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From around 9:00am until Noon today, deputies from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will engage in an outdoor training scenario in the Poplar Springs community. Residents and motorists in the vicinity of Dickard and Poplar Springs Roads should keep in mind there is threat to the public and they are likely to see lots of patrol vehicles in that area, […]

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a single vehicle crash that proved fatal. Master Trooper Brandon Bolt said it happened around 7:45pm Tuesday night on SC-86 near Wigginton Road in Anderson County. He joins us now with more…

The 2021 Oconee County Veterans Day Parade is scheduled to take place in Seneca on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, at 4:30pm in downtown Seneca. Korean War Veteran and Seneca resident Gene Nicholson will serve as the Grand Marshall for this year’s parade. If you would like to enter the parade, contact Tanya Adkins with the Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office […]

Oconee County is now a right-to-life county after a new resolution declaring such received the support of all five county council members at their meeting in Walhalla last night. Earlier this year a separate resolution to make the county a sanctuary for the unborn failed by one vote. During the meeting, however, Council Member Glenn Hart wondered if the resolution […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Conor Lee McCallister, 27, of Easley. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest on Friday, October 15. McCallister was arrested after investigators said they received a CyberTipline report that led them to McCallister. Investigators state McCallister possessed files of child […]

The City of Seneca’s Transit Service held a public hearing yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon at City Hall and heard from the community about a proposed change to the CATBus Route, specifically as it relates to the Tanglewood Subdivision. City Administrator Scott Moulder with more…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today met with members of the South Carolina media to discuss his recent trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, supply chain issues, and other issues facing the country. On immigration: GRAHAM: “I just got back from the border.  It’s a disaster. The southern border of the United States is a complete disaster…I went to the […]

Anderson County is holding a grand opening ceremony of their new PAWS Dog Park tomorrow morning at 11:00am. The one of a kind PAWS Park will provide a safe and fun place for pets and people in the local community to gather. The first big event, after the grand opening on Wednesday, will be a Fall Festival on Saturday from […]

Clemson City Council met Monday night and discussed the city’s mask mandates. Mayor Robert Halfacre said that an ordinance that requires face coverings be worn at all schools within the city was extended for another sixty days, however, he said the mandate requiring masks to be worn at essential businesses inside the city limits is no longer in effect after […]

According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Friday Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 33 year-old Amanda Louise Patterson and charged her with third degree assault and battery, assaulting an officer while resisting arrest, and threatening the life of an official. Total bond for Patterson was set at more than $20,000 and she remains in custody at the Oconee […]