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The School District of Oconee County will hold a final 4K screening date on Thursday, July 29th. Parents must schedule an appointment to have their student screened as soon as possible by calling 864-718-5133. Screenings will be held at the Bountyland Education Campus, located at 100 Vocational Drive, Seneca. Parents should bring the following items to the screening appointment: Legal […]

An investigation into a Wednesday evening shooting on Mormon Church Road near Seneca led to the arrest of a Seneca man early Thursday morning on an Attempted Murder charge. 24 year old Deron Larry Young II of Laing Court was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 3:01am. Young II was taken into custody earlier this morning in Central, […]

Oconee County Council has voted to commit up to $3.3 million of federal money from the American Rescue Plan to two of the county’s municipalities for water infrastructure work. Westminster is set to receive $1.3 million, and Salem has been allotted $2 million to upgrade and extend their water systems. The federal funds are part of about $15 million of […]

Over two hundred Oconee County residents will be receiving jury duty notices in the coming days. Notifications to report for General Sessions Court the week of June 28- July 2 have been sent out from the clerk of court’s office. At the top of a trial docket of five cases is that of Decota Castle Brown, who is accused in […]

Director of Oconee County Emergency Services Scott Krein is hoping that visitors and residents will be safe on area lakes as the summer boating and swimming season gets underway. Krien offered a few safety tips for those enjoying Oconee County’s lakes and waterways this summer…  

A Seneca Light and Water Crew is working on Ram Cat Alley today in advance of Jazz on the Alley tonight. Please try to avoid the area while they complete their work.

The School District of Oconee County will hold a final 4K screening date on Thursday, July 29th. Parents must schedule an appointment to have their student screened. To attend 4K, the child must be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2021. For students who qualify, there is no cost to attend an SDOC 4K program. Please call 864-718-5133 […]

Investigators from the Criminal Investigations Division and deputies from the Uniform Patrol Division were dispatched Wednesday evening to a shooting incident near Seneca. Around 8:49pm, Deputies and EMS responded to the report of a male lying in the middle of the road on Mormon Church Road with a gunshot wound to the leg. The man was transported by ambulance to […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing a second arrest this afternoon in an investigation into a shooting incident that occurred yesterday afternoon near Seneca. 23 year old Rodriquez Samarae Daquan Maddox of W. Reedy Fork Road in Seneca turned himself in earlier this afternoon at the Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla.  Investigators obtained arrest warrants earlier today on Maddox […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the name of an Anderson County man who was arrested and has been charged in a shooting incident that occurred yesterday afternoon near Seneca. Investigators obtained arrest warrants today against 26 year old Chauncey Demetrius Williams of Meadowbrook Circle in Anderson.  Williams was released from the hospital yesterday after receiving treatment for a […]