Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Seneca Police, Fire and EMS responded to an accident not long before 8am Tuesday morning at the intersection of Hunter and South 6th Streets in Seneca. Police Chief Casey Bowling said due to the crash a bicyclist was airlifted in critical condition to Greenville…
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Seneca Police Chief Casey Bowling said that a woman, possibly hunting for Easter eggs, was taken to the hospital for evaluation and then arrested after she was caught kicking in the Seneca Police Headquarters front doors. The suspect, identified as Katrina Lee, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center and later released on bond, according to records from the […]
Read moreAt 12:51 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2026, crews from Seneca Fire and Crossroads Fire responded to a structure fire on Tokeena Road in Seneca. Firefighters arrived to find flames inside a small home. Chief 701 quickly began fighting the fire with a hose line, while other firefighters searched the rear of the home for anyone who might be […]
Read moreThe Missing Persons Unit of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating 15-year-old Jazmynn Rosa Morales Sakkinen and her four-month-old daughter Elina Elizabeth Morales Sakkinen, who are considered endangered due to their ages and the circumstances. The pair were last seen around 11 p.m. on Friday night at their residence on Yellow Bell Road […]
Read moreColumbia, S.C. (March 23, 2026) – The South Carolina Department of Transportation has closed a portion of Unity Church Road over the tributary to Toxaway Creek in Oconee County. An expedited replacement is planned for the bridge and further updates will be provided. As part of this closure, a detour route has been set up. A map of the closure and […]
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Hundreds of runners and families filled Seneca’s Shaver Recreation Complex on Saturday morning for the City of Seneca’s annual Race for the Green, which featured a children’s fun run, 5K, half marathon, and two-person half marathon relay. In the 5K, local standout Thomas Donovan, a 14-year-old boy from Seneca, SC, took first place overall with an impressive chip time of […]
Read moreUpstate residents in Oconee, Pickens, and Anderson Counties should prepare tonight for a severe thunderstorm outbreak Monday, March 16, starting pre-dawn in the northwest with damaging winds (60+ mph), large hail, and possible strong tornadoes as storms move eastward through the day; while the highest tornado risk lies east/south of I-85, the entire Upstate faces enhanced severe potential—have a shelter […]
Read moreLate Thursday night, around 10:30p.m., Seneca City firefighters were called to a house fully on fire on 2nd Street. Many people spotted the flames and called 911. Fire crews arrived in moments. They immediately started spraying water on the burning house from outside, then went inside to search for anyone who might be trapped and to fight the fire […]
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The School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees will convene Monday, March 9, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the School Board Conference Room at 414 South Pine Street, Walhalla. Following the welcome, invocation, and agenda approval, the meeting will feature school highlights from Walhalla Elementary and Keowee Elementary. Public comment will then be accepted (limited to five minutes per […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in an ongoing investigation into the theft of an 18-foot Carry-On or utility trailer, valued at approximately $2,800, from The Farm Center campus on Highway 123 Bypass. The trailer was stolen around 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, February 15, 2025, by someone driving a dark-colored full-size pickup truck. Authorities are […]
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