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A 14 year-old is in custody at the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia after a dispute led to a shooting Monday afternoon in the Loran Pointe subdivision. Chief Casey Bowling with more…  

Clemson City Council will hold a regular meeting this evening in the Council Chamber of Clemson City Hall. The meeting will commence with a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. to discuss an application for the Community Development Block Grant Program, followed by the regular council meeting at 6:30 p.m. The agenda includes a discussion on the South Carolina Public Invocation […]

An 80-year-old woman was killed when she was crushed by a newly installed dumbwaiter in her Keowee Key home in June 2020. In a recent hearing, a judge ruled that $1.5 million would be awarded to settle the wrongful death case of Mary Susan Crerar vs. John Andrews and others. The victim’s daughter testified that her mother lost her life […]

Clemson Mayor Robert Halfacre has stated that the city engineer reviewed the latest inspection report of the 123 bridge connecting Clemson and Oconee County and found nothing concerning. The inspection, conducted last summer on a Jon Boat with an underwater inspection, did not raise any alarms. Halfacre emphasized that the bridge, which is 65 years old, is the responsibility of […]

Seneca Police arrested Asia Alford, 37, on Friday and charged her with financial identity fraud. Jail records show her bond was set at $10,000 and she is currently in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center. In a separate incident, 28-year-old Adam Tyler Cole was arrested by Oconee County Deputies on Saturday and charged with two counts of grand larceny. […]

A fire broke out at a home in the Utica community just outside of Seneca City at 3:36 pm on Thursday, March 30. Chief Caudill arrived on the scene and reported flames visible on one side of the home, and a neighbor reported a possible entrapment. Engine 74 and Engine 71 arrived simultaneously, and crews from both engines aggressively searched […]

On Friday morning at around 11:15, the Seneca Fire Department received a call to assist the Friendship Fire Department with a vehicle that had overturned and had a person trapped inside on Coneross Creek Road. When Engine 74 and Heavy Rescue Squad 78 arrived at the scene, they stabilized the vehicle and successfully extricated the patient. The individual was then […]

Republican Jeff Duncan, who represents South Carolina’s 3rd District in Congress, has emphasized the importance of lowering energy costs for Americans. Duncan, who is the chairman of the House Energy, Climate and Grid Security Committee, points to bi-partisan support in his chamber and the recent passage of the “Lower Energy Costs Act.” According to Duncan, H.R. 1 would undo Biden […]

A man was fatally shot in Anderson on Saturday night, and a suspect is now in custody. The victim, Reenan Jamal Smith, 33, had arrived in Anderson from New York to visit family when he was involved in a domestic altercation with a known acquaintance. He was found with gunshot wounds at the intersection of Tribble Street and North Murray […]

A 25-year-old male has been taken into custody following an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a death investigation early Saturday morning. At approximately 04:32 am, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of an unresponsive female, later identified as Kaitlyn Mack (21 YOA), behind the fellowship hall of Tabor United Methodist Church in Easley, South Carolina. According to the complainant, the […]