Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
(Seneca, SC)——–The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release yesterday to report on a motor vehicle accident that involved a Sheriff’s Office deputy. According to the press release, a deputy was responding to reports of a stabbing around 2:45pm. The deputy was responding with lights and sirens in a marked patrol unit. The press release states that at the […]
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(Seneca, SC)—-Recently, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative held the 2nd Annual Oconee – Municipal Public Safety Appreciation Dinner. Law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics were recognized from the five municipalities in Oconee County and award winners were also named on the County level and on the state level for those public safety officers who serve in Oconee County and from Prisma […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)—————The 4-0 Daniel Lions will begin conference play tomorrow night against 4-1 Palmetto at home at Singleton Field. Daniel Coach Jeff Fruster expects a tough game tomorrow night and expects a tough road ahead for the Lions in Region 1-AAAA. “I think Doug (Shaw, Palmetto Head Coach) has done a great job with those guys this year,” says Coach […]
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(Seneca, SC)—–Oconee County Council and the Planning Commission held a workshop Tuesday night before the Oconee County Council meeting in order for the Planning Commission to get direction from Council as it relates to the completed Highway 123 Corridor Plan. Three of the five policy recommendations presented to Council by the Planning Commission relate to traffic safety along Highway 123 […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)—–According to a release from Clemson University, more than half of South Carolina is in a moderate to severe drought and another 26 percent of the state is abnormally dry. Due to this fact, Clemson University researchers and Cooperative Extension Service agents say that the drought is affecting crop yields. According to the release, the hot, dry weather is […]
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(Seneca, SC)———-The Oconee County Coroner’s Office, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are investigating the death of a one year old child discovered dead in his home Tuesday afternoon. According to a press release from Oconee County County Coroner Karl Addis, emergency services were notified around 1:40pm of a report of a child in […]
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(Seneca, SC)—Clemson City Council will have their next scheduled Council meeting next Monday night at 6:30pm in Council Chambers at City Hall. After Council meets in Executive Session at 5:30pm, Clemson City Council will consider during their next meeting a resolution related to the expansion and renovations to the Clemson Police Department. Council will also look at policy items related […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)—–The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced that the three reservoirs on the Savannah River, including Lake Hartwell, have declared the first drought level Tuesday. According to a press release, entering Trigger Level 1 activates the Corps’ drought management plan which conserves water in the reservoirs by reducing the outflows from the Thurmond Dam. Specifically at Lake Hartwell, […]
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(Seneca, SC)—-Oconee County Council approved last night by an unanimous vote 1st year funding for a Highway Safety Grant for a Special Traffic Enforcement Unit deputy for the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office whose primary function would be traffic enforcement and safety. The total amount of the grant is $130,399. The Sheriff’s Office portion will total as much as $11,500 which […]
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(Seneca, SC)—-During the public comment portion of last night’s Oconee County Council meeting, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw addressed County Council due to what the Sheriff felt like was some misinformation regarding previous comments related to the Sheriff’s Office inmate labor program that is used to pickup litter. According to Sheriff Crenshaw, inmate labor picked up around 2,000 pounds of […]
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