Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
It’s Giving Tuesday and Oconee Humane Society invites everyone to join them at Pet Supplies Plus in Seneca from 11-3 and give some love to pets looking for their forever homes. Amazing dogs and cats will be available for a special adoption fee of $10. Donations will also be accepted on site, or you can go online to https://www.oconeehumane.org
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One of the largest crowds in Seneca’s history gathered for one of the largest Christmas parades the city has ever had last night. More than 70 participants were in the parade, with hundreds lining the streets downtown to watch the Magic of Christmas officially arrive in downtown. And the holiday fun is just getting started! Other Christmas Holiday Parades in […]
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The Seneca Improvements Corporation will meet this afternoon in the Conference Room at City Hall to discuss several items, including the wall conditions and structural integrity of the Harper’s Plaza Project. The Seneca City Council will also meet this evening at 6:00pm in Council Chambers at City Hall for a work session and special called meeting. Both meetings today are […]
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30 year-old Michael Kenneth Cox of Walhalla was sentenced to 65 years in prison Monday morning after he pleaded guilty to criminal sexual conduct with a minor under 11 years old. Cox told Judge Lawton McIntosh that he blames trauma from drugs, alcohol, and sex addiction for his actions in December of 2020. He was given credit for the nearly […]
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A young man was laid to rest yesterday after he died from injuries sustained in a single vehicle accident onThanksgiving. Master Trooper Gary Miller said it happened around 5:00pm this past Thursday evening on Poplar Spring Road near Dickard Road, about three miles south of Walhalla… Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis identified the man as 19 year-old Nathan Lee Webb […]
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Two people were hurt late yesterday afternoon in a crash on Seneca By-Pass Hwy 123. One person was transported to Prisma Health Oconee Memorial, the other to Greenville, both with unspecified injuries, according to Seneca Police Chief Casey Bowling…
Read moreAccording to jail records, on Monday Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 45 year-old Randy Lynn Quinn Jr of Westminster and charged him with second degree sexual exploitation of a minor. He remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center pending bond. And in Pickens County, Sheriff’s Deputies said yesterday that back on November 19 their Office responded to a […]
Read moreIn our continuing efforts to educate and inform our citizens, and to prevent them from becoming victims of scams, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is releasing today our November 2022 Scams Update. Financial Crimes Investigators at the Sheriff’s Office are seeing some increases in Identity Fraud Cases, especially as it relates to a scam involving individuals receiving an e-mail from […]
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A second Florida resident has been arrested and charged in relation to an ongoing vehicle break-in investigation after vehicles were broken into, and items stolen, from South Cove County Park back in October of this year. 25 year old Shellmesha Laquesha Peterson, who has listed addresses in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, FL, has been charged with four counts each of […]
Read moreWatch out for SCDOT employees along South Carolina’s Highways and Byways today. Hundred’s of employees from the Department of Transportation have been deployed to pick up roadside litter today. SCDOT’s “Fall Cleanup” will include employees from headquarters to the county offices working together to help pick up litter. Motorists are asked to use caution and be on the lookout for […]
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