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US Representative Jeff Duncan toured South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation’s Oconee-Pickens offices near Seneca yesterday. Mayor Dan Alexander, who is a VR business development specialist, welcomed the congressman and VR’s business partners… Duncan was impressed by the work that the staff of SCVR is doing… Wednesday’s tour of VR was on the heels of Duncan’s All of the Above Energy Tour, […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man Tuesday on a Fugitive from Justice warrant related to a charge out of the state of Kentucky. 31 year-old Christopher Ray McElreath of Ames Street was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at 8:05pm Tuesday. McElreath remains in custody, at this time, as a hold has been placed on McElreath […]

From the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office: “The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant today at an address on Mormon Church Road in regards to the search for evidence in a current investigation. “Sheriff Crenshaw requested assistance from the Forensics Unit of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, due to their expertise in the type of search involved. “Due […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man yesterday on two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – 1st Degree. 56 year old Donald Kevin Earle was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 3:05pm yesterday. At this time, Earle remains in custody at the Detention Center as bond was denied for his two charges. Earle will […]

An Investigator from the Criminal Investigations Division of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has obtained two arrest warrants against a Birmingham, AL man in regards to a break-in and theft from a Seneca area car dealership that occurred in the winter of this year. 33 year old Dexter Sherrod Pearce has been charged in arrest warrants with one count each […]

Thurmond Coward of Salem has been advised that Eastern Kentucky would like his relief truck to depart today, so, Coward’s plan is to leave his home at 6:00am tomorrow morning – he hopes his 16-foot renter will be filled with items that the public will drop off at his home… You can donate by stopping at the Coward home, located […]

The fourth subject who was wanted by Seneca Police in connection to an attempted murder investigation that began in May has been apprehended. Benjamin Lattimore, Jr., 24, of Anderson was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on Monday to await bond on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Seneca Police Chief Casey […]