Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) and law enforcement partners statewide have kicked off their annual 100 Deadly Days of Summer’ high visibility statewide safety belt enforcement, public information and education campaign, and it begins this Memorial Day weekend, and ends Labor Day. In an effort to curb fatalities, South Carolina Highway Patrol, State Transport Police, and local […]
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The League of Women Voters (LWV) of Oconee and Pickens Counties will host a Candidate Forum on Thursday, June 2 in the Walhalla High School Auditorium at 7:00pm for the two candidates running for SC House District 1 in the June 14th primary – Representative William Whitmire and Mr. Wally Sparks. A moderator will ask questions and give each candidate […]
Read moreFormer Seneca City Council member and owner of The Spot on the Alley, Stuart Pohl, passed away suddenly on Sunday evening following a brief illness. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Wendy, and the family. Arrangements will be announced at a later time.
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UPDATE – Statement from the School District of Oconee County: An SDOC bus that serves West-Oak High School was involved in a minor accident this morning. There were no injuries to the driver or any of the five students who were on the bus at the time of the accident. The students were transported to school on another bus. Parents […]
Read moreA man died and two people were injured following a boat crash Sunday afternoon in Lake Hartwell. Hart County Sheriff’s Deputies said they received a call about two boats crashed into each other near Carter’s Ferry Boat Ramp of Lake Hartwell around 1:50 p.m. Georgia DNR officials said that the man who died was in a boat by himself at […]
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Four people died in a two-vehicle, head-on crash Friday just after 6 p.m. on South Carolina Highway 81 at Bradley Road, about five miles north of Anderson. Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway with the South Carolina Highway Patrol has more… Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore has identified the driver of the Ford Expedition as 48-year-old William Douglas Larry, and the driver […]
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To help prepare for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Law Enforcement Division will be holding courtesy boat inspections at public boat landings across the state. SCDNR’s Greg Lucas has more… Memorial Day weekend courtesy boat inspections will be held locally on Sunday, May 29 at the River Forks Boat Ramp on Lake Hartwell […]
Read moreHagood Elementary in Pickens County was placed on lockdown yesterday after a suspicious person lurking in some woods behind the playground was reportedly spotted by a student. Pickens City Police said that 24 year-old Dalton Lee Brooks was arrested and found to be in possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and a hatchet. He remains in custody at the Pickens County Detention […]
Read moreAccording to jail records, on Wednesday Seneca Police arrested 31 year-old Adam Heith Clontz of Seneca and charged him with two counts of unlawful possession or sale of a handgun, as well as carrying a concealed weapon, financial transaction card fraud, and manufacturing or distributing methamphetamine. Clontz was also served two general sessions bench warrants. He remains in custody at […]
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Pickens County Sheriff’s Deputies have charged a man with attempted murder. According to jail records, Timothy Wayne Seawright is in custody at the Pickens County Detention Center and is charged with attempted murder, pointing firearm at another person, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and aggravated breach of peace. This is the third case in less than a […]
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