15-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter

A 33-year old man was ordered today to serve 15 years in prison for the shooting and beating death of a man in Seneca two years ago. Keena Jerome Brown was originally charged with the murder in the death of Ricky Nickles Jr., but the case was resolved by a negotiated plea to the charge of voluntary manslaughter. That plea […]

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Oconeeans named to Graham campaign team

Senator Lindsey Graham, who will ask the voters next year to send him back to Washington for a new, six-year term, has announced campaign chairman to cover all 46 South Carolina counties.  Three of his campaign helpers will be Oconeeans prominent in civic, party, and government affiliations.  They are banker Daryl Broome, GOP county chairman Bill Jerome, and former U-S […]

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Car overturns on the Coffee Road

One person required a trip to the hospital yesterday afternoon when a car overturned on the Coffee Road near Walhalla.  No word this morning on the outcome of the injured.  Walhalla Fire Department responded to the accident that occurred on Coffee Road at the Stribling Shoals bridge.

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Autopsy set on body of lake fatality

An autopsy is planned this week on the body of a 63-year old Easley man whose body was recovered Saturday from Lake Keowee near Seneca. Bobby McCombs was part of a family boating and swimming outing Friday afternoon. Coroner Karl Addis quotes family members as saying that at approximately 3:45 pm Friday afternoon, McCombs dived into the lake Keowee from […]

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Conservative Republican bash next month

U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-District 3) has announced that a colleague from Ohio will be a headline speaker next month at an event next month that brings together conservatives in Anderson. The headliner will be Ohio Republican Jim Jordan. Duncan’s 9th Annual Faith and Freedom BBQ takes place at 6 o’clock Monday evening, August 26 at the Anderson Sports and […]

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Earl Collins

Seneca, SC — Earl Collins, 60, of 103 Meadowbrook Drive, Seneca, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019. The family will receive friends from 3:00-6:00 PM, Sunday, July 28, 2019, at the home. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, www.dav.org. The family is at their respective homes. Davenport Funeral home in charge of arrangements.

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Wade Anthony Perry

Westminster – Wade Anthony Perry passed away, July 27, 2019, at his residence. A funeral service will be held 2 pm, Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home with burial to follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends 1-2 pm, prior to the Service at Sandifer Funeral Home. The family is at their […]

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Solid waste facility fire

Fire broke out Saturday night inside a building in part of the Oconee solid waste complex in Seneca.  Chief Richie Caudill says household garbage caught fire in a building used to compact garbage.  No one was hurt.  Several fire departments assisted Seneca by shutting water.  Fire damage was confined to the trash compact building.

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Second person dies after accident near Seneca

A second person died Saturday following a traffic accident two days earlier near Seneca. Coroner Karl Addis says Mary Rebecca Graham, 35-year old Fair Play resident, died in the intensive care unit at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. Graham was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by her husband, Richie Rogers, who died at the scene of the accident on Singing […]

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