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(Walhalla, SC)————-In 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 January 2021 Scams Update. There are two main focuses of the January 2021 Scams Update. First, the Sheriff’s Office has received and taken reports recently from our citizens who are being […]

According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, 61 year-old Stan Kent McCall was charged with open container and DUI by the South Carolina Highway Patrol after his arrest Monday afternoon near Salem. Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative reported more than 440 customers lost service when a pickup truck flipped a guy wire apparatus across an energized line in […]

UPDATE FROM PICKENS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Late Monday night the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene of an accident involving an Anderson County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle on Midway Road in Williamston. Pickens County Investigators said that an Anderson County Deputy was responding to a call for service with his emergency equipment activated. As the Deputy attempted […]

Freddavion Antonio Ahmadd Cleveland, age 20, was arrested by Seneca Police on Monday on some serious charges. According to jail records from the Oconee County Detention Center, Cleveland is being held on $35,000 bond after he was charged with 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor. Details surrounding the investigation which led to his arrest have not yet been […]

A new fogging mist spray is being used to decontaminate Oconee County facilities and help further protection against COVID-19. The County Administration Building in Walhalla is being treated each night after all employees have left and the county’s volunteer fire stations get sprayed twice a week. The economical mix only takes two ounces of the germicide per gallon of water […]

The City of Seneca’s January Work Session and Special Called Council Meeting that was scheduled to be held tonight has been cancelled, according to the city’s website. Mayor Dan Alexander said that after review, the meeting wasn’t necessary…

Anderson County Deputies need your help finding a man who hasn’t been seen since January 19th at a home on Victor Circle in Anderson. Deputies said that Andrew Joseph Maney left the home in his silver, 2010 Hyundai Elantra, with SC tag 9241NN. He is described as standing 5’8″ tall weighing approximately 140 pounds. A description of what Andrew was […]

Arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center revealed that back on Wednesday of last week, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 18 year-old Cameron Chase Breazeale of Seneca around 1:00 pm and charged him with second degree sexual exploitation of a minor. According to the latest information from the jail, he has been released from custody on bond. Details surrounding the investigation […]

An early morning fire reported yesterday at 204 Goddard Avenue in the Utica area near Seneca destroyed a storage building, according to fire officials. They added that someone was using the storage building as a dwelling, and that the individual was lucky enough to avoid injury during the incident.