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Tonight, Seneca rings in the holiday season with the opening of the Magical Musical Holiday Lights Show at Norton-Thompson Park. The display will be open from 5:30pm until 10:00pm nightly through December 31st. Here are some other highlights of the Magic of Christmas 2023 Holiday Schedule: Tree Lighting Ceremony: On Monday, November 27, at 5:00pm, join Mayor Dan Alexander and […]

The City of Seneca Presents The Magic of Christmas Annual Christmas Parade November 27, 2023 @ 6:30 PM ** Incomplete Applications Will Not Be Accepted. ** Make Sure You Have Gathered All Necessary Information Before You Submit Your Application. Please Note: There Is No Fee to Enter Seneca’s Parade Pre-registration Ends November 17, 2023 @ 4:00 PM We Will Turn […]

Ashley Ann Taylor, 38, was arrested on Thursday by the Seneca Police Department. Taylor was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, MDP SCH I B C LSD and SCH II COCAINE-3RD/SUB, and six counts of prostitution, according to records from the Oconee County Detention Center. The total bond amount set for Taylor is $30,700.00 and she remains jailed in Oconee […]

All locations of the Oconee County Public Library will be closed Thursday, November 23 through Saturday, November 25, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Book return slots will be open at all locations, and the website, oconeelibrary.org, will be available for eBooks through cloud Library, streaming video through Kanopy, and more. All locations return to their normal hours on Monday, November 27. Also, […]

A group of state and county officials in South Carolina have requested an investigation into Easley city council member Denise Davidson. She is accused of sharing confidential information with Donna Rainey, a private citizen who later won a seat on the city council. The allegations suggest that Davidson forwarded an email to Rainey that contained access information to a city […]

An early morning brush fire occurred north of Walhalla. Although the fire has been extinguished, the area is still smoldering. Firefighters were called to the scene at Fairfield and Capps Roads shortly before 4 a.m. Walhalla Fire Chief Will Bates said an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire… The extent of the damage, including the total […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing today an additional arrest in the second drug round-up of 2023. The Sheriff’s Office began the operation with a meeting and briefing at 8:30am on Thursday morning, September 28th at the Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla. The Sheriff’s Office obtained arrest warrants on 26 subjects. The arrest warrants were obtained based on controlled […]

Update 5:00pm 11/16/23 Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says that a Deputy Sheriff was shot this afternoon at the conclusion of a pursuit in the southern part of the County near Fair Play. Sheriff Crenshaw says that Deputies were conducting a traffic stop earlier this afternoon on S. Highway 11 at Mt. Pleasant Road on a white Chevrolet Silverado. During […]

Lee Roy Witt, 49, from Westminster, is currently in jail following his arrest for trafficking methamphetamine. This arrest was part of a joint proactive criminal enforcement operation between the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy from Pickens County initiated a traffic stop on a Nissan Sedan, where Witt was a passenger. After refusing consent […]

A fatal crash in Pickens County at the intersection of Hagood Mill and E. Preston McDaniel Roads is under investigation by the Highway Patrol. Lance Corporeal William Bennett has details… The identity of the victim will be released later by the Pickens County Coroner’s Office.