Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Area law enforcement officers were kept busy on Thursday, according to records from the Oconee County Detention Center. Seneca Police charged 34 year-old Samuel Scott Horton of Travelers Rest with Grand Larceny. Warrants allege that Horton took a 2010 Chrysler 300 from a residence on Northwoods Drive late last month. His bond was set at $10,000 and he remains in […]
Read moreThe S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) released 16 more tagged coyotes statewide recently as part of the Coyote Harvest Incentive Program, and any hunter who successfully takes and reports one of these tagged coyotes will be rewarded with a free lifetime license. The Coyote Harvest Incentive Program was created in 2016 by the General Assembly, which directed SCDNR to develop and […]
Read moreWASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) questioned Federal Reserve nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin about her history of advocating for policies that make it harder for low-income Americans to get small dollar loans. Click to Watch Sen. Scott’s Questions Read a transcript of his exchange below: SENATOR SCOTT: Thank you Mr. Chairman. I’d like to associate myself with Senator Toomey’s […]
Read moreSeneca Police charged Jerry Bernard Lawrence, Jr., age 40 of a Townville Street address, with trafficking cocaine and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Lawrence, Jr was arrested around 1:00am Wednesday morning following a traffic stop by officers on patrol in the area of East South 3rd Street, who said that they initially stopped the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made the following statement on news that a U.S. military operation in northwest Syria resulted in the killing of ISIS Leader and other national security threats facing our country. “I really appreciate the counterterrorism operation authorized by President Biden and conducted in northwest Syria to kill Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. I applaud […]
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The FBI Columbia field office is warning the public about bad actors using romance scams ahead of Valentine’s Day. Romance scams occur when criminal actors deceive victims into believing they are engaging in a trusting relationship. They use that relationship to persuade victims to send money, provide personal and financial information, or purchase items for them. In 2020, complaints filed […]
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New numbers from DHEC released on Monday suggest that one in three South Carolinians are getting positive results from COVID-19 tests. Figures released by the state health agency on Monday show a positivity rate of over thirty percent. Out of three thousand residents who tested positive during that 24 hour time frame, 49 of those were from Oconee County. DHEC […]
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71 year-old James Warren of Seneca passed away Tuesday morning at the regional burn center in Augusta, GA, three and a half weeks after he sustained severe burns and smoke inhalation during a camper fire on January 8th. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis ruled the death as accidental.
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SLED Agents announced another arrest in connection with the case of an Oconee County man accused of firing a gun at deputies last weekend during a chase near Mountain Rest. SLED Agents said that Jessica Danielle Morris of Pickens County “did harbor and/or conceal 33 year-old Zackery Edwin Sterling Fiskeaux,…so as to prevent his discovery and arrest.” Morris is in […]
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An early morning fire destroyed a camper on Hoyt Street in Seneca’s Utica Mill community. The fire started around 4:00am this morning, and Fire Chief Richie Caudill said two homeless people were thought to have been staying there, however, he said that no one has been located yet…
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