Category: News

Coroner Karll Addis says once an autopsy is completed today, he will make a further statement about the discovery of a body in Mountain Rest.  A Charleston County resident, Benjamin Swetnam, was found dead early Saturday on the East Fork Hiking Trail near the Fish Hatchery.  Two fishermen on their way to their outing found the body 1.5 to 2 […]

Fire fighters have been sent to the Utica area to put out a fire this morning in one of the trailers at the B-and-B Mobile Home Park.  According to first reports, no one hurt.

Julian Davis made a lengthy statement about the Pioneer Rural Water treatment plant project before he and his colleagues convened a private meeting Friday afternoon.  Davis’s statement reflected his thoughts as a county councilman and as a retail customer of the water district.  Excerpts of that statement are airing today on 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

In language practically identical to what was heard yesterday in Seneca, Oconee County decided today to mount a legal challenge against the project to build the Pioneer Rural Water District treatment plant.  That means the county and the cities of Seneca and Westminster are headed toward a position of legal adversary to Pioneer’s decision that the financial health of the […]

The police in Seneca have arrested and charged a Utica man with arson second degree in yesterday’s house fire at 714 Sherard Street.  According to Chief John Covington, Barry Steven Garrett Jr. of Hope Avenue is also charged with a crime spree that included theft, breaking into motor vehicles, and burglary.  Covington says his department’s investigation started with a burglary […]

  A resident of the Earles Grove Road has been identified by the Sheriff’s Office as the woman arrested after Orchard Park Elementary School was placed on a lockdown.  The Sheriff’s Office says a charge of trespassing after warning was placed yesterday against Katie Beth Patterson (right) after a school officer had told her to leave school property.  According to […]

The literacy coach at Westminster Elementary School, Jeni Clay, will spend her week of spring break helping to teach counterparts in Romania in southeast Europe.  Clay and five other educators, including two retired Oconee School District employees, will work with teaching staffs at Romania’s Ruth School, as well as with other schools in two nearby villages.  Clay decided to involve […]

Authorities say a 58-year old man riding a bicycle died in an accident early yesterday afternoon on SC 183/the Pickens Highway.  Coroner Karl Addis said David Lynn Wilson of the Fairview Cove Road, Seneca died at the scene shortly before 1:30 not far from the High Falls Express convenience store.  State trooper Joe Hovis said the bicycle and a van […]

After a 30-minute private meeting, Seneca’s elected leaders agreed to take legal actiion to try to stop the consruction of the Pioneer Rural Water plant.  There are financial considerations for the city, as Pioneer now buys 60% of its water from Seneca.  The council approved a motion to seek a declaratory judgment and injunction to stop the project, for which Pioneer has […]

A police officer says the lockdown earlier this afternoon at Westminster’s Orchard Park Elementary School has been lifted and the school day has resumed without further incident. He said the lockdown, a code red situatuation, took place when a woman came to the school seeking to visit a child, which prompted an investigation that eventually involved the Westminster Police and […]