Category: News

An autopsy is planned this week on the body of a 63-year old Easley man whose body was recovered Saturday from Lake Keowee near Seneca. Bobby McCombs was part of a family boating and swimming outing Friday afternoon. Coroner Karl Addis quotes family members as saying that at approximately 3:45 pm Friday afternoon, McCombs dived into the lake Keowee from […]

U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-District 3) has announced that a colleague from Ohio will be a headline speaker next month at an event next month that brings together conservatives in Anderson. The headliner will be Ohio Republican Jim Jordan. Duncan’s 9th Annual Faith and Freedom BBQ takes place at 6 o’clock Monday evening, August 26 at the Anderson Sports and […]

Fire broke out Saturday night inside a building in part of the Oconee solid waste complex in Seneca.  Chief Richie Caudill says household garbage caught fire in a building used to compact garbage.  No one was hurt.  Several fire departments assisted Seneca by shutting water.  Fire damage was confined to the trash compact building.

A second person died Saturday following a traffic accident two days earlier near Seneca. Coroner Karl Addis says Mary Rebecca Graham, 35-year old Fair Play resident, died in the intensive care unit at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. Graham was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by her husband, Richie Rogers, who died at the scene of the accident on Singing […]

An Upstate man who was killed in a two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon has now been identified. According to a release from Oconee County Corner Karl Addis, the deceased is identified as James Richard “Richie” Rogers, Jr, Age 32 of Seneca. The accident occurred around 2:45 pm at the intersection of Singing Pines Road and Imports Drive. According to the State […]

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is continuing their investigation today of an armed robbery at the TD Bank location on South Main Street that occurred yesterday morning. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office, the robbery occurred at around 9:05 am. According to information obtained during the investigation, a male subject entered the bank, pointed a firearm at […]

The School District of Oconee County is currently accepting applications for free and reduced lunch for the upcoming school year.   According to Gloria Moore, Chief Financial Officer, a new application is required each school year and last year’s eligibility is good for 30 days in the new school year but when the grace period expires, the price defaults to […]

The Town of Salem is reporting a large water main break in their ductal iron piping system. Crews are working to repair the break as soon as possible. As many as 1,000 customers may be without water. Once crews have the piping repaired, they will flush the system prior to putting it back online for customer use. Customers might initially […]

In the wake of the Malware attack last week that affected some of the computer systems and servers for Oconee County Government, Oconee County Administrator Amanda Brock said yesterday afternoon that all electronic services for the citizens of Oconee County and those at Pine Street have been restored. The only exception at that time was the virtual machines at the […]

The Walhalla Police Department has charged a Walhalla man with multiple counts after his arrest Tuesday evening. 21-year-old Oseas Vazquez has been charged with Discharging a Weapon inside the City Limits, Unlawful Carrying of a Pistol, Pointing and Presenting a Firearm and Burglary – 1st Degree. According to Walhalla Police Chief Sean Brinson, the incident occurred at an address on […]