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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made the following statement on news reports that former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. “This is a shocking and dangerous day for the Rule of Law in America.  “This is one of the most irresponsible decisions in American history by any prosecutor.  “It is irresponsible because the […]

An Upstate woman won $75,000 on a lottery ticket she bought for $20 from the Xpress Mart in Westminster, according to SC Education Lottery officials. The woman said she was surprised by the win and doesn’t plan to play the lottery anymore, opting instead to go on vacation. The store that sold the ticket received a commission of $750.

Oconee County councilmember Matthew Durham has been reinstated by Governor Henry McMaster after charges against him for domestic violence and unlawful neglect of a child were dismissed Wednesday. McMaster rescinded his previous order suspending Durham and allowed him to return to office in an executive order issued on Thursday. Durham represents district 2 in Oconee County and ran unopposed in […]

Human remains were discovered Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4:45 pm in proximity of Whitewater Falls Road and Cannon Road near Salem.   Oconee County Sheriff’s Department deputies were dispatched to 250 Whitewater Falls Road after the property owner found a human forearm and hand apparently brought onto the property by a dog.   Deputies made a subsequent search of the area and […]

35 year-old Katherine Folger Pelfrey, a former Pickens County high school teacher and resident of Clemson, pleaded guilty this week to contributing to the delinquency of a minor after engaging in a sexual encounter with a student aged sixteen or seventeen at her home on December 29, 2021. Pelfrey had been with the district since 2017. Following the incident, she […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Mike Lee (R-Utah), John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), and Steve Daines (R-Montana) today introduced Ending the Notorious, Aggressive, and Remorseless Criminal Organizations and Syndicates (NARCOS) Act. The Ending the NARCOS legislation would designate the following Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs): Sinaloa Cartel Jalisco New Generation Cartel Gulf Cartel Los Zetas […]

Seneca’s annual report has revealed that the city’s status as a rural system is a hindrance to establishing designated bus stops along its passenger routes. The report, which came out of the recent strategic planning session of the Mayor and City Council, states that funding to build bus stops would only be available if Seneca had qualified for an urban […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made the following statement after voting against the repeal of the 2002 Authorization of Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq. The measure passed the Senate by a vote of 66-30 and will now be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives. “The Senate’s decision to repeal the 2002 Iraq AUMF without substituting […]

Area nonprofit organization, In The Gap, in collaboration with Food Lion, will provide a community-wide food distribution to food insecure Oconee County residents from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., April 29, 2023, at Shaver Complex, 698 W. South 4th Street, Seneca. In The Gap operates from Oconee County and offers a food pantry, child feeding program and pastoral care. The […]

Measures by the Seneca Planning Commission are being taken to ensure that the city doesn’t end up with multiple businesses that are similar to each other within close proximity. Ed Halbig presented those and other recommendations to the City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting… Also during the meeting, Administrator Scott Moulder presented to the Mayor and Council the goals that […]