Category: News

U-S Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina says the Boston Marathon bombings show America’s strong resolve against national acts of terrorism. In the Weekly Republican Address, Scott said, “To those who would attack America or our citizens, let me say this—there is no corner on earth, no hiding place in America to keep us from finding you.” Scott says America […]

Jimmy Watt, public information officer for the Oconee Sheriff’s Department, represented the department during a “Zero Tolerance for Litter” press conference on the statehouse grounds in Columbia. Law enforcement officers and officials from across the state attended. And the Oconee Sheriff’s Office is taking part in the “Zero Tolerance for Litter” campaign this month, as part of efforts to combat […]

A pardon and expungement workshop takes place at 3:30 this afternoon in Seneca at the SC Works Center at 11091 Radio Station Road. The workshop is designed to provide information regarding provisions in state law for the expungement of an arrest record or for the possibility of a pardon. And on 96.3/WGOG NEWS today Greg Stewart, agent-in-charge of the Oconee […]

A road paver has announced it will be at work on projects this week in Oconee and Pickens counties. Today is the start of work by King Asphalt on highway 11 between Antioch Church Road and Sunset community. That work is scheduled to last until around May 7. Tomorrow King will work on the Coneross Creek Road between SC 24 […]

NBC news is reporting the 2nd bombing suspect is in custody now.  Please click here to read more: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/19/17823265-its-over-boston-bombing-suspect-captured-alive-police-say?lite

The Boston Marathon bombing suspect was captured Friday night after police found him in a boat in a suburban backyard following a bloody rampage and daylong manhunt, law enforcement sources said. Cheers went up from a crowd of police gathered at the scene in Watertown, Mass., where bursts of gunfire had been heard over the course of two hours. The […]

Thirty thousand dollars spent one year ago is paying off today for the Seneca Police Department, according to its chief. John Covington said the $30 thousand dollars approved by city council was enough to finish equipping all patrol vehicles with up-to-date car video/audio recording equipment and replace out-dated units. It also allowed the police to buy what Covington called state-of-the-art […]

An Oconee County public school student gained honorable mention in this year’s Project Sentry Logo Contest, sponsored by the U-S Attorney’s Office in South Carolina. A certificate of appreciation and a ribbon went to Oakway Intermediate School’s Lilly Smith, who competed in the grades 3-5 division. The statewide contest gives South Carolina students a chance to tell the entire state […]

Alabama concerns are pursuing a 40-unit apartment complex at the edge of Seneca city limits and are requesting the city to annex the 19.45 acres involved. A city planning commission hearing May 20 will take up the annexation and the designation of a zoning classification to cover the property at 336 Maple Grove Road, near E. Perkins Creek Road. According […]

Oconee County’s unemployment rate fell to 7.9% in March, from the February rate of 9%. The number of employed Oconeeans was 29,037 and the unemployed totaled 2,482. The Department of Employment and Workforce reported the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 8.4% in March from February’s 8.6%. Across the state unemployment numbers are at the lowest level since the recession […]