Officer-involved shooting in Pickens County

The state police say a man died Monday in an officer-involved shooting in Pickens County.  “SLED” has released the following details about what happened:  “The Easley Police Department received multiple 911 calls about a man armed with a baseball bat making threats, shoplifting, then leaving a Tractor Supply Company Store.  An officer responded to the calls and encountered the man […]

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All are feeling “some level of drought”

All of South Carolina is now at “some level of drought” — as the state’s drought response committee upgraded the drought designation for all counties, which had previously been normal or no drought.  Oconee is rated “incipient” the first stage of drought levels. Driving this decision are the impacts to crops and livestock producers, rapidly declining stream flows and an […]

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Seneca woman dead at fire scene

Residents at Seneca’s Field Village apartments spotted fire in one of the units; a bystander entered the apartment and extricated a 61-year-old woman.  Coroner Karl Addis says the woman was found in cardiac arrest and notwithstanding life-saving measures by responders, she was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:40 last night.  Her name will be disclosed today.  An autopsy has […]

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Robert John Michael

Salem, SC — Robert John Michael, 87, husband of the late Hazel Doreen Potter Michael, of Salem, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2024, at Cottingham Hospice House.   A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Michael was the son of the late Kenneth Alexander and Maxine Jessie Peterman Michael. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a […]

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Patsy Lee

Seneca – Patsy June McMahan Lee, 89, wife of 71 years to Rev. Marvin “Rabbit” Lee, arrived at her heavenly home on Sunday, July 7th, 2024 at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born March 28th, 1935 in Oconee County, South Carolina, Patsy was the daughter of the late William A. and Lillie Kerr McMahan. Patsy was a dedicated pastor’s […]

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How two states are tackling major bridge projects

South Carolina and Georgia have gone together to make an application of the federal government for a planning grant to replace or rehabilitate as many as six bridges that straddle the two states over Lake Hartwell.  According to the SCDOT, the application requests $1.68M in the Bridge Investment Program for what’s called a Planning and Environmental Linkages Study for 2.5 […]

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