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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office along with other national law enforcement groups, the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and MovementForward, Inc.’s One Congregation One Precinct (OneCOP) initiative are jointly organizing the most consolidated police-community engagement project in recent history – National Faith and Blue Weekend (NFBW) with FirstNet, Built with AT&T as its […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 542 new confirmed cases and 12 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 10 additional confirmed deaths and 1 new probable death. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 142,449, probable cases to 4,006, confirmed deaths to 3,154, and 183 probable deaths. 7 cases were confirmed […]

A special exception was granted for a 250 foot cell tower in rural Oconee County. The Oconee County regulatory board voted 4-1 to permit the tower to be built on private property in the area of Highways 107 and 28 in order to provide better coverage in pockets of dead cell service. In their consideration, board members tried to find […]

A shooting from overnight is under investigation by Seneca Police. Reports stated that it happened around 10:20 pm on Laing Court at Seneca Gardens. We are told that the victim was shot in the hip and sustained non-life threatening injuries. More details surrounding the incident are expected to be released after an investigation by detectives has been completed.

Seneca’s City Council will meet tomorrow evening at 6:00 pm at City Hall to discuss several items, including the replacement of three garbage trucks that were recently destroyed in an accidental fire at the city’s public works facility. Mayor Dan Alexander said that the city was lucky, and he commended the job done by everyone to keep the city’s sanitation […]

According to jail records, 42 year-old Brian Kenneth McLellan of Seneca was arrested this past Thursday evening by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on four counts of shoplifting. He remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center pending $20,000 bond.

Eighth graders at Seneca Middle School are set to return to face to face instruction tomorrow, September 29th. After a small cluster of COVID-19 was found among the 8th grade class at Seneca Middle, the School District moved the class to distance learning for two weeks back on September 15th. The decision was made in consultation with DHEC, local medical […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting its next Pill Take Back Day at two different locations on Saturday, October 24th. The two events will be held from 10am until 2pm at the Sheriff’s Office Substation which is located near the Emergency Room at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital and also at the Law Enforcement Center at 300 South […]

City administrator Scott Moulder said that the flags flying at Seneca’s Miracle Circle have been temporarily taken down. The flags, Moulder said have been severely battered by recent storms and are being refurbished.