Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
As many as 500 people showed up to pay final respects to Westminster City Councilman and restauranteur Yousef Mefleh yesterday. The 67 year-old passed away on Saturday from a cardiac related event, according to Coroner Addis. Westminster Mayor Brian Ramey said he is blessed to have know Yousef, and is not ruling out the possibility of honoring Mefleh by naming […]
Read moreA man from California, who is listed as homeless here in Oconee County, was arrested on Monday by Seneca Police on a charge of Grand Larceny. Police said 34 year-old Timothy Michael McMahon stole a 2005 Ford Excursion. The theft reportedly happened on Friday evening. The SUV had been left in a parking lot of a business in the 400 […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a subject who is wanted on eight arrest warrants related to four separate property crimes. 25 year old Kenneth Charles Goss is wanted on two counts each of Grand Larceny, Breaking into a Motor Vehicle and Petit Larceny. Goss is also wanted on one count each of […]
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SCHP Troopers responded to a pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle while reportedly unloading a logging truck around 8:45am this morning in Mountain Rest on Cassidy Bridge Road. One patient was flown by Lifenet to receive treatment at an area hospital. The area was closed while crews work to clear the scene and Troopers investigate.
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UPDATE: The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, SWAT and Coroner were called to a disturbance on Fields Avenue near Highway 24 Tuesday morning. Officials said a man was being evicted from a property there and when deputies arrived on the scene, they said the man entered a camper, barricaded himself inside and started a fire. Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said […]
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$30 million investment will create 215 new jobs over the next five years COLUMBIA, S.C. – Impact Housing Group, a premier manufacturer of modular design housing, today announced plans to establish operations in Oconee County. The company’s $30 million investment will create 215 new jobs over the next five years. Impact Housing Group is a fully integrated, volumetric modular housing company […]
Read moreCongressman Jeff Duncan was in Anderson yesterday for his annual Faith and Freedom BBQ, the largest gathering of Republicans in South Carolina. Duncan was joined by Governor Henry McMaster, Senator Tim Scott and special guest keynote speaker, Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. At the event, held inside the Anderson Sports and Entertainment Center, Representative Duncan offered his thoughts on […]
Read moreClemson Area Transit – “CATBus” – has been authorized to use $3.9 million in federal funding to purchase up to five electric buses to replace diesel buses that are no longer useful. The announcement came from the Federal Transit Administration, who said that $1.66 billion of the new infrastructure law has been set aside to help fund projects just like […]
Read moreZoning Administrator for the City of Seneca Tracy Chapman said that an item on last night Board of Architectural Review agenda was tabled until the next meeting. The owner of the property at 105 North Fairplay Street, East North Academy Investors, and the applicant, Nathan Guinn Real Estate Law, are seeking a certificate of appropriateness to wash and paint the […]
Read moreAugust 27 isn’t just another Saturday….it’s “Caturday”!! Oconee Humane Society is hosting a very special adoption event at the Seneca PetSmart from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. People can meet adorable cats, kittens and dogs who love them, AND adopt for only a $10 fee. This is a tremendous value as all pets are spayed or neutered, have age appropriate […]
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