Category: News

Students in the School District of Oconee County do not attend school today due to professional development for teachers.

The Seneca Rotary Club recently announced its October 2015 students of the month for the Seneca area schools. Those students are Adrian Redmond of Ravenel Elementary, Nicholas Oliver of Blue Ridge Elementary, and Keshun Ellington of Northside Elementary.

United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, members of the United States Attorney’s Office and their local, state, and federal law enforcement partners meet with students from across South Carolina, as part of South Carolina’s 14th annual Student Pledge Against Gun Violence. With a focus on keeping their schools and communities safe, students in middle […]

The City of Seneca released a statement concerning the shooting death of 19-year-old Zachary Hammond by a police officer. The Hammond family filed a federal lawsuit against the police department last month and, Friday, the city filed its response to some harsh allegations. In a 20-page release, the City rebuts claims made in the lawsuit. The Hammond lawsuit describes in […]

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visits Anderson this afternoon, Oct. 19. The rally will be at the Civic Center at 6pm with doors opening at 4pm. The event, sponsored by the Anderson County GOP, had to be moved from T.L. Hanna High School because of the expected crowds. It is free to attend.

Crews are making progress reopening state bridges and highways in South Carolina after this month’s historic rains. The state Department of Transportation reports that 138 roads and 52 state bridges remain closed because of the storm, which dumped more than 2 feet of rain in some areas. That is down from almost 550 state roads and bridges that were closed […]

The 17-year-old girl killed in a hunting accident on Dalrymple Road in Anderson County just before 6pm Thursday has been identified. The SC Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says that the girl was struck by a round from her foster dad’s high-powered rifle and was taken to AnMed Health Medical Center where she died. The Anderson County Coroner’s office identified […]

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office located the body of a man who went missing Wednesday night. 57-year-old Russell Sherman Smith was located in Lake Hartwell off Dyar Road in Townville late Friday afternoon. A car belonging to Smith was found abandoned Thursday in Townville only yards away from where he was eventually found.

One person is dead and another has been charged with felony DUI after a fatal crash that happened in Pickens County, early Friday morning. The SC Highway Patrol says the crash happened on Latham Road. The vehicle reportedly ran off the right side of the road and hit a utility pole. The report from the SC Highway Patrol says 19-year-old […]