Case alleging murder set for trial

  The prosecutor’s office plans to call to trial next week the charge of murder and other alleged offenses against a young Seneca area man.  Atop the docket for Oconee General Sessions Court is South Carolina versus James William Toward.  He’s one of two persons arrested in the investigation of the shooting death of Robert Andrew Johnson in 2014 on Ames […]

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Search ends well on the Foothills Trail

A search has ended with success on the Foothills Trail.  Shane Gibbs of Oconee Emergency Services says a husband and his wife were found yesterday not far from the Bad Creek access to the trail.  He said they were transported to their car which was parked at the Oconee State Park.  Oconee 9-1-1 received a call for help yesterday morning […]

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Westminster awards contracts

  In his final days as city administrator, Jeff Lord is tidying up the business of Westminster.  And that includes new sidewalks and new electric transformers.  At the city administrator’s recommendation, the council last night awarded contracts for nine sidewalks.  According to Lord, Westminster has been approved for a grant from the county’s state “C” Fund Committee.  A Columbia company […]

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Deputies graduate from state academy

Two Oconee deputy sheriffs have graduated in a ceremony at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia.  Caitlyn Pope and Ike Lewis have begun work as Uniform Patrol Officers.  Pope will work during the day and Lewis will work at night.  Pope graduated in 2014 from Anderson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in human services.  She is […]

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Jeff Lord’s two Westminster years near end

Westminster’s elected leaders return to another closed-door meeting this afternoon to consider who will be the city’s next administrator.  The city’s current administrator, Jeff Lord, said his goodbyes last night during city council’s regular May meeting and added that his two years have been fun and he will miss everyone.  Those in the meeting room reacted kindly to their departing […]

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Westminster funds swim pool opening

  Susan Ramey will place a call this morning to David Stokes.  The Westminster city councilwoman is hopeful the office of the county’s building codes department will see fit to allow for the re-opening of the city’s swimming pool, closed since 2012.  Applause rang out in the Westminster City Council meeting room when the council voted last night to fund […]

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“Floating treatment wetland” at Clemson

A large floating garden — shaped like a Tiger paw — was recently installed in the old Seneca River Basin adjacent to Clemson’s Doug Kingsmore Stadium. The garden, which is technically called a “floating treatment wetland,” is laced with plants and flowers to beautify the pond and benefit the environment.  Ryan Medric, a recent Clemson graduate, envisioned the project last fall. […]

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Search and rescue operation

An emergency official has confirmed reports that Oconee County has started a search and rescue operation this morning in the vicinity of Duke Energy’s Bad Creek hydro project. Shane Gibbs of Oconee Emergency Services says responders received a call from a woman hiker saying her husband had fallen ill on the Foothills Trail.  The couple are believed to be from […]

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Car flips after hitting pole

During the 10 o’clock hour this morning, a car left Westminster’s E. North Avenue, hit a telephone pole, and flipped.  Chief Dean Awalt of the police department says no one was hurt.  At the time rain fell and road conditions were wet.  The police believe the car hydroplaned.

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