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The Oconee coroner announces that a 34-year old woman died Sunday night in Seneca of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.  The office of Coroner Karl Addis and the Seneca police continue to investigate what happened around 7:30 pm outside a home at 211 Allen Street.  The victim was pronounced dead at the scene of a gunshot to the head.

The Oconee Humane Society is hosting a Christmas in July event on Tuesday, July 25th from 11 am-4 pm at the Adoption Center located at 1925 Sandifer Blvd Seneca SC. The event will feature free gifts for pets, and you can get more information online at OconeeHumane.org.

A man was found dead following a shooting Saturday morning on Dean Springs Road and Dean Springs Circle. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. According to officials, it appears that the victim was involved in an apparent fight with another individual and was shot during the altercation. The Anderson County coroner identified the victim as 44-year-old Jonlee Chad […]

A crowd of about forty people gathered at the Shaver Rec Complex Friday afternoon for a public hearing with members of the State Housing Finance and Development Authority regarding the development of the old JP Stevens Mill at Utica into 120 workforce housing units called Seneca Mill Lofts. In attendance were several city and county government representatives, including Seneca Administrator […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said that the 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office recalled the warrants for Kevin Maler, who was accused of killing Kevin Craig in 2019 by injecting him with an unknown substance. The Solicitor’s Office said they did not have enough evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. The Sheriff’s Office said they are still investigating […]

(Attached: proposed renderings, courtesy of Clemson Athletics) CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson University Board of Trustees and the Finance and Facilities Committee gave Phase I approval on a plan for comprehensive improvements to Swann Pavilion and Littlejohn Coliseum, benefiting both men’s and women’s basketball programs, with the recently added gymnastics program beginning competition in the spring of 2024. The project […]

Julian Tristan Mackenzi Garren, 23, of Eastpoint Drive, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 10:38 pm Tuesday. Garren was transported from the Unicoi County Jail in Erwin, TN (which is located just south of Johnson City, TN) and served with his arrest warrants. Garren was charged with one count each of Attempted Murder, Possession of a Weapon […]

Shonetta Maria Goings, 31, of Hillsborough Drive, was charged by the Sheriff’s Office in two separate investigations. In one incident that occurred on July 6th of this year, Goings was charged with First Degree Burglary and Domestic Violence – First Degree for entering a residence on Poplar Springs Road without consent and assaulting a woman with whom she had a […]