Category: News

(Seneca, SC)————————An investigation into a reported hit and run automobile accident by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office led deputies to obtain an arrest warrant charging a Westminster man with Domestic Violence – High and Aggravated. 33 year old Edmond Joshua Eric Sexton was arrested Sunday morning and is accused by deputies of ramming a vehicle containing his wife and three […]

(Seneca, SC)——————-The Pickens County Coroner’s Office, along with the Easley Police Department and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, are investigating a house fire in which a 64 year old Easley man died. The incident occurred around 3:01pm yesterday at a residence on North 7th Street in Easley. According to Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley, the victim, Donnie Rider, was […]

(Seneca, SC)—————-The U.S. Senate recently passed legislation proposed by South Carolina U.S. Senator Tim Scott. According to a release from the Senator’s Office, the Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park Act was part of a larger federal lands package. According to the release, Senator Scott’s bill will revamp protections overseeing some of the Palmetto State’s most historic locations, […]

(Seneca, SC)———————–A process that began last summer to find land to build a new Seneca Middle School is one step closer to reality after the School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees approved 5-0 last night to purchase property at Wells Highway at Garrison Road in Seneca for the new school that is scheduled to be completed as soon […]

(Seneca, SC)————One of the most talked about pieces of legislation being discussed right now in Columbia in the state Legislature is the Education Reform Bill. Dr. Michael Thorsland, Superintendent of Education for the School District of Oconee County, said on the Coffee Time program Monday that he is happy that education is a hot topic right now in Columbia and […]

Oconee County Council will hold their regular meeting tonight in Council Chambers on South Pine Street at 6pm. Among the items on the agenda will be a presentation to Council regarding an Emergency Medical Services Update from Aaron Dix, Director of Mobile Service from Prisma Health. Also making a presentation to Council will be Chris Eleazer and Scott Parris from […]

(Seneca, SC)———————The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a three vehicle fatal collision that occurred yesterday afternoon around 4:30 pm in Anderson County on Highway 24 near Wham Road which is just west of the city of Anderson. According to Lance Corporal Gary Miller, the driver of a 2004 Ford Taurus traveling east on Highway 24 went left of center […]

(Seneca, SC)——————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a Breach of Trust investigation. 29 year old Nathaniel Reese Sloan is accused of using two credit cards and a debit card to make fraudulent transactions and deprive the owner of $5,479. 21 in goods or services. The arrest warrant against Sloan was obtained in May of last year. […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man recently on a Grand Larceny charge. 32 year old Kevin Troy Moyers is accused of taking a gold 2003 Mercedes Benz S500 automobile, which is valued at around $6,300, from an address on South Walnut Street and South King Street near Seneca, on January 26th.  The victim told the Sheriff’s Office […]

The School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees will be holding their monthly meeting tonight at 6pm in the School Board Conference Room in Walhalla. Among the action items on the agenda will be the FY ’19 General Fund Budget Revision Approval plus the purchase approval for a site for a new Seneca Middle School pending approval from the […]