$2M extra OK’d for Sewer South

In relative routine fashion, a state funding authority has just voted to add $2.1 million to the fund to help pay for Sewer South Phase Two — the long talked about project to run a line from the Golden Corner Commerce Park to I-85.  In a separate action the board of Rural Infrastructure Authority approved $100 thousand to allow the […]

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Inmate with ties to Seneca has escaped

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and SLED Agents are searching for an escaped inmate. James Holley Cobb was a trustee at the Anderson County Detention Center who walked off the premises during the performance of his maintenance duties at the facility on Wednesday night. Staff members at the detention center said they noticed Cobb was missing just after their routine […]

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Daniel’s Law baby

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center recently accepted an infant surrendered under Daniel’s Law, the Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, on Monday, February 20, 2023. The SC Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act provides a safe, legal option to surrender infants up to 60 days old, who have not been harmed, at designated locations. The African American/Caucasian male was born on […]

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Congressional field hearing at the border

Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a field hearing at the U-S and Mexico border at Yuma, Arizona.  Jordan’s fellow Republican on the Senate committee, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, is pleased.  In a statement from Washington, Graham said, “It is important to hear firsthand from those on the front lines who are […]

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How generous Columbia might be today

In a sense, Oconee Joint Regional Sewer will cast its fate to the wind today during a state agency meeting in Columbia.  This afternoon the board of the Rural Infrastructure Authority will consider funding applications, one of which is the JRSA’s request for monies to meet a contractor’s bid for Sewer South Phase Two.  Meantime, County Council’s ears may still […]

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Seneca homicide

A 62 year-old Seneca man died Wednesday night shortly after 7 pm from a gunshot injury which occurred outside his apartment at 1021 East South Second Street, Seneca. His death is being investigated by the Seneca Police and Oconee County Coroner Office as a homicide. Coroner Karl Addis said Ronnie Lee Cobb died from a gunshot injury to his chest. […]

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