54 indicted in “Prison Empire”

Here’s an announcement from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office: “In June of 2018, agents with Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, along with numerous Upstate Law Enforcement Agencies, the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and the State Grand Jury Division of the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, initiated a State Grand Jury investigation into a large scale drug trafficking operation in the […]

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Anyone for a water ice?

If the sign that appears is correct, a Philadelphia area-based  restaurant chain intends to enter the Oconee County restaurant market.  There’s a sign to indicate that Rita’s Italian Ice chain will move into an empty space on 123 near the Sheep Farm Road.  Rita’s apparently has its sights set on the space that Little Caesar’s vacated for the pizza restaurant’s […]

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Veteran lawman honored

Sergeant Art Taylor, a 27 year veteran of the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, was selected and presented the 2019 Billy Wilkins Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement. The award was given during a ceremony Wednesday at the Pickens County Courthouse. The purpose, aside from honoring those who exhibit excellence in the performance of their duties, is to perpetuate the vision […]

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Deserving kids to benefit from toy/clothes drive

Those who make up the organization “Celebrate Christmas with a Hero” hope that during the holiday shopping season that you will take time to remember a child in need. Partnering with the city of Seneca, Christmas with a Hero will undertake its annual new toy and clothing drive starting Thursday, November 21. Between then and Saturday, December 14, you can […]

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For the town’s leaders, it’s re-organization time

At their November meeting next week, West Union leaders will re-organize–based on the results of this week’s elections.  The mayor and all four council members return to office without any ballot opposition this past Tuesday night.  And, on Tuesday night next week, Mayor Oliver and the re-elected council members will take the oath of office for new terms.  The ceremony […]

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Gladys Haulbrooks Butts

Seneca, SC — Gladys Haulbrook Butts, 92, wife of the late Jim Butts, Sr., of 140 Tokeena Road, Seneca, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at Seneca Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Sunday, November 10, 2019, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends […]

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Joe Ellen Roach

Seneca, SC — Joe Ellen Roach, 88, wife of the late Charles Edward “Pete” Roach, of Seneca, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at Cottingham Hospice House. A memorial service will be conducted at 4:00 PM, Sunday, November 10, 2019, at Davenport Funeral Home Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Prisma Health Hospice of the Foothills, […]

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