Category: News

Fire broke out early last night in a barn inside the service territory of the Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department. Oconee County dispatchers say no one was injured in the fire at Hawk Ridge Drive near the Williams Farm Road. The barn was destroyed, but owner George Chandler says he wants all to know that he’s grateful to all the fire […]

Salem Town Council holds its regular February meeting at 6 o’clock tomorrow night at Town Hall.

An attorney in Anderson pleaded guilty to obstruction. Anne Tompkins, U-S Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, announced the plea of guilt from Charles Anderson, an Anderson, South Carolina attorney, came in front of U-S District Judge Michelle Childs in Greenville. The government announcement quotes government documents as saying the 44-year old Anderson pleaded guilty to making materially […]

The holidays forced a slow down in the work done by a committee in Seneca to figure out a future use for former school property. But now that the Christmas and New Year’s holidays have passed the work of the Kellett Project Committee resumes. A representative of that committee of neighborhood and city leaders says a new meeting has been […]

A called meeting of the Pickens County School Board takes place tonight at 6 o’clock. One of the items for discussion is what Phillip Bowers calls “millage stabilization.” Bowers, chairman of the Pickens GOP and a board critic, calls millage stabilization a back-door tax increase.

A 19-year old Clemson student from the Charleston area was arrested over the weekend after being accused of punching a campus policeman several times. According to the university, that policeman was in the process of arresting David Michael Sass, 19-year old Hanahan resident, when the assault allegedly occurred. The police say they were called to Lightsey Bridge apartments just after […]

Governor Nikki Haley holds constituent meetings this week at the State House, and South Carolinians are invited to discuss any issue with the state’s chief executive. The meetings are held on a one-on-one basis and take place at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Appointments with the governor are offered first-come, first-served. To schedule an appointment, call 803/734-1999 between 9 and 9:30 […]

The government’s annual inspection of Oconee Nuclear’s emergency preparedness program has been completed, and a Nuclear Regulatory Commission letter closing out the inspection report has been sent to Scott Batson, site vice president at the nuclear plant. The NRC also announced in a letter to Duke’ Scott Batson that seven reactor operator and five senior reactor operator applicants passed both […]

During the investigation of a home burglary near West Union, law enforcement officers decided a cleanup of hazardous materials was required. They were called Saturday afternoon to the Alexander Road, near Old Station Road. Law enforcement reports show a 34-year old man, Bryan Ashley Evans of Chauga Valley Road, Westminster, was charged with escape, burglary, larceny, and three drug offenses, […]

A late night home burglary near Seneca has landed a 28-year old Oconeean in jail, charged with multiple offenses. Sheriff’s Office reports show Robert Scott Sosebee of Timberlake Drive, Seneca was charged with burglary first degree and assault and battery third degree at Tyson Circle near the W. Sizemore Road. The burglary occurred shortly before midnight Thursday night. Two occupants […]