Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
This Thursday and Friday, May 12 and 13, Clemson University will hold it’s Spring 2022 Graduation Ceremonies. The Doctoral Hooding ceremony will take place at 5:00pm on Thursday, May 12 at the Brooks Center on Clemson’s main campus. Graduation ceremonies for Master and Bachelor candidates are scheduled for May 12 and 13 in Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum. In all, four ceremonies […]
Read moreOn Monday, Westminster Police arrested 39 year-old Jamell Lerand Ingram on a charge of second degree assault and battery. he remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center pending bond. Also on Monday, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 60 year-old William Daniel Sloan on multiple municipal bench warrants from Walhalla and a new charge of distributing methamphetamine. He was given a […]
Read moreA narcotics compliant at a Seneca area motel over the weekend led to the arrests of two Seneca man on multiple narcotics charges, including charges of Drug Trafficking. 61 year old James Richard Byerly and 56 year old Timothy James Hird, both of Tamarack Drive, were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 9:47am and 12:05pm Saturday respectively. […]
Read moreA large brush fire started in Seneca near the Dollar General on West North First Street around 6:00pm this evening. It’s believed the fire started in a homeless camp, according to initial reports. No word of any injuries.
Read moreAfter hearing what some described as an explosion, one person was flown by air ambulance to the burn center at Augusta. Reports indicate that at least three vehicles caught fire near Borg Warner in Seneca this afternoon. Seneca Fire and the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the cause of the incident.
Read moreUpdate: Bradley Thomas Linden has been located and he is safe. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a missing Seneca man. 27 year old Bradley Thomas Linden was reported missing today to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. According to information provided to deputies, Bradley has not been seen or heard from since […]
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The Finance and Administration Committee for the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority will meet at 4:00pm this afternoon at the Coneross Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility in the Lamar Bailes Board Room. On their agenda today is the rather lengthy Colonel’s Fork and Coneross Confluence Flume Investigation Report. It comes at at time when the entire OJRSA Board is at a […]
Read moreFive earthquakes were reported Monday near Elgin, according to the US Geological Survey. The first was reported at about 1:30 a.m. and was a magnitude 3.3. The second one was reported at 4:39 a.m. and was a 1.6 magnitude. The third quake, reported at about 5:10 a.m., registered at 1.79 magnitude. The fourth quake registered a 2.1 magnitude and was […]
Read moreAccording to jail records, on Friday Seneca Police arrested 37 year-old Stephanie Annette Warner and charged her with manufacturing meth. Bond on that charge was set at $10,000. Warner was also served a bench warrant and is being held for Central Police. On Saturday, Oconee County Deputies arrested 61 year-old James Richard Byerly on charges of trafficking meth and cocaine, […]
Read moreNothing says “welcome and thank you” to our visiting veterans and their spouses more than upstate streets lined with smiling faces waving American flags, and hundreds of motorcycles joining in patriotic tribute. And next month, what has become a staple event in Oconee County returns to Keowee Key. Residents are again inviting combat veterans into their homes to join them […]
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