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Two men have been arrested in the Port Bass Community near Fair Play. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the search warrant executed at 131 Buddy’s Drive produced drugs and firearms. Arrested were 22-year-old Terry Dwayne Smith of Buddy’s Drive and 31-year-old Jerry Mager Turner of Short Street, Fair Play. Agents from the Narcotics Division along with Investigators from the Criminal […]
Read moreDuring last night’s rain storm a home fire in Salem. Fire fighters were sent to a home on Lewis Road near Shallowford Road at 11:20 last night. No one injured.
Read moreJames “Haskell” Payne, age 74, of Toccoa, passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at North Ridge Health and Rehab in Commerce, GA. The family will receive friends at the mortuary from 2pm – 4pm Sunday. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.whitlockmortuary.net. Funeral services will be held at four o’clock Sunday, June 25, 2017 fromthe Chapel of Whitlock Mortuary . Burial […]
Read moreThe police in Walhalla have jailed a 26-year old man who is accused of burglarizing his neighbor’s home and stealing a laptop computer. The arrest of Justin Anthony Nathan took place yesterday. The crime occurred May 24 at a S. Pine Street home. Capt. Paul Harris says Nathan is accused of crawling thru attic space that connected his home with […]
Read moreIf you are an Oconee property taxpayer aged 65 or older, the county offers a deal. By contacting the Auditor’s Office, you can qualify for Homestead Exemption–an exemption of taxes on the first $50 thousand value of your legal residence. The exemption also applies to homeowners who are legally blind or totally and permanently disabled. If you think you qualify […]
Read moreSenator Lindsey Graham released a statement this afternoon on his reaction to the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 that was unveiled today in the Senate. “I will carefully review this legislation to ensure that if it were to become law, it would be beneficial to the people of South Carolina.” Graham went to say, “South Carolinians want Obamacare repealed […]
Read moreSeneca, SC— Marie Pitts, 92, wife of the late Ray Ernest Pitts, of 1894 Westminster Hwy, Walhalla, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2017, at For A Season Assisted Living. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 25, 2017, at Davenport Funeral Home with burial to follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 PM, […]
Read moreA spokesman for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office says officers this morning are at the scene of a death investigation near Seneca. The scene is a home on the Rochester Highway near the city limits. No other details about the case have been confirmed at this time.
Read moreA committee of the Oconee County Council heard this week the latest timeline for getting things going at the former hayfield that represents the county’s next best hope to attract new economic development. Richard Blackwell of the Economic Alliance told a meeting of the council’s planning and economic development committee that the next thing to anticipate at the Golden Corner […]
Read more“I’m truly sorry. I’m tormented every day.” Those were the words from a 68-year old man who pleaded guilty this morning in Oconee General Sessions Court to sex offenses with children. Judge Scott Sprouse accepted the recommendation of Deputy Solicitor Lindsey Simmons to send Donnie Lane King to prison for five years. The sentences could have been stiffer, but the […]
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