Clemson events service sues two ex-employees

A Berkeley County-based company that contracted with Clemson University for crowd management and event services has filed lawsuit against two former employees, alleging breach of contract and breach duty of loyalty.  Those grounds are among ten causes of action spelled out by attorneys from the Charleston area on behalf of plaintiff Event Partners LLC.  Named defendants were two Oconee County […]

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What a beach resort tries could work in Seneca

Signs to be posted on commercial properties in Seneca announcing that the property is under the Seneca police jurisdiction will spell worries for after-hour trespassers who have in mind more serious criminal behavior.  Last night at city hall an announcement that, having consulted city attorney Bo Bowman, Seneca will try a program that’s in effect in places such as Myrtle […]

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Social worker joins the employ of Oconee Library

Libraries are the traditional place to go for enlightenment.  Soon in Oconee County you can go to the library and confer with a licensed social worker.  Here’s what Blair Hinson, the county library director, says about the addition of Kerry Leeper Brock in the new role of Community Resource Associate:  “(she is a licensed professional social worker), offering direct assistance […]

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Worker accused of stealing from employer

Nearly two years after the crimes took place, an Oconee County woman has been arrested on charges of stealing from her employer and defrauding the state’s lottery.  In reports released by Oconee Sheriff’s Office the accused—Peggy Beatrice Sullivan—was identified by a Stop-A-Minit loss prevention officer as a terminated employee at the store’s highway 11 location south of Westminster.  Arrest records […]

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Summer storm impacts Walhalla to Salem

Around 7:15 this morning, we expect the official measurement from Walhalla’s weather watcher as to what yesterday afternoon’s storm dumped.  Already an image provided by the Salem mayor, Lynn Towe, shows a gauge filled with more than 3.5″.  Between Seneca and Clemson, however, a lot of wind, but apparently little measured precipitation.

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Gathering Seneca thoughts for the future

Ideas for Seneca’s next ten years were collected at city hall yesterday by members of an outside consultant firm that has been hired by the city to prepare a new comprehensive plan for the city.  Some 20 to 30 people took advantage of a five-hour window to register comments about what the direction they’d like to see Seneca follow.  Ed […]

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Bonnie will be 100 on Friday!

A Seneca woman’s friends and relatives will take part in a drive-thru on the premises of an assisted living facility on Friday as a way to celebrate her 100th birthday.  Bonnie Moses is a 10-year resident at Seneca Health and Rehabilitation and, according to great granddaughter Tiffany Jenkins, checked herself into the facility on her own, realizing that she had […]

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Brock is a volunteer airport worker on football Saturdays

Besides managing multiple New York Yankee teams to world championships, Manager Casey Stengal was affectionately known for hilarious double-talk.  Such as “Old timers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike.  If you can walk away from them, they’re successful.”  Successful take-offs and landings are what everyone wants at the Oconee Regional Airport—especially during busy college football Saturdays.  Amanda Brock, county administrator, […]

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Property code violations alleged in Townville

Property code violations are being alleged against two Townville community properties.  Oconee County has gone to court in an attempt to enforce the International Property Maintenance Code at two addresses on Timberlake One Circle near SC 24.  Richard and Brinda Nix are named defendants in injunction requests made to Oconee Common Pleas Court.  The legal complaints naming the two Timberlake […]

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Released state inmate re-jailed

An Oconee man, released by state prison for community supervision, was taken back to jail Friday when the Oconee Sheriff’s Office arrested him in an investigation of what the sheriff’s office says were the solicitation of sexually explicit images from a teenager.  The sheriff’s office announced the charge of criminal solicitation of a minor against Shane Adam Burdette and confirmed […]

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