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UPDATE: Piece Womack of Pickens County Emergency Management has the latest… Crews are working to clear the tracks after more than a dozen train cars derailed Wednesday afternoon in Pickens County around 1:30pm along Norris Drive (SC-93) near Entrekin Lane. Norfolk Southern said 13 cars on an intermodal train headed from Charlotte, North Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee derailed. There’s no […]

Oconee County has new budget, but it passed last night only by a slim margin after a two-and-a-half hour meeting, two cost-cutting amendments, and a great deal of back-and-forth. Paul Cain was able to save more than $100 thousand dollars by motioning to eliminate two jobs… Glenn Hart lost his attempt to revert to a $49 million general budget… Now, […]

You can purchase computers, clothes, school supplies, and a variety of other items free of Sales Tax during South Carolina’s annual 72-hour Sales Tax Holiday. The 2021 Tax Free Weekend takes place Friday, August 6, through Sunday, August 8, 2021. The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) reminds shoppers that eligible items can be purchased online and in-store without paying […]

UPDATE:  On the morning of June 23rd, 2021, Merrill Arlin Owens was located safely and has been reunited with his family. Pickens County Deputies are searching for a missing elderly man. 81-year-old Merrill Arlin Owens was reported missing from the area of Williams Drive and Gravely Road in Pickens. Owens is believed to have been last seen walking along Gravely […]

North First Street in front of City Hall is closed to thru traffic today as history is being made in Seneca with the demolition of the old Harper’s building to make way for what City Administrator Scott Moulder says will become Harper’s Plaza, a new greenspace park in the downtown district…

Seneca’s Planning Commission is having a meeting at City Hall this evening. On their agenda, Freeman Development is set to request property in the Rupert Porter Revocable Trust be changed from R-10 to R-6. Tonight’s meeting is underway as of 6:00pm in Council Chambers.

Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two people from Fair Play on Thursday afternoon and charged them with multiple offenses. 29 year-old James Austin Beam has been charged with his second offense of 3rd degree burglary, as well as malicious injury to property, possession of a firearm by a violent felon, resisting arrest, giving false information, possession of a stolen vehicle […]

Anderson County Sheriff’s Deputies said that two men died after being shot early Sunday morning near Eddies Minute Mart in Anderson. Deputies said they discovered that another person was shot and hospitalized, but the third victim’s condition is currently unknown. The Anderson County Coroner’s Office identified the two victims as 30-year-old Tevin Jerian Telford of Anderson and 27-year-old Shane Michael […]

On July 1, the South Carolina 7 (SC7) Expedition team will kick off a 30 day adventure across South Carolina from the mountains to the sea, exploring South Carolina’s natural wonders, raising awareness of floodwater prevention and resiliency across South Carolina and engaging leaders and citizens in the protection and enjoyment of South Carolina’s natural resources.   Two(2) of the […]

50 shelters, rescues and Petco stores are working together to adopt 1,600 animals, June 18 – 27.  Oconee Humane Society is proud to join PickMe! SC.  This statewide adoption event aims for 1,600 pets to find forever homes.  Upstate residents will find fabulous dogs and cats at greatly reduced adoption fees at the OHS Adoption Center.  Most adult cats are […]