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From Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis: “The human remains discovered on Wednesday afternoon (March 29) near Salem have been identified as Tonya Marie Cannon.  Ms. Cannon, age 33-years, resided in Salem.  Identification of Ms. Cannon was made by the following means.   This office was able to locate an x-ray of her head at Oconee Memorial Hospital; this x-ray identified the […]

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson hosted 18 sheriffs and 10 solicitors to call for judicial reform this morning. “The judiciary affects everyone’s everyday life, particularly when it comes to public safety. It doesn’t matter what your religion is, your race, your political ideology–everyone wants to feel safe. Giving the executive branch involvement and input in how we […]

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 McMaster rescinded his previous order suspending Durham and allowed him to return to office in an executive order issued on Thursday.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 […]