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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges against a Greenville man after a pursuit Monday afternoon that concluded on Highway 183 near Wolf Stake Church Road. 25-year-old Christopher Timothy Baldwin stands charged with strong armed robbery, assault and battery in the third degree, attempted murder for aiming his vehicle at a deputy while in a high speed pursuit, forcing […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man early Tuesday morning on multiple charges after a pursuit that ended on I-85. A deputy on routine patrol observed a silver Mitsubishi turn onto West-Oak Highway without using a turn signal. The deputy also discovered through dispatch that the tag on the vehicle belonged to a Honda Accord and the deputy […]
Read moreCongratulations to Seneca High School’s Xzavier Barmore who has been named Western AAA boys basketball player of the year. Seneca Coach Kevin Padgett was named region boys coach of the year and West-Oak’s Natosha Rucker was named girls coach of the year.
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The Seneca micropolitan area, which encompasses all of Oconee County, was recently named the top performing micropolitan in South Carolina for the second consecutive year by Site Selection magazine. Along with the top ranking in the state, the magazine also ranked the Seneca micropolitan area as the 22 overall performing micropolitan area in the United States, which is the third […]
Read moreUnit One at Oconee Nuclear Station remains off line as a precaution following Sunday afternoon’s fire in a large transformer in the switchyard outside of the plant. About 40 firefighters needed less than 30 minutes to bring the fire under control. Oconee County Emergency Services Director Chief Scott Krein says preparation paid off battling the fire. “A lot of things […]
Read moreA man sits behind bars after an early morning chase along I-85 in Oconee and Anderson counties. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details about this second pursuit within 24-hours through the Golden Corner. “Deputy from our Uniform Patrol Division observed a vehicle with a proper tag display and failure to use a turn signal. The […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting scheduled for 5:30pm this evening, March 8, 2016 takes place in Council Chambers and not the Conference Room as noted on the agenda.
Read moreThree people died in a single-car crash Sunday night in Anderson County. A fourth person was also injured. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened at the intersection of Elrod Road and Langston Road just after 10pm Sunday. Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore reports that the driver, 17-year-old Danielle Williams of Liberty, and two passengers, 20-year-old […]
Read moreA motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a backhoe in Pickens County Sunday evening. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before 6pm on Old Easley Bridge Road when the driver of a backhoe turned in front of a motorcycle. The driver of the 2007 Suzuki motorcycle was thrown and died at the scene. Troopers […]
Read moreMultiple customers with Seneca Light & Water reported a power outage just before 5am this morning. An electrical substation went down causing the outage in the south side of downtown. Power was restore within the hour.
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