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A second candidate is in the running for one of two available Salem town council seats in November. The candidate is Leigh Roach.
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A second candidate is in the running for one of two available Salem town council seats in November. The candidate is Leigh Roach.
Read moreA three-month financial fraud investigation by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest yesterday of a 42-year old Seneca woman. Law enforcement records show multiple charges of financial identity fraud and financial transaction card fraud against Christie Leann Smith of Clinkscale Road. The sheriff’s office began an investigation in June on receipt of the report of the theft of […]
Read more“FERC” — the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — has told Duke Energy that the utility company’s Owner’s Dam Safety Program is to be considered a public document. A letter to Duke this month from FERC’s Atlanta office reads: “It is especially important to provide this information to members of the public living nearby or in the inundation zone of the […]
Read moreIn a ceremony tomorrow, the Pickens County Law Enforcement Center is to be named for a former, long-time county sheriff, David Stone. Dedication for the C. David Stone Pickens County Law Enforcement Center at 216 C. David Stone Road, Pickens is to take place at 2 pm tomorrow.
Read moreA new candidacy has emerged for the November 7 General Election. Lisa Wilson is running for a town council seat in West Union, according to Oconee election officials.
Read moreA unanimous vote by an advisory Seneca board, the city planning commission, rejects a zoning classification that would have allowed property along Dalton Road for multi-family housing units. A number of residents of single-family homes in the vicinity of Dalton and WS 4th Street opposed Moses and Malkot’s request last night for an RM-16 zone. Unless the city council sees […]
Read moreSoup kitchens and Seneca’s homeless shelter notwithstanding, what is available locally to address Oconee’s increasing problem of homelessness? The question reverberated last night during the Oconee Municipal Association meeting. A website has been created to assist people in need: oconeemyresourceguide.org. Deputy Chief Mike Carroll of Prisma Health Oconee Memorial oversees the resource. As pointed out by Lt. Crompton of the […]
Read moreOconee Sheriff’s Office and Christ Central Ministries are in talks to start a new program that’ll allow some drug or alcohol addicted individuals to avoid jail and send them straight into the 30-day rehabilitation program of “OARS” – Oconee Addiction and Recovery and Solutions. It could start as early as October 1. For varied reasons, Sheriff Crenshaw approves – considering […]
Read moreBusiness professionals needed to judge high school career competition Walhalla, SC – The Region 1 DECA Competition will be held November 7th at Walhalla High School. High schools and Career Centers from around the upstate will travel to WHS to participate in the role play based career competition. Students will be competing in the 15 events: Accounting Applications Apparel and […]
Read moreWith help from a Friendship fire fighter, Oconee Sheriff’s Office arrested a 32-year old Seneca man accused of setting fire to brush and trash on N. Strawberry Farm Road Sunday afternoon. Law enforcement records identify the arrested man as Dawson Monroe Addis and charge against him as willfully burning lands of another.” According to the sheriff’s office, Friendship fire personnel […]
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