Category: News

(Seneca, SC)————————An Oconee County jury found Michael Lee Trotter guilty this week on chages of Grand Larceny, Petit Larceny, 2nd Degree Burglary and Possession of Tools Capable of Being Used in a Crime. Trotter will serve up to 15 years in prison for the crimes he is charged with and was sentenced by Judge Scott Sprouse, according to a release […]

(Seneca, SC)——————–Westminster Police have charged a Walhalla woman with one count of Forgery. Officers responded to the Community First Bank location in regards to 18 year old Erin Nicole Worley trying to cash a personal check from a victim. The bank contacted the victim and the victim said that they did not write a check to Worley, which was in […]

(Seneca, SC)——————The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has charged a West Union man with three counts of Voyeurism. 31 year old Adrian Rashad Walker is accused of using a cellphone to record three males in three separate incidents on December 5th of last year while the individuals were in a a private restroom stall without their knowledge or consent. The Sheriff’s […]

(Seneca, SC)—————Southern Wesleyan University has announced in a press release that it will award a 10 percent scholarship to employees of the School District of Oconee County who enroll in Online Degree programs with the University. According to the release, Southern Wesleyan will award a 10 percent scholarship for each course of the entire program to be applied only toward […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a former deputy and charges against the former deputy in regards to an incident Wednesday after the former deputy barricaded himself inside the bedroom of his apartment after deputies attempted to carry out an eviction notice. 39 year old Joshua Lee Underwood has been charged with Resisting Arrest. On Wednesday […]

(Seneca, SC)—————————–Tri-County Technical College’s Expanded Duty Dental Assisting program received a maximum full reaffirmation of accreditation following a meeting of the Commission on Dental Accreditation.  The Commission on Dental Accreditation met February 7th to consider the site report and granted the program a seven-year accreditation status approval without reporting requirements, according to Mandy Hanks, who is the program director for […]

(Seneca, SC)————————–The South Carolina Department of Transportation is providing public notification to include clear zone improvements within the median and along both shoulders to improve safety with seven interstate corridors, including a stretch of I-85 from mile marker 30 in Anderson County, which is about two miles from Highway 8 to mile marker 60 in Spartanburg County, which is near […]

  The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office continues to seek the public’s help today in their attempts to locate two women who have recently been reported missing.  45 year old Laura Ann Anders was last seen reportedly on January 2nd of this year at an address on Bauknight Road in Mountain Rest, that was according to her husband based on the […]

(Seneca, SC)—————-Tri-County Technical College has announced that one hundred and fifty-nine students have been named to Tri-County Technical College’s President’s List for the fall of 2018. To be eligible for the President’s List at Tri-County Tech, a student must be classified as a degree, diploma or certificate-seeking student and earn a GPR of 4.00, among other criteria.