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South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster issued 73 vetoes to the state budget on Wednesday. The governor had called for more transparency from lawmakers in creating the budget, and signaled before the budget was finalized that lawmakers needed to supply more detailed information on each requested appropriation item as to how the money would be spent or face a line item […]

48 year-old Steven Allen Broach of Seneca, who is known for being the owner of the Utica Mill property on Padgett Street often referred to as “The Compound”, pleaded guilty to obstruction this week in court. Broach also entered guilty pleas to the charges of distribution of and trafficking methamphetamine or cocaine. Broach was sentenced to serve five years in […]

Seneca Police have arrested a second suspect in relation to a shooting investigation. Not long after 4:00pm Wednesday afternoon, Seneca Police said 18 year-old Tyler Benjamin Robinson of an East South 2nd Street address turned himself in and was charged with possession of a weapon during a violent crime and attempted murder. 22 year-old Israel Tamahjea Glenn has been in […]

A third early morning brush fire within a wooded area near the 1100 block of Davis Mill Rd. was reported again today. Around 6:30 am this morning, volunteers from the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department responded to extinguish the small fire after two callers reported the burn to Oconee 911. Earlier this week, on Tuesday morning not long before 5:00am, two small […]

Oconee General Sessions Court Judge Lawton McIntosh reduced bond for 28 year-old Trey Jerrell Frasier to $250,000 yesterday. And the defense, prosecution and judge all agreed on the October term for the trial, since the summer dockets have already been filed. Frasier has been in jail since his arrest in May of last year on multiple charges of kidnapping, first […]

Today is the last day of early voting in the Primary Runoffs. Two Republican candidates are in a runoff for South Carolina’s superintendent of education seat – Kathy Maness and Ellen Weaver, after neither candidate received a majority of the vote in the June 14 primary. The winner of the runoff election will face Democratic Candidate Lisa Ellis in the […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a bat found near Oconee Creek Road and Edward Dorsey Drive in West Union, S.C., has tested positive for rabies. No people are known to have been exposed at this time. One cat was exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act. The bat […]

At the urging of Seneca Planning Commission, the real estate group Forestar, which is pursuing a large home development on the city’s northwest edge, held a community meeting at the Shaver Rec Complex yesterday evening in order to allow nearby residents in Keowee Plantation, Woodcreek Drive, Queen Anne Lane and other neighborhoods the chance to learn more about the project […]

Not long after 4:00pm Wednesday afternoon, Seneca Police arrested 18 year-old Tyler Benjamin Robinson of an East South 2nd Street address and charged him with possession of a weapon during a violent crime and attempted murder. Details surrounding his arrest are expected from police once they complete their investigation. Robinson remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center pending […]

Shortage Could Negatively Impact Patient Care as Demand Goes Up If this announcement came from a large milk producer and the headline read ‘milk shortage leads to 2-day supply in local grocery stores,’ people would most likely rush to the nearest store to buy milk, creating long lines and a sense of panic. After all, milk is a staple item […]