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A poultry house at Foster Farms on the Armstrong Road was destroyed in a Saturday night fire. Some 29 thousand chickens perished in that fire, according to Oakway Fire Chief Tracy Sanders. He says they were able to stop the fire before it could spread to a pair of Foster Farms’ chicken houses that contained a similar number of chickens. […]

Seneca Light and Water will be closed tomorrow for voting day. To make payments, customers may use the night deposit which is open 24 hours. In an emergency involving your service, you should call 885-2723.

Jim Juras and Suzette Cross think art work in Seneca’s downtown could enhance all of the brick and the concrete. They floated the idea during a council meeting last week. Their presentation was accepted as information. First, Juras has his eyes set on the Kimbrell warehouse building on N. 1st Street. But, he says, he must first ask for and […]

In the form of an item high on the agenda, Fair Play comes to Walhalla tonight. A Fair Play village and community presentation are on the agenda for the 6 o’clock meeting of the Oconee Planning Commission, and Chairman Ryan Honea is hopeful his fellow commissioners will recommend what they hear to the County Council.

In mid-October, an infant’s death, classified a homicide, started a period of two and a half weeks of one call after another for the office of Oconee County Coroner. In all, Coroner Karl Addis reports 23 calls. And those calls have included all kinds of death–from natural death all the way to homicide. The Oconee County coroner since 1993, Addis […]

An 86-year old Oconeean has been arrested on two charges of murder. Arrest records show Nicholas Bonelli, the accused, as sharing the same Smith Farm Road address as one of the women he’s accused of killing. A statement released last night by the Oconee Sheriff’s Department said Bonelli was incarcerated and no bond haring has been scheduled. The arrest warrants […]

With the U.S. Presidential election coming up on Tuesday, and the polls indicating a tight race, some superstitious pundits are paying extra attention this year to Sunday’s NFL matchup between the Washington Redskins and the visiting Carolina Panthers.  One of the nuggets in presidential election lore is the so-called “Redskins Rule”.  According to the rule, if the Redskins win their […]

An officer of Oconee Sheriff’s Department says more details about yesterday’s double homicide will be released, as they become available. Capt. Travis Tilson said the investigation continued through the night, after the discovery of the victims. Officers arrived at 350 Smith Farm Road in southern Oconee around 5 p-m yesterday, after a family member found the two women following unanswered […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a double homicide near Westminster.  Police were called to a residence on Smith Farm Road, where sources say two women were found stabbed to death.  A third person was also found with stab wounds.  That person was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital.  The investigation is in its early stages and no arrests have […]

An assault whose origin the police believe was money took place early last night at a Seneca intersection. The police say a woman with a bloodied-face was discovered at Stribling and E.S. 2nd and the man suspected to have been perpetrator ran away. Jeremy Rothell, Major of Operations for the Seneca Police Department, says the identity of the suspect is […]