Category: News

A 32-year-old Washington State man died Thursday morning in Seneca from gunshot injuries sustained in an apparent home invasion and break in.  This incident occurred at 24 Ames Street, which is located on the Utica Mill village, near Seneca.  Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis pronounced 32-year-old Scott Andrew Johnston of Pullman, Washington dead at the scene.  Addis reports that he sustained multiple […]

The Oconee County Coroner has released the findings of post mortem exams on the two young girls killed in an early New Year’s Day car crash.  The exams were conducted Thursday morning on one-year-old Taniyia Chavez Leann Gambrell and her sister, 4-year-old Saryia Unique Patton-Dean.  Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis announces that both children died from blunt force head trauma due to the motor vehicle collision.  […]

An Oconee County man, who was committed and found incompetent to stand trial in the 2006 murder of his mother and stepfather in Seneca, has escaped from a mental health facility in Columbia. Authorities say 39-year-old Jason Mark Carter went missing sometime Thursday morning.  He is described as a white male, 5’10”, 165 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.  […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and charged two teenagers in a homicide that occurred Thursday morning on the Utica Mill Hill. According to investigators, dispatchers received a phone call around 7:36am from a woman at 24 Ames Street who reportedly said that two masked men had broken into her home, had shot a male inside the home, and […]

Passengers will start riding the new all-electric CAT buses on January 6th, so work is being done on Railroad Street to accommodate the new buses but also passengers, explains Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander. “There will be sort of a wall that will actually screen off the transformers and some of the heavy equipment there that they use to charge buses, […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) visited Kabul to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Senator Graham says they impressed upon him the urgency of signing an agreement extending the stay of U.S. and NATO troops. “I believe that the Taliban are holding out hope that America and the International Community will leave Afghanistan like we did Iraq.” Decisions need to […]

Deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a deadly home invasion this morning on Ames Street near Seneca. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “Our investigators have been on scene since about 7:41am this morning when our dispatch received a call concerning a home invasion at 24 Ames Street that is on the Utica […]

Deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a deadly home invasion this morning on Ames Street near Seneca.  Investigators say a woman called 911 around 7:30am and said that two masked me entered her home and shot her boyfriend.  Then they tied her up.  Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis has been called to the scene.

Two children are dead and their mother is behind bars after an early morning crash in Oconee County.  The mother stands charged with driving under the influence.  Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that two young sisters were killed during the accident on Wells Highway near Utica Baptist Church around 2:15am New Year’s Day.  Addis reports that 1-year-old Taniyia Gambrell […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Greer man with arson in the case of a burned vehicle that was discovered in June.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “A deputy was informed back on the morning of June 19th of a burned truck that was located on U.S. Forest Service property near Brasstown […]