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Reports state that a pedestrian was hit last night as he walked his dog. According to initial reports, the alleged incident happened in the area of the DMV near Seneca. No other details have been released at this time. Also from overnight, a vacant house burned around midnight. Firefighters were on the scene at Keowee Trail for about three hours, […]
Read moreOn Sunday, Oconee County Deputies responded to a shooting incident on Chrisley Drive near Westminster. Deputies arrested 46 year-old Jennie Cox Frazier and charged her with three counts of discharging a firearm into a dwelling. An incident report from deputies indicated that the shooting stemmed from an argument between Frazier and her husband. No one was hurt, and Frazier remains […]
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Tri-County Technical College and Ten at the Top have arranged a forum between the local community and law enforcement to discuss ideas about crime and other concerns. The forum will be 5:30pm to 7:00pm Tuesday, June 14 at the Blue Ridge Community Center, Holland Avenue, Seneca. Pre-registration is encouraged at https://www.tctc.edu/forum.
Read moreA rare occasion happened on Sunday, June 12. Chick-fil-A opened their Seneca store for a special EMPLOYEE family day. Team members and their families spent their day off packaging 20,000 meals. Over 80 volunteers from the Seneca and Clemson stores converged on the store to assemble these meals. Music played as everyone, wearing hair nets, scooped ingredients. A healthy Cinnamon […]
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Anderson County Coroner’s Office is investigating a deadly motorcycle crash that happened around 8:20pm Friday night on LaFrance Road near US76, about six miles west of Anderson. Master Trooper Gary Miller with more… The Anderson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as 46-year-old Stacy Joe Whitfield from Pendleton.
Read moreDirector of Oconee County’s Voter Registration and Elections Office Kristie Burr said approximately 1400 voters have cast early ballots in Oconee County ahead of Tuesday’s primaries. And she said that around the lunch hour seems to have been the busiest time for people to show up at the polls, which are open until 5:00pm this afternoon… In Anderson County there […]
Read moreFor the first time in the United States, the national average price for a gallon of gas is $5, according to both GasBuddy and AAA. South Carolina’s current gas price average now sits at $4.60 per gallon. In North Carolina, motorists are paying $4.66 per gallon on average, and in Georgia gas prices are slightly cheaper following the suspension of […]
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As COVID-19 community levels increase across South Carolina and the rest of the nation, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is urging residents to track community level spread in the county where they live/work and follow the prevention steps to take based on the latest data. In addition, residents should remain up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations […]
Read moreU.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) submitted the following member-directed spending requests for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies projects in South Carolina. Graham made the requests to the Senate Appropriations Committee, on which he serves. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding requests include: Carolina Youth Development Center: $361,000 to enhance security. […]
Read moreGovernor Henry McMaster was in Walhalla yesterday at the Performing Arts Center where he addressed members of the county’s Republican Party. Governor McMaster said that businesses are investing in the state, and that South Carolina is on top of the world… Governor McMaster was welcomed by the Oconee County Republican Party and was joined yesterday by Oconee County Sheriff Mike […]
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