Category: News

UPDATE: The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is happy to report that 14 year old Eric Lee Webber has been located in the Seneca area and is safe. Original story: (Walhalla, SC)—————The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing Tamassee teenager. Dispatch received a call this morning, at around 8:17am, from a family member of […]

South Carolina’s 3rd District Congressional Representative Republican Jeff Duncan is concerned about the passage of Biden’s Build Back Better agenda in the House of Representatives this week. Duncan is worried that the spending measure is radical and irresponsible. Democrat and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) believes that the bill would be transformational for the climate, health and child […]

The class of U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2022 includes the most women ever selected for the scholarship in one year, according to the Rhodes Trust. Of the 32 students chosen to study at the University of Oxford in England, 22 are women. For the first time, Clemson University had a student elected to the class – Louise Franke, a senior […]

A man died following a stabbing during a domestic fight Friday night in Anderson, according to Coroner Greg Shore with Anderson County Coroner’s Office. According to Shore, a man was found with a stab wound to the chest not long before 5:00pm at a home on Burris Street. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said two neighbors got into a dispute […]

The body of a missing Tamassee man was found Sunday afternoon around 1:00pm, according to Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis. 24-year-old Austin Wade Campbell of Tamassee was found dead in Upper Whitewater Lake in Tamassee. An autopsy will be performed on Tuesday to assist with the death investigation. The Sheriff’s Office said Campbell left walking from his family’s home on […]

(Walhalla, SC)———–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca teenager on multiple charges, all involving the same teenage victim, which includes charges of Kidnapping and Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – 2nd Degree. 19 year old Dominick Vincent Falsitta of Bellview Way was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 1:16am Friday morning. Falsitta has also been charged […]

Seneca Police Chief Casey Bowling said that he has requested agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to investigate a custody dispute that led to an altercation Friday afternoon. Police were called to a scene on South Fairplay Street, which they said, started inside a residence and ended outside. Reports stated that officers at the scene confiscated a firearm […]

Fugitive Frederick McLean wanted for multiple counts of child molestation WASHINGTON – On Nov. 6, a concerned neighbor conducted a welfare check on an elderly man not seen in weeks. At the home, located in the 200 block of Jennifer Lane, Seneca, South Carolina, the neighbor made the grisly discovery of a decomposing body and called authorities. During the death […]

UPDATE FROM SCHP:   A multi-vehicle crash proved fatal this morning near West Union. It happened on SC-28 near West Union Rd. Traffic is being diverted in that area while emergency crews work to clear the wreckage. Our Sister Station 101.7 WGOG’s Dick Mangrum has the latest update here… Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said the victim was 28 year-old […]

As cold weather pushes into the local area, there is a great need for warm coats for many of our youngsters. On November 17, Knights from local Council 6884 met with Oconee County Sheriff, Mike Crenshaw, to deliver boxes of “Coats for Kids” that will be handed out by Sheriff’s Deputies as they patrol communities in the county. This partnership […]