Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Congratulations go out this morning to Seneca 8 and Under girls basketball team for winning the State Tournament in Clemson on Saturday with a 16-14 win over Bluffton, that is according to Seneca Recreation Director Rick Lacey. Lacey tells us that even thought basketball season is over, flag football, softball and baseball is ready to go with practice beginning soon. […]
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(Seneca, SC)———————–Two subjects wanted late last week by the Seneca Police Department on charges of Attempted Murder and First Degree Burglary remain in custody this morning/today at the Oconee County Detention Center. 19 year old Decota Castle Brown and 17 year old Hunter Lee Hunnicut of Seneca are each charged with entering a residence on Maple Avenue in Seneca last […]
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(Seneca, SC)—————————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will have a new Public Information Officer beginning today. Former Seneca basketball star Kianna Holland is a recent graduate from Ohio State University and also attended Duke University before transferring. Holland will be required to obtain her certification as a Class Three Officer later on this year and according to Oconee County Sheriff Mike […]
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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 […]
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(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 […]
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(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 […]
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(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 […]
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(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 […]
Read more(Seneca, SC)———————————-Oconee County Council made it official earlier today at a Special Called Council Meeting. Amanda Brock is no longer the interim County Administrator as she had the interim tag removed after an unanimous vote by County Council and has become the 17th Oconee County Administrator. Brock, who has worked for the County for over 18 years, agreed to an […]
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(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. […]
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