Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
(Walhalla, SC)—————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Walhalla man yesterday on a charge of Disseminating Obscene Material to a person who he believed was a teenage girl. 27 year old Aliester Shawn Ford of W. Halfway Branch Road was booked into the Oconee County around 11:49am. Ford was also charged with one count of Criminal Solicitation of a Minor. […]
Read moreA missing Anderson woman’s car has been found in McCormick County, South Carolina, but there is still no sign of her, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Alexis Ware was reported missing from Anderson on Tuesday. She was last seen on Highway 29 North this past Sunday, January 30th. Anyone with information is asked to call the […]
Read moreThe South Carolina General Assembly held Judicial Elections on Wednesday. Locally, The Honorable Perry H. Gravely of Pickens was re-elected to Seat 1 on the 13th Judicial Circuit and for Seat 2 of the 10th Judicial Circuit’s Family Court, The Honorable Karen F. Ballenger of Seneca, was re-elected. The Honorable D. Garrison Hill of Greenville was re-elected to Seat 9 […]
Read moreArea law enforcement officers were kept busy on Thursday, according to records from the Oconee County Detention Center. Seneca Police charged 34 year-old Samuel Scott Horton of Travelers Rest with Grand Larceny. Warrants allege that Horton took a 2010 Chrysler 300 from a residence on Northwoods Drive late last month. His bond was set at $10,000 and he remains in […]
Read moreThe S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) released 16 more tagged coyotes statewide recently as part of the Coyote Harvest Incentive Program, and any hunter who successfully takes and reports one of these tagged coyotes will be rewarded with a free lifetime license. The Coyote Harvest Incentive Program was created in 2016 by the General Assembly, which directed SCDNR to develop and […]
Read moreSeneca Police charged Jerry Bernard Lawrence, Jr., age 40 of a Townville Street address, with trafficking cocaine and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Lawrence, Jr was arrested around 1:00am Wednesday morning following a traffic stop by officers on patrol in the area of East South 3rd Street, who said that they initially stopped the […]
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made the following statement on news that a U.S. military operation in northwest Syria resulted in the killing of ISIS Leader and other national security threats facing our country. “I really appreciate the counterterrorism operation authorized by President Biden and conducted in northwest Syria to kill Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi. I applaud […]
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The FBI Columbia field office is warning the public about bad actors using romance scams ahead of Valentine’s Day. Romance scams occur when criminal actors deceive victims into believing they are engaging in a trusting relationship. They use that relationship to persuade victims to send money, provide personal and financial information, or purchase items for them. In 2020, complaints filed […]
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New numbers from DHEC released on Monday suggest that one in three South Carolinians are getting positive results from COVID-19 tests. Figures released by the state health agency on Monday show a positivity rate of over thirty percent. Out of three thousand residents who tested positive during that 24 hour time frame, 49 of those were from Oconee County. DHEC […]
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71 year-old James Warren of Seneca passed away Tuesday morning at the regional burn center in Augusta, GA, three and a half weeks after he sustained severe burns and smoke inhalation during a camper fire on January 8th. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis ruled the death as accidental.
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