5-0 in favor of a zoning variance

A new convenience store that will sell gasoline near Seneca received approval this week for a zoning variance for stacked signs.  A Stop-A-Minit store, now under construction, intends to locate on the Sandifer Boulevard across 123 from Murphy’s gas in front of the Wal-Mart parking lot.  The Oconee Board of Appeals approved a variance for an increase of 93 square […]

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Burglary charge vacated and dismissed

              A court officer says Oconee General Sessions Court records are showing that a plea to burglary associated with the shooting death of an elderly Seneca woman three years ago has been vacated and dismissed.  It means that for a young man, Hunter Lee Hunnicutt, no additional prison time for his part in the death of Geraldine Castle March 7, […]

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How a 42-year man met death in a fiery camper

The man who died during a law enforcement response yesterday near Townville is reported by the coroner to have barricaded himself inside a camper trailer and set it on fire.  But Greg Shore, the Anderson coroner, says Robert Michael Nason Jr. subsequently shot himself.  According to the coroner, the barricade situation began yesterday morning while 42-year old Nason was being […]

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25-year old man wanted on eight charges

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a subject who is wanted on eight arrest warrants related to four separate property crimes.   25 year old Kenneth Charles Goss is wanted on two counts each of Grand Larceny, Breaking into a Motor Vehicle and Petit Larceny.  Goss is also wanted on one count each […]

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Log truck driver hurt

  The driver of a logging truck has been hurt in an accident this morning, described as crushing mishap on the Cassidy Bridge Road.  Allen White, fire chief, said the injured driver was sent by medi-copter to the Greenville Memorial Hospital.  The patient condition was not immediately available to 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

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Anderson death probe

  Here’s a breaking story development:  “The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to an address on Fields Avenue in rural Anderson County (between SC 24 and the Portman marina) for a civil disturbance. On arrival, an adult male entered the structure and started a fire. While inside, it is believed that the male took his own life. County Fire, […]

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From yellow to black?

Painting the front of a downtown Seneca building in question last night during a city hall hearing – with the result that the regulatory board tabled the request to paint the front of the former Bell photography building the color black.  It now is a yellow brick shade, something that city official Ed Halbig laments has been disappearing from the […]

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