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Friday is the deadline to vote absentee in person, and Leap Day, Saturday, February 29, voters will cast their ballots in the SC Democratic Primary. According to the recent Clemson Palmetto Poll, a statewide public opinion survey, Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win the primary with 35% of the vote. Also according to the poll, businessman, billionaire […]

Arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center show that on Wednesday, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 25 year-old Brandon Oliver McClain on charges of Assaulting an Officer while Resisting Arrest and Third Degree Assault and Battery. A judge set his total bail in the amount of $7,000. He remains in custody pending bond.

Curtis J. Bearden was sentenced Wednesday after he was convicted in a shoplifting incident that happened in September 2017 at the Seneca Wal-Mart. But it wasn’t until six months later, in March of 2018, that a deputy took out a warrant for Bearden’s arrest. When asked why the wait, the Deputy said that the case was delayed after a fire […]

Dr. John Martin, a prominent Seneca resident and former director of the Lunney Museum who passed away recently, will be remembered during a special service at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 7th at the Museum’s Side Lawn. Following the service, everyone is welcome to a champagne toast in honor of Dr. Martin at Bonterra restaurant.

A resident of Oconee County who lives near High Falls Park and Stamp Creek Landing called he Sheriff’s Office Wednesday and told deputies that at about 1:00 pm, a person came to the home stating that he was a Medicare Specialist and had obtained the citizen’s information from a list he paid for from those who are on Medicare. The […]

Westminster Mayor Brian Ramey hinted that a long-running controversy surrounding a cabin he owns that sits on city property adjacent to the Chauga River, could soon be headed to court. At one point, the city had given the Mayor a year to move the building. Two new Westminster council members, namely Brad Chastain and Danny Duncan, revisited the issue at […]

Ram Cat Alley could soon be a musical destination since the approval of a new sound system in the Historic District downtown by the Seneca City Council. The system will keep the party going, so to speak, during the day and throughout events like Jazz on the Alley, even when no live bands are playing, with the hopes of keeping […]

Historic Downtown Seneca could see some artistic creativity displayed on the sides of some of it’s buildings, should the council decide to support a program by the Blue Ridge Arts Center for local artists with HAT Funding…

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the arrest of a wanted subject who had an Escape charge pending against him in Oconee County. Back on January 15th of this year, the Sheriff’s Office issued a press release seeking the public’s help in locating 57 year old Charles Whitney Batts of West Union. Agents from the Narcotics Division were notified […]