Category: News

Deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man yesterday on drug distribution charges.  Tuesday around 8pm, deputies arrested 19-year-old Austin Blaine Myers of Westminster.   Myers is accused of selling marijuana to undercover agents on April 3 and April 22.  Agents of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office followed the undercover agents to a pre-determined location where evidence was […]

This week, the week of April 21 – 27, is South Carolina Internet Crimes Against Children “Stay Safe Online” week and the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is joining in the recognition. Governor Nikki Haley recently issued a proclamation which pointed out that more than 375 arrests and 246 convictions have resulted from the work of the South Carolina Internet Crimes […]

The Oconee County Economic Development Commission announces a data center plans to locate in Oconee County and invest $1.5 million.  Technology Solutions of SC, Inc., a managed information technology company serving Upstate customers, will locate a new Tier III data center in Oconee County. The $1.5 million investment is expected to generate seven new jobs with plans to triple employment […]

The best young golfers in the world are in Seneca this week competing in the Mountain Lakes Classic presented by the Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau at Cross Creek Plantation.  The Classic will feature a slew of the best up-and-coming talent in the country battling for the lion’s share of the $150,000 purse.  Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander is excited […]

Oconee Kids Showcase, an expo for children and families with children up to age 12, is a new and improved version of the Mom and Baby Fair held each spring at the Shaver Recreation Center in Seneca. For 15 years, new and expectant parents in Oconee County and surrounding communities have come to the Mom and Baby Fair to learn about programs, products […]

The Seneca High School Choral Department will present a Spring Concert on Sunday, May 5 at 3pm.  The venue for the concert is Seneca Baptist Church on Hwy. 59 in Seneca.  The program will feature the Women’s Chorus, Intermediate Women’s Chorus, Men’s Chorus, Honors Women’s Chorus, Honors Chorale and the Vocal Jazz Singers.  Highlights of the concert include the Women’s […]

A benefit fashion held last month at Seneca High School raised over $1,600 for victims of domestic violence.  Cindy Lee, one of the organizers gives details.  “We raised a little over $1,600 and we still have funds coming in because it was held during spring break.  The benefit fashion show supported Mary’s Closet and to bring a Safe Harbor home […]

A new poll of likely voters in South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District shows political newcomer, Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch ahead of former Republican governor Mark Sanford by nine points, with the election two weeks away.  Clemson University Political Science professor Dr. Joseph Stewart feels the race is still too close to call.  “It looks like a close race.  The polls that […]

Tenth Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams announces that Devin Michael Nimmons pled guilty in Anderson General Sessions Court this week to three counts of accessory before the fact of a felony and one count of conspiracy to commit a felony. The Honorable Lawton McIntosh sentenced Nimmons to 15 years in prison on the accessory charges and 5 years suspended to 5 […]

A warning from the Partnership at DrugFree.org, where Steve Pasierb is the president, that American teenagers are continuing to buy prescription pills from their friends or raid their parents’ medicine cabinets to find pills and get high.  “What we see is over the last five years, a 33% increase in teen misuse and abuse of prescription drugs, so even though […]