Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has filed a charge of Attempted Murder against a Seneca woman today as the result of an investigation into a reported stabbing Friday evening near Seneca. 35 year old Brittny Michelle Lamboy was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 10:18pm Friday. The arrest warrant was obtained today. At this time, Lamboy remains in […]
Read moreAn Attempted Murder suspect wanted by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and the Seneca Police Department was arrested this morning by Deputies and Investigators near Seneca. 34 year old Kristopher Lamar Jenkins was taken into custody around 10:08am at an address on Walter Morris Drive near Martin Creek Road. Jenkins was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 11:31am […]
Read moreAccording to records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Wednesday Walhalla Police arrested 57 year-old David Wayne Buchanan of Westminster for being a fugitive from justice. He remains in custody at this time. Billy Christopher Whitmire. 56 of Clayton, GA, was charged by Walhalla Police with sale or delivery to and unlawful possession of stolen handguns. Also on Wednesday, […]
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ANDERSON, SC – The new Anderson County Firefighters Memorial will be unveiled at a ceremony to be held Sunday, August 14 at the County Courthouse Plaza, 100 South Main Street in Anderson. The official proceedings will begin at 3:00 PM. Anderson County and City of Anderson officials, the Anderson County Fire Commission, and the local community of county and municipal firefighters […]
Read moreSeneca’s annual Brew & Que festival that is hosted by The Journal and The City of Seneca annually has been canceled this year. General manager of the newspaper, Hal Welch, cited low ticket sales, plus the rising costs of beer and meat as factors in the decision to call off the event, that was scheduled for September 4th. This is […]
Read moreA former school bus driver for Oconee County Schools was indicted by a grand jury this week. 74 year-old Windell Sutton Powell, Jr., of Seneca was fired from the district in May after he was charged with one count each of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – 2nd Degree and Criminal Solicitation of a Minor as well as two […]
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Seneca City Council met last night and Police Chief Casey Bowling, the Mayor and Council presented a Life Saving Award to three city officers for going above and beyond in the line of duty. Chief Bowling said that, while on patrol last month, SSgt. Michael Durham, and Officers Casey Elrod and Tim McCall found a man in a wooded area […]
Read moreAnderson Police said they found 32 year-old Channing Chester dead around 2:20am Tuesday morning from multiple gunshot wounds. Police said he was located in the area of Fall Street and Cleveland Avenue. No suspect has been arrested yet, and anyone with any information is asked to call Anderson Police.
Read moreSeneca Police Chief Casey Bowling said that detectives from his department recently arrested three suspects in a rash of car break-ins that were reported in the city over several weeks between June and July. Chief Bowling said the thefts involved more than two dozen victims, with an estimated $15,000 worth of property stolen. He added that it was mostly items […]
Read moreAn early Tuesday morning break-in of a residence near Westminster has led to a charge of First Degree Burglary against a Walhalla man. 26 year old Hugo Mateo Severo-Bautista of Keowee Street was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:29am Tuesday. Severo-Bautista has also been charged with one count of Petit Larceny. Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Bureau […]
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