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Sunday evening not long before 6:00pm, Emergency responders from Jackson, Transylvania, Haywood, Henderson, and Oconee counties were dispatched to Whitewater Falls where it was reported that a toddler had been swept away in the water at the top of the falls and the current had carried the child over the falls. Rescuers located the child deceased and entrapped in an […]

  According to jail records, on Friday Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 46 year-old Mark Thomas Hendrix of Seneca on charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, his second or more violation for possession of a controlled substance, and his third or subsequent arrest for manufacturing or distributing cocaine. Bond was set at more than $52,000 and he remains […]

Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said that the victim of an active shooter on April 5th at the Frankische plant has died. 24-year old Belton resident Iain Samuel Peare succumbed to his injuries on Sunday. His death has been ruled as a homicide. Shore said the shooter injured another employee before turning the gun on himself and taking his own […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has obtained an arrest warrant against a Walhalla man as a result of an investigation into a Friday evening shooting near Tamassee. The Sheriff’s Office has charged 47 year old Nathan Fred McCall, with one count of Attempted Murder. McCall is accused of attempting to cause the death of the victim, with premeditation, by shooting […]

A financial crimes investigation by the Criminal Investigations Bureau has led to an arrest and multiple charges being filed against a Seneca man. 32 year old Trevor Bailey Easter, of Wild Rose Lane, has been charged with four counts each of Financial Identity Fraud and a Federally Chartered Financial Institution Crime, two counts of Financial Transaction Card Theft and one […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a Friday evening shooting that occurred near Tamassee. Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Division were dispatched to an address on Horseshoe Lane near Little River Lane, around 7:21pm this evening, in regards to reports of a shooting in which the victim was shot in the head.   The victim was transported to the […]

After two years of restrictions at the Oconee County Detention Center due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oconee County Detention Center is announcing that outside organizations will be allowed back in the jail for programs and bible study for the inmate population. According to Kim Rutz, who is the Inmate Programs and Visitation Coordinator, groups will be allowed back in […]