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According to the booking report from Oconee jail, a Seneca councilman has been charged by the state patrol with driving under the influence.  The jail report shows the arrest of W-C Honeycutt Jr., 49, and his booking last night, upon the arrest by officer Austin Fettig.

The building that was home to the popular Paws Restaurant in eastern Oconee is meeting a wrecking ball this morning to make way for a large student housing complex.  The project off 123 is being developed by a Texas group — the same developer which opened Dockside in Clemson, a similar project, a few years ago.

All five candidates next month for Walhalla City Council have accepted invitations for a forum ahead of the special April 22 election, according to one of the forum organizers.  The forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters and the local NAACP chapter, is set for 6:30 Thursday night, April 3 at the Walhalla Middle School.  It’s to be the […]

Twenty-two Anderson County high school students have finished a manufacturing apprenticeship program.  Their achievement will be celebrated Friday in the Student Success Center of Tri-County Technical College.  Manufacturing Works is a pre-apprenticeship with Apprenticeship Carolina, sponsored by Arthrex and First Quality. Designed for students not planning on attending college, the program teaches technical skills while exploring careers in manufacturing.  A […]

The Tokeena Crossroads community of Oconee the scene Monday afternoon of a search for a North Carolina woman who, the county sheriff’s office says, is wanted in Haywood County, North Carolina.  Warrants charge Sunny Ann Caudle of Bryson City, North Carolina with trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of a controlled substance.  And, according to the sheriff’s office, two men at […]

A break in an 8″ water main off s. highway 11 in the vicinity of Phantom Fireworks has prompted Pioneer Rural Water to enact a boil advisory.  Pioneer customers in the following service area should boil water at least one full minute before drinking or cooking purposes:  Heritage Shores, Moonlight Bay, Parkview East, Parkview South, the South Carolina Welcome Center, […]

Law enforcement records spell out the arrest by the Seneca police of a man charged in a 2021-armed robbery of a 123 ByPass convenience store.  Anderson resident Razi Jaylon Martin, 24, is accused of sticking up the convenience store at 671 ByPass 123 in the early morning hours of February 17, 2021.  At the time, the police investigated reports that […]

After the prosecutor called the defendant a flight risk, an Oconee judge today denied bond for Jaime Mamian Motta facing multiple charges including kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct first degree.  Motta’s lawyer, Charles Grose, pleaded with Judge Vernon Dunbar to schedule a trial by summer, but due to scheduling conflicts in the solicitor’s office, the earliest trial date is liable […]

Sources have provided information as to a serious overnight car accident on U-S 123 — the Seneca-Clemson corridor.  A car flipped onto its side and wound up off the highway in front of Deep South Defense.  According to Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department, the driver was extricated and sent to the hospital.  101.7/WGOG NEWS has left a callback message with the investigating […]

A Pennsylvania man awaiting trial on an Oconee murder charge was ordered today to submit to DNA tests in South Carolina.  General Sessions Judge Vernon Dunbar approved the prosecution’s request that defendant David Delgado Jr. give new DNA, even though he did so when arrested two years ago in Virginia.  Defense lawyer Keith Denny objected, but prosecutor Chris Beeco said […]