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(Seneca, SC)—————————-A traffic stop by the Westminster Police Department late last week led to two arrests of two Oconee County residents on charges of Trafficking in Methamphetamine. The traffic stop occurred on Highway 123 at Sunshine Circle and involved a grey 2000 Toyota 4-Runner for a traffic violation. As a result of the investigation, 31 year old Christopher Wayne Foster […]

(Seneca, SC)———————————-The Seneca Police Department made a recent arrest of a Seneca man on Fugitive From Justice charges. 34 year old Richard Thomas Malone was discovered in a vehicle parked on the right side of a business along the Highway 123 by-pass inside the city limits by a Seneca officer patrolling the parking lot. It was discovered that Malone had […]

(Seneca, SC)—————————The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is continuing their search this morning for an inmate who escaped yesterday afternoon from the Pickens County prison, which is located at 186 Prison Camp Road. 45 year old Steven Leroy Aiken climb over the perimeter fence and fled on foot around 4:05pm, according to Chief Deputy Creed Hashe in a press release.  Aiken […]

(Seneca, SC)———————-The Walhalla softball team picked up their first win of the season last night with a 11-1 win over Westside. Shelby Duckett had five strikeouts on the mound for Walhalla while Bailey Wilson and Lydia Phillis had two hits each. Phillis also had three RBI’s for Walhalla. Elissa Rich had two hits for Westside.  The Walhalla baseball team moved […]

(Seneca,  SC)———————-        Earlier today, 3rd District Congressman Jeff Duncan spoke on the House floor and issued a press release both in opposition to House Resolution 1, or H.R. 1, which, according to the language in the bill itself, would “expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and strengthen ethics […]

(Seneca, SC)——————–        Next Thursday night, March 14th at 6pm, the Oconee History Museum, in partnership with CERT, or the Community Emergency Response Team, will host a free program that will discuss the history of natural and man made disasters in Oconee County. With details, here is the Director and Curator of the Oconee History Museum, Leslie Hagerty.  […]

(Seneca, SC)———————–Oconee County Council will hold a special called meeting in about one hour at Council Chambers at the South Pine Street complex. The council will go into Executive Session to discuss the employment of the County Administrator. After returning from Executive Session, according to the agenda, it is expected that Council will discuss and approve the contract for the […]

(Seneca, SC)——————————–The Westminster Police Department has arrested and charged a Westminster woman with one count of First Degree Burglary, two counts of Financial Transaction Card Fraud and one count of Financial Transaction Card Theft as part of a recent investigation. Westminster Police responded to an address on Skyland Drive during the afternoon hours of January 29th in regards to reports […]

(Seneca, SC)————————–Earlier this week, Janet Hartman and Daja Dial from Oconee Economic Alliance were on the Coffee Time program. Daja, who is the Marketing and Communications Manager for the Alliance, discussed the importance of branding and marketing in regards to helping to attract business and industry to Oconee County as well as helping municipalities, businesses and industry already here, as […]