Vehicular fire near the Dickard Road
Rural fire fighters rolled early today to a vehicle fire on the Deer Creek Trail near the Dickard Road. Oconee Rural Fire Control reported no one hurt. The alarm was sounded at 2:22 this morning.
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Rural fire fighters rolled early today to a vehicle fire on the Deer Creek Trail near the Dickard Road. Oconee Rural Fire Control reported no one hurt. The alarm was sounded at 2:22 this morning.
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreA Californian, described by Oconee authorities as homeless, has been arrested in Seneca and charged with stealing a car. The police in Seneca yesterday arrested 34-year old Timothy Michael McMahon on the charge of grand larceny – the theft of a Ford Excursion SUV. At the time of the theft, Friday evening last week, the car was in a […]
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreHere’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, […]
Read morePainting 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 […]
Read moreWhen Westminster voters fill out their General Election ballot in November, they will also decide who gets to fill the unexpired term of Yousef Mefleh, the city councilman who died unexpectedly on Saturday. Kristie Burr, the elections director, says they have permission to combine filling the council seat and the November 8 General Election. Westminster city residents with interest in […]
Read moreA city department head and a former law enforcement worker are among those requesting Oconee County to abandon part of two rural roads near Westminster. Their wishes, according to officials, shall be balanced against others why may see a need to keep open parts of Thornburg Road and Dinky Line Road as a vital transportation route for any impacted resident. […]
Read moreWhen she checked the weather gauge this morning, Barbara Wilson of Walhalla looked up to see a beauty of a sunrise — colors of gold and pink. The official weather watcher recorded 85 as the high temperature yesterday in the county seat; 64, the 24-hour low temperature. And not one bit of rain.
Read moreA recent Clemson Ph.D graduate, Rhett Rautsaw, created an app of distribution maps and niche models for all 158 pit viper species in North, Central and South America. Pit vipers are venomous snakes, including rattlers, copperheads, and cottonmouths. Venomous snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica. The ones most injurious or death to humans are cobras, mambas, and their […]
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