Category: News

Within days of the crime, the Seneca police have made an arrest in their investigation of a break-in April 19 to a pickup truck. The police have charged a 19-year old man, Demarcus Shawntez Taylor, with receiving stolen goods. The police investigated a report of a break-in to a Ford F-350 in which a laptop and a wallet were taken. […]

South Carolina has received 1.2 million adult doses of potassium iodide (KI) for distribution to residents in Oconee and Pickens counties and others within a 10-mile emergency planning zone of five nuclear power plants. “Potassium iodide provides additional protection for the thyroid gland against one form of radiation,” according to DHEC Director Catherine Templeton. “It is critical to remember this […]

Legendary country singer George Jones, whose music is a staple of the playlist at WGOG, has died at the age of 81. Publicist Kirt Webster, in an email to WGOG and other stations, says Jones died Friday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after being hospitalized with fever and irregular blood pressure. Known for his clenched, precise baritone, Jones had […]

Many of Seneca’s and Oconee County’s hungriest individuals can thank a group of workers and volunteers for a daily meal. An open house yesterday at Seneca’s Our Daily Bread highlighted the benevolent work  of the Daily Bread staff and many in the community who donate to keep the freezer and pantry stocked. Richard Ledford, chairman of the board of directors […]

Ted Smith and Sunny Kim carded 3-under 68s in the first round of the Mountain Lakes Classic at Seneca and finished the day tied atop the leader board in the $150 thousand event. The tourney is being presented by Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau. Smith, a former University of North Carolina standout from Orlando, Florida, recorded six birdies and […]

A brush fire last night consumed 30 acres in rural Oconee County—at New Cut Road and Stamp Creek Landing Road. Oconee County Fire Dispatch reports a State Forestry bulldozer was used to cut a fire line. Keowee-Ebenezer Fire Department volunteers received help from the Keowee Fire Department.

Years in the making, the system that promises high-speed service to the worldwide web in Oconee County will require a few more months—–and some patience, in the estimation of the county administrator. Scott Moulder, in an interview, said Oconee FOCUS Broadband is still under construction. “The system will ultimately will be live, if you will, by the end of the […]

The home for what’s planned to be Oconee’s first countywide farmers market remained a work in progress yesterday afternoon, but one of its leading volunteers is confident the market will open on schedule a week from tomorrow—Saturday, May 4. “We’re in the process now of setting the posts for the structure that’ll be the shaded house for the Farmers Market. […]

The Seneca police say a 26-year old woman turned herself in and was charged with robbing an elderly man of $11 dollars. Law enforcement records show a charge of strong armed robbery late Wednesday against Catessa Rena Holden of Goddard Avenue. According to the police reports, Holden was allowed inside the apartment of a 79-year old man on W. S. […]

Three Seneca men have been charged in a series of crimes in downtown Clemson. The Clemson police have announced the arrests of Dylan Patrick Smith, 20 years old; Michael Delvin McClure, 21; and Leroy Dalton Crooks, 20. The police say Smith, McClure, and Crooks have been implicated in a rash of auto burglaries, thefts of property, and malicious damage within […]