Category: News

At City Hall in Seneca, the council will receive a proposal tonight from the NAACP about Martin Luther King Way–a section of S. 6th Street named in honor of the 20th century civil rights leader. City Council’s regular July meeting starts at 6 o’clock.

Arrests alleging burglary were made during the weekend in Oconee County.  Friday night a man was arrested near Westminster and charged with fugitive from justice in Texas.  Deputies arrested Oconee resident Nicholas John Komer and identified him as wanted in a warrant alleging burglary in Matagorda County, a county near Houston bordering the Gulf of Mexico.  Texas authorities have notified […]

The agenda for the July meeting of West Union Town Council calls for an executive session following the regular open meeting to allow the town attorney to discuss matters pertaining to the police department.  Those matters are not specified on the agenda for tomorrow night’s meeting.  The open part of the meeting will start at 6 pm tomorrow at Town […]

A new bacterial DNA testing method offered by Clemson University can help municipalities and storm water managers pinpoint the source of fecal bacteria detected in lakes, rivers, streams, ponds and other surface water.  Officials believe the new test will help improve water quality and save time, money and resources.  The process amplifies trace amounts of targeted strands of DNA to […]

The occasion of Oconee County’s 150th year is moving closer, and Phil Shirley hopes a meeting this week will play a big part in determining just what kind of a celebration there will be next year to mark this milestone.  Shirley meets Wednesday with a committee planning the county’s role.  Coming out of the meeting, the director of county Parks, […]

A lawsuit has been filed against an Oconee County man accused of killing his wife and then hiding her body.  The lawsuit alleges wrongful death and fraudulent conveyance, among other legal grounds, against Lee Mikael Cawthon and a second man who the plaintiff believes to be Cawthon’s half-brother, Thomas Monroe. The lawsuit names as plaintiff Lutrica Murray, the personal representative […]

Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has charged two boys in its investigation of last week’s fire that destroyed the abandoned mill commonly called the Cateechee Mill.  Detectives investigated leads that pointed to two boys who have been charged with intentionally setting the fire.  Investigation determined the fire occurred after paper was lit with a lighter and thrown on the floor.  Ultimately, […]

A Seneca judge slapped a contempt of court citation on a family member of the late Ricky Nickles during today’s proceeding for Keena Brown, the man charged with murdering Nickles.  The contempt citation was issued against a man identifed as a brother of Nickles, after Judge Danny Singlton and others in the crowded courtroom saw the man make a threatening […]

  The burglary case against two Oconeeans has expanded.  The Sheriff’s Office announces that Emmanuel Alejandro Hernandez of Dixon Road, Westminster and Amy Nicole Carranza of Davis Mill Road, Seneca were arrested Thursday on charges of 3rd degree burglary and grand larceny at a building on Coneross Creek Road.  A motorcycle, among other items, was taken.  Deputies found the motorcycle […]

Accident near Seneca An accident that is believed to have involved a motorcycle and as many as two other vehicles around 1 pm left part of Wells Highway blocked near Seneca.  State troopers are reporting injuries at the scene in front of Yogo’s restaurant.