Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
A Seneca man remains in jail today after his arrest over the weekend on three counts each of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor – Third Degree and Distributing Harmful Material to Minors. 46 year old Robert Jonathan Oakley was given a combined $30,000 surety bond on the six charges and was also served with two outstanding Magistrate Bench Warrants. In […]
Read moreA Candler, NC man was arrested Monday morning by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of First Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor. 41 year old Adam Robert Cabe was booked into jail after turning himself in at the Law Enforcement Center. At this time, Cabe remains in jail after bond was denied. Back in October a […]
Read more41 year old Jarvis Evan Bugg, of Tamassee remains in jail today after his bond was denied on charges of first degree burglary and high and aggravated assault and battery. Bugg was arrested Sunday after deputies responded to Bear Boulevard in Cheohee Valley Sunday morning to a reported stabbing. A victim told a deputy that he opened the door of […]
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The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said an inmate with ties to Seneca who escaped from custody Wednesday night was located in Greenville Friday morning. James Holley Cobb was serving time at the detention center as part of the state’s trustee program that assigns inmates to local facilities to help with maintenance and other public works duties. Detention center staff noticed that […]
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‘Family Connects’ home visitation program being piloted in Greenville County COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is partnering with Greenville First Steps to bring Family Connects to the Upstate. Family Connects is a home visiting program that pairs families with newborns to licensed nurses who specialize in infant and maternal care and can offer help […]
Read moreAccording to jail records, on Saturday, Oconee County Deputies arrested 46 year-old Robert Jonathan Oakley on three counts each of disseminating harmful material to minors and third degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Bond on those charges was set at $30,000. He was also served two bench warrants and remains in custody at this time. On Sunday, Sheriff’s Deputies […]
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A 29.5 acre subdivision is planned for Seneca’s Shiloh Road. The neighborhood is expected to have living space for almost 900 residents and will consist of 130 apartments, 112 townhouses and 82 cottages, for a total of 324 units. The news was shared by planning director James Coley on Thursday during a meeting of the Oconee County Planning Commission… The […]
Read moreThe Oconee Humane Society is participating in World Spay day on Tuesday. Tomorrow, from 10:00am until 5:00pm, Oconee County residents can get a $50 spay or neuter voucher for their cat or dog that may be used at the new clinic that opened on site at the shelter. The Humane Society is located at 1925 Sandifer Boulevard in Seneca.
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A work session and meeting of the Seneca City Council that was scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled. The next city council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 14 at 6:00pm in Council Chambers at Seneca City Hall.
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An event in these parts that seems to correspond with the departure of Old Man Winter is planned less than a month away. It’s the annual BellFest at the Devil’s State Park, which the nonprofit Friends of Jocassee sponsors to celebrate the rare Oconee Bell, a flower that grows only in this part of the world. BellFest this year will […]
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