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An Oconee jury has been sworn to start hearing evidence in the case of a Greenville man who is accused in a case that the prosecution regards as a home invasion in December of last year. There are indications from court officers that the prosecution will present evidence, claiming that William Junior Clark forced his way into a Seneca home […]

The young man pulled from Lake Jocassee Friday after being hurt during a steep dive is recuperating and, according to his family, he is expected to regain full health. Charlie King of Oconee Emergency Services says personnel have spoken twice to members of the young’s man’s family—both on Saturday and on Friday, after the accident on the Pickens County side […]

An engaged Clemson couple will start their life together in a new home after a win in the South Carolina Education Lottery. According to the lottery, the groom won $125 thousand on his lunch break off a lottery ticket he scratched at the Murphy USA on Eighteen Mile Road in Central. On his way back to work he called his […]

Voters in Salem are being asked to cast ballots in a special election tomorrow to fill the office of mayor. Two councilmen are the candidates—Kevin Talley and Lynn Towe. The winner gets to the fill the term vacated with the death last summer of long time mayor Diane Head.

Absentee voting for the November General Election is underway at county elections offices around the state, including the Oconee office on Walhalla’s S. Pine Street. By Friday morning, about 45,000 voters had applied for absentee ballots statewide. Voters who are 65 and older, who will be on vacation, or who can’t get to the polls due to their job are […]

Five years after it was made, Elbow Grease debuted in Seneca to an audience that filled the seats in one of Premiere Cinemas’ screening rooms. One prominent Seneca businessman remarked, “This is exciting” moments before the screen came alive with one of the last movies acted by Burt Reynolds that featured Ramcat Alley and other locations in Seneca and Oconee […]

A man was pulled from water 30 feet deep in Lake Jocassee after a diving accident yesterday afternoon on the Pickens County side of the lake. He was flown to a hospital, and there was no immediate word on his condition or identity. Oconee public safety responders took part in the search and rescue. Charlie King of Emergency Services quoted […]

A woman from the Anderson County town of Starr has been arrested and charged with shoplifting at the first year Hartwell Village Shopping Center in Oconee County. The crimes are alleged to have occurred last month at the Ulta Beauty store. Arrest warrants accused Emily Beth Madison, 25 years old, of leaving with store items worth $748 dollars without having […]

A young man who lives in the Fairfield Estates subdivision near Walhalla has been arrested and charged with stealing money from a home near Westminster. The theft occurred September 2. The arrest of Samuel Scott Gray, 18, on charges of first degree burglary and petty larceny took place yesterday. A deputy who investigated discovered an open door at the crime […]

A Texas man who owns property near the 123 ByPass will ask Seneca for a zoning change next week that could allow for a senior citizen home complex. The city planning commission will hold a hearing during its 6 o’clock meeting Monday night to take up Charles Theivagt’s request to rezone his property from highway commercial to RM-16. One of […]