with arrest

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

CENTRAL — A search for a suspect in Central led to Pickens County Sheriff’s Office deputies being shot at Friday afternoon until the 12-hour standoff ended early Saturday morning with the suspect in custody. James Franklin Marchbanks of Nuthatch Road in Central is charged with eight counts of attempted murder, three counts of kidnapping, and one count each of possession of a weapon during a violent crime and resisting arrest with a violent weapon.
OJRSA employees recognized for state award

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA— Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority employees were recognized earlier this week for a statewide award they received recently from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services. OJRSA director of operations Kyle Lindsay presented the employees who won the award as a team during Monday’s monthly meeting of the OJRSA board of directors at the Coneross Wastewater Treatment Facility in Seneca.
General Assembly expected to raise starting teacher salary

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

COLUMBIA — Efforts to hire and retain public school teachers in South Carolina appear to have received a boost from the South Carolina General Assembly. State Rep. Bill Whitmire of Walhalla told The Journal the House is planning to raise salaries for starting teachers to $48,500 in the next budget year. Whitmire serves as second vice chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee that oversees funding for more than a dozen state agencies, including public education.
OJRSA holds off decision on impact fees

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA — An increase in Oconee County impact fees to cover the cost of growth in the county will have to wait at least a little while longer. The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority board didn’t make a decision about impact fees at Monday’s monthly meeting. Instead, the issue is going back to the OJRSA’s finance and administration committee to take another look at it to see if there is a recommendation to make to the full board.
OJRSA board OKs easement for Highway 123 property

2 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

SENECA — After meeting in executive session Monday afternoon, the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority Board of Directors approved an easement for a development that is expected to bring a shopping center to U.S. Highway 123 in the future.
Agency reports first decrease in overdose deaths in decade

3 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

COLUMBIA — For the first time in more than a decade, South Carolina is reporting a decline in overdose deaths, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health’s 2023 Drug Overdose Deaths Report. The agency provides information on overdose deaths annually. The finding is based on the latest available information on overdose deaths, according to a DPH news release.
Man accused of shooting deputy to be evaluated for competency

3 weeks ago | upstatetoday.com | Norm Cannada

WALHALLA — A judge has ordered evaluations for the man accused of shooting Oconee County Sheriff’s Cpl. Lucas Watts in a pursuit in November 2023. Gregory Wayne Maxwell, who is charged with attempted murder in the shooting of Watts, appeared at the hearing Thursday at the Oconee County Courthouse. John Abdalla, who represents Maxwell in the case, told Circuit Court Judge Lawton McIntosh during the hearing that his client wants another attorney to replace him.