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PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (Dec. 21, 2021) — Recreational users of the Sassafras Mountain Overlook, the Foothills Trail and the Palmetto Trail should be aware that severe winter weather may close the road to the Overlook and the trail parking area for safety reasons. When severe winter weather is forecasted, Pickens County may close the gate on F. Van Clayton Highway, the road […]

Three women were arrested Monday by Walhalla Police Monday on drug charges. According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, 42 year-old Starlett Kaye Soto of Fayetteville, NC, Kimba McQueen, age 48 of Raeford, NC, and 23 year-old Jade Blair Jensen of Westminster are all charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Soto and Jensen are […]

On January 4, 2022, the Seneca Creek Access Area, located on Lake Hartwell at 280 Seneca Creek Road in Seneca, will close to the public. The temporary closure is for site improvements approved by Oconee County Council on December 7, 2021. The construction is expected to be completed within 11 months with the anticipated re-opening in December 2022. Updates and timeline […]

Oconee County government offices will close at the end of the business day on Thursday and remain closed for the Christmas holiday weekend. They are scheduled to reopen at regular time on Wednesday morning, December 29. The closings apply to the non-essential services. Normal and routine law enforcement operations will go on as scheduled. The City of Seneca said they […]

An Anderson County man has been arrested in connection to an investigation of a transmission that was stolen from the back of a pick-up truck last month near Seneca. 28 year old Richard Dean Garrison of Rolling Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:05pm yesterday on a charge of Grand Larceny. Garrison remains in custody this […]

A Seneca man is out of jail on bond, according to detention center records, after he was arrested late Friday afternoon. Police said 43 year-old Marcus Cas Seagraves was implicated in the burglary of a residence on Royal Summit Drive, which is near Food Lion between Seneca and Clemson. He was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on charges […]

The Pickens County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s Offices are investigating the death of a Piedmont man as a homicide after he was found dead Sunday night in the yard of a residence on Stewart Gin Road in Liberty. Deputies were sent to a disturbance where callers reported hearing several gunshots at approximately 10:38 pm on Sunday, December 19. Upon their arrival, […]

Ten positive cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant were confirmed over the weekend at Clemson University. School officials said that the samples from both university and community testing were found through lab work on-campus and sent for further tests in Greenville for sequencing and to confirm the virus strain. Clemson Bioengineering Professor Dr. Delphine Dean said that of the ten samples, […]

To help holiday traffic flow, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) prohibits lane closures on interstate highways for non-emergency highway work during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel period.  These restrictions will be in place from 6 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, through 10 p.m. Monday, Jan. 3.  With continued progress due to SCDOT’s Strategic 10-Year Plan to rebuild […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in regards to a burglary investigation of a business on Rochester Highway near Old Clemson Highway and Seneca that occurred Wednesday evening.  Deputies are also seeking the public’s help in identifying a man in relation to the incident Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Division responded to Upstate Materials Thursday […]