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Two special events planned this month at Seneca’s Shaver Recreation Complex on WS 4th Street. From 10 am to 3 pm Saturday, there will be COVID-19 tests given there by personnel on behalf of Clemson University and South Carolina DHEC. And on Thursday, November 26 free Thanksgiving meals will be served as part of the annual Feed the 5,000 in […]
Read moreA 2004 Nissan Frontier crew cab pickup has been stolen from Tangelwood Drive in the Foxwood Hills section of Oconee County, and the Sheriff’s Office appeal to the public for any help about the theft reported Sunday morning. The truck, gray or champagne in color, had a South Carolina tag of G-N-V-8-4-4. If you can aid the investigation, call Crimestoppers […]
Read moreABC News quotes congressional aides as saying a Pennsylvania postal worker has recanted claims that supervisors tried to backdate ballots mailed after the election. The false allegations were cited by the Trump camp and top Republicans, including South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham, as potential examples of voter fraud impacting the results of the presidential election. Erie, Pennsylvania postal worker Richard Hopkins […]
Read moreThe coroner has made his ruling. The deaths of two men in Seneca Sunday night are a case of homicide by gunfire. Coroner Addis made the announcement after autopsies yesterday found that Zema Darnell Fling and Christopher Hunter Todd died of wounds to the chest. The police are investigating what happened at the Tribble Street address.
Read moreIn today’s report, South Carolina DHEC counts 1,326 new cases of COVID-19 across the state and 18 new deaths, including two elderly Pickens County residents. For the latest 24-hour count, there were 31 additional confirmed COVID cases among Oconee residents. Test results received by DHEC statewide were 9,770. The positivity of those tests: 13.6%.
Read moreFrom the sale of property recently, the family of Oconee native William Elrod made enough money available to help treat sheriff’s officers and office employees to a meal. The Elrod family has an Oconee law enforcement legacy dating back a couple of centuries. William Elrod, who lived from 1901 to 1980, became deputy sheriff after finishing a career with the […]
Read moreSeneca- Janice Dianne Carroll Carver, 66, wife of the late Larry Jerome Carver, passed away November 9th, 2020, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Ellene White Carroll. Janice was a homemaker and a member of Bethel Baptist Church and loved her family dearly. […]
Read moreSeneca, SC – Lewis Bramlett Lusk, Jr., 89, of Seneca, SC passed away Monday, November 2, 2020. Known to all loved ones and friends as “Bram”, he was born December 31, 1930 to the late Lewis and Ila Lusk in Walhalla, SC. He graduated from Walhalla High School and completed his bachelor’s degree later in life. Early in […]
Read moreAn Oconee search-and-rescue last night and again today has been called off, after no one was found. At first, two hog hunters reported they heard cries for help in woods last night at Newry. But now, according to Chief Shirley of the Keowee Fire Department, there’s nothing more than searchers can do. They met with the landowner and re-traced events […]
Read moreA search resumed this morning for someone who is believed to have called for help last night from a wooded section at Newry. Two hog hunters are quoted as saying they heard the plea for help coming from the woods. Last night’s search was called off after two and a half hours.
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