Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
South Carolinians planning out-of-state trips to hunt big game this fall should be aware of restrictions on importing deer and elk parts into the Palmetto State, reports the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). With big game seasons opening in many Western states, the SCDNR reminds hunters traveling out-of-state not to import into South Carolina certain carcass parts from […]
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The Seneca Improvements Corporation approved two items at their meeting Wednesday morning. The first deals with the Vangeli’s restaurant project on Ram Cat Alley, explains Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander. “That is a partnership where there is an abandoned building to the right. The city has ownership of the building, but we are doing some work on the building and then […]
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United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced today that 30-year-old Joshua Peace, 63-year-old Susan Peace, 34-year-old Brian Harper and 42-year-old Regina Kinard were sentenced in federal court. Joshua Peace, Kinard, and Harper pled guilty to participating in a drug conspiracy involving more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, and received sentences of 15 years imprisonment, 12 years imprisonment, and 11 years […]
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The School District of Pickens County, Greenville County Schools, and the School District of Oconee County have agreed to honor each other’s senior citizen resident passes allowing free admission at athletic events, explains Oconee County Schools Associate Superintendent of Administration Steve Hanvey. “We have passes that allow county residents 65 years old or older to attend athletic events for free. […]
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The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of 12 people killed on state roadways over the weekend. As of Aug. 5, 580 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 599 highway deaths during the same time period in 2017. Of the 406 motor vehicle occupants who have died in 2018, 206 were not wearing […]
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On July 26, 2018, the Westminster City Council met and reviewed five requests for orders of demolition against blighted housing in the city. The discussion turned to the ownership and use of other housing that would soon, if not immediately abated, be presented for demolition orders. A number of the worst housing situations reviewed by codes enforcement personnel, since April, […]
Read moreThis week in Oconee General Sessions Court before the Honorable Judge Scott Sprouse, defendant Chevis Morris pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter, armed robbery and burglary in the first degree. He received a negotiated sentence of 30 years in jail. On July 30, 2016, the victim, Jennifer Poore, was shot in her home in Anderson. Morris had gone to that location […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a Seneca woman who has been reported missing, tells Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division spoke last Tuesday with a family member of 52 year old Camellia Lynn Norris, who has a listed address as Tribble Street in Seneca. The last time […]
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In front of Seneca this month will be a proposal to further expand the city limits in the vicinity of Lake Keowee. The planning commission will convene a hearing in two weeks to consider annexing multiple parcels south of Julian Davis Drive and South Cove Road. Once added to the corporate limits the plan is to zone the properties planned […]
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The agenda is set for a meeting this morning of the new Seneca Improvements Corporation. Topics will be the Vangeli’s restaurant project on Ram Cat Alley and a business collaboration with Oconee Federal Savings and Loan. The meeting starts at 8am in the conference room at Seneca City Hall.
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