Glenn autopsy — cardiac-related event

The Wednesday afternoon scene of a fatal Jeep accident in Seneca remained taped off, and the coroner announced the results of the Tommy Glenn autopsy.  The Seneca businessman died of a cardiac related event that resulted in the Jeep penetrating guardrail and down an embankment between a car wash and a cell phone store.  Coroner Karl Addis ruled 49-year old […]

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Attempted traffic stop leads to crash and arrest

A Walhalla man remained in jail after his arrest Wednesday night, on multiple outstanding warrants, after a traffic accident yesterday evening in the city of Seneca. The remainder of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office announcement reads:   “Before his arrest,  27 year old Evan Levi Ridley, of Crowes Roost Road, had 10 outstanding arrest warrants in relation to investigations conducted in […]

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Louie “Bud” Clark

  Westminster – Louie “Bud”  Starnes Clark, 94, husband of Flora Mae Saylors Clark, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Belmont, North Carolina Louie was the son of the late Lonnie Clark and Mable Hollinsworth Clark Chastain. Louie retired from JP Stevens after 41 years, where he worked as a […]

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Ex-school bus driver headed to prison

A former Oconee school bus driver has been ordered to serve three years in prison for the crime of criminal sexual conduct second degree.  Judge Maddox handed down the following sentence today to Windell Sutton Powell Jr., 75 years old:  20 years suspended to 10, with three years active, seven years home incarceration, and five years’ probation.   The victim in […]

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Bad Creek’s “final license application”

A Duke Energy official projects a federal agency will act on the utility company’s request to extend by 50 years the life of the Bad Creek hydroelectric station in northern Oconee County by the middle of the year 2027.  However, Duke’s Alan Stuart says, at this point, the date is not guaranteed by “FERC”—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  Duke seeks […]

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Child dead after pedestrian accident

The coroner in Anderson County said a three-year old pedestrian died yesterday after being hit by an SUV near the city of Anderson.  The senior deputy Anderson coroner, Brent Simpson, is aware of the girl’s identity but is withholding the identity until later.  According to Simpson, the result of the accident on the property of the Covenant Christian Academy on […]

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Late afternoon Seneca traffic fatality

A 49-year old Westminster man died in a Seneca motor accident just moments after he left his business on WN 1st Street.  Coroner Karl Addis said a medical event may have preceded the accident.  Thomas “Tommy” Glenn of Glenn’s Muffler Shop was 49 years old.  The coroner said Glenn’s Jeep hit a guardrail and went down an embankment at the […]

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Overcrowded pet inn

Animals are overflowing the pens of the Oconee shelter on the Sandifer Boulevard.  The Humane Society is waiving adoption fees for all dogs, one year and older.  Each dog is spayed and neutered and up-to-date on vaccines.  You can view the available pets at oconeehumane.org

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