Category: News

On March 26, Oconee County Sheriff’s Animal Control officers received a call of a cat that was stuck in a tree in the 100 block of Perkins Place, which is near Perkins Creek Road and West South 4th Street in Seneca. Animal Control officers, along with officials from the Seneca Fire Department and Seneca Light and Water, responded to the […]

For the 14th year out of the last 15, deaths on motorcycles in the U.S. have increased and now top 5,000. The figures come in a new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association. The Association’s Barbara Harsha says that dealers and riders can be pro-active in preventing deaths. “Hopefully the sellers who sell them will encourage motorcyclists to wear […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hartwell Lake Office will open the following campgrounds and day-use areas for the 2013 recreation season on May 1: Oconee Point Campground in Oconee County will be open May 1 through September 30. The campground offers 70 sites and all are waterfront locations. All sites are equipped with electric and water hook-ups. Shower and restroom […]

A wet winter and early spring this year curtailed the number of prescribed burns on U.S. forest land in Oconee County. In 2013, a half dozen burns were conducted, including the sixth and final one Monday near Salem.  The U.S. Forest Service normally tries to burn around  4-5,000 acres each winter and spring.  According to the U.S. Forest Service, benefits […]

For the first time in nearly three years, South Carolina is free of drought. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee voted Wednesday to remove drought designations for all 46 counties because of above-normal rainfall for the past five months.  Prior to that, 22 counties had been under “moderate” drought, while the rest of the state was considered to be under […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office made two drug arrests Wednesday afternoon.  Deputies charged 46-year-old Steven Gregory Brock of Westminster and 31-year-old Barbara Lynn Morgan of Townville with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to the Sheriff’s Office, narcotics agents assisted by the Seneca Police Department executed a search warrant at GB Automotive Shop on West-Oak Highway.  Deputies and officers […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office located a 16-year-old girl who had been missing since the end of February. According to Investigators with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, Katherine Lidey was found at a location on Quail Drive, which is located near Mountain View Road and Flat Shoals Road just outside of Salem.  Katherine, who goes by Katey, was reported missing […]

Another arrest has been made in the war on illegal drugs.  On Tuesday, deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 41-year-old Bobby Jay Eugene Shead of Seneca.  He was charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and with possessing miscellaneous chemicals and cooking equipment used in the manufacturing of meth at his residence on Village Creek Circle in Seneca. According to deputies, […]

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 […]