Category: News

In a home invasion near Seneca yesterday, thieves took a checkbook, along with bank and credit cards. And investigators have surveillance video showing two men trying to use either a bank or a credit card at the Wells Fargo branch on the Clemson Boulevard within 30 minutes of the crime. Oconee deputies are looking for a black Dodge Charger. If […]

One person suffered smoke inhalation this morning in an apartment fire at Clemson.  Chief Bill Daniel said the fire at LeMans Apartments at 802 College Avenue damaged an apartment occupied by six people.  Those six have been displaced from their home, but they are receiving help from the Pickens County Red Cross and from the Clemson Police Department citizen’s advocate. […]

The police say that at 4:42 this morning near Seneca two men invaded a home and awoke those inside.  You can help solve this crime if you can provide the Oconee Sheriff’s Office information about happened on Washington Street, near W. N. 1st Street.  No one was hurt.  Awakened, those inside yelled at the intruders, but the two apparently got […]

The home development Keowee Key is beginning to show its age, enough to require some upgrades to keep it a popular haven for hundreds of retirees and others. Now 43 years old, the Key is getting new gates at its main entrances and new water lines on the south section of the development. Project manager Kevin McCracken today gave some […]

A man born in North Carolina who lives in Clemson put down the popular belief today about the point of origin for those who make up Oconee County’s Keowee Key home development. According to Kevin McCracken, it’s generally thought that those who live in the gated community on Lake Keowee are Yankees. But McCracken, project general manager, said 46% of […]

Pleased that Govenor Haley signed a body-worn camera bill, U-S Senator Tim Scott says he will introduce a bill at the national level “to help provide tools and resources for departments in South Carolina and across the nation to purchase and implement body-worn cameras.” Scott last month requested a Senate subcommittee hearing to start the process to build a national […]

Air Force Airman 1st Class Clarissa Goodson graduated from basic military training in San Antonio, Texas. Goodson’s grandparents are Patricia and Jerry Byrket of Salem.

At their meeting today, Seneca Rotarians will hear from Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw. Past the halfway point of his first term, Crenshaw will give an overview of his first two years in office and make specific remarks about two new laws: the domestic violence law and the body camera law.

Children 10 to 13 years old took part this week in the first “Leadership Camp”, sponsored by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. County deputies had a dual purpose in mind. They wanted the at risk boys to see outdoor attractions and to instill leadership skills. Tuesday’s activities for the 29 boys included a hike along part of the Foothills Trail and […]

Intermittent lane closures will take place starting next week in Clemson, as the city begins work on the Tiger Boulevard retaining wall. The work, which will start Tuesday, is designed to secure the slope between Tiger Boulevard and Reid Street. Lane closures will be limited to the eastbound right lane of Tiger Boulevard adjacent to Reid Street. SC-DOT will work […]