Armed robbery near Seneca

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today regarding an investigation into an armed robbery that occurred at a business, located at BI-LO Place, near Seneca.   The Sheriff’s Office is also seeking the public’s help in identifying a person in relation to the crime.   A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Bureau was dispatched, in the […]

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Clemson man arrested in Seneca crime investigation

   A Clemson man has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses in a Seneca police burglary and kidnapping investigation July 1 at an apartment at Seneca’s S. Depot Street and Fairfield Road.  The accused—30-year old Jamel DeShawn Brown, faces assault and malicious damage charges—in addition to allegations of kidnapping and burglary first degree.  The police are looking at a […]

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Rock thrown thru restaurant entryway

A property offense faces a 36-year old Westminster area man in the police department’s investigation of a July 10 crime at the city’s Hardee’s Restaurant.  A warrant issued by the local magistrate’s office accuses Christopher William Underwood of the Theo Martin Road of throwing a rock through the entrance of the E. Main Street restaurant, inflicting $5 thousand damage.  Underwood […]

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Cars demolished in Walhalla accident

Public safety responders were sent to a midafternoon car accident yesterday at a Walhalla intersection that sent both drivers to the hospital.  The accident, according to a report received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, demolished both cars–one of which was a Clemson city squad car.  The accident was reported at 2:40 pm in the traffic light intersection of SC 28/the Blue Ridge […]

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Study would be “a wide open” examination

The West Union mayor and a councilwoman showed interest last night to include their town in a study for a “wide open” look at the operations of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  Chris Eleazer, JRSA executive director, assured the mayor and council that if West Union endorsed an application to finance the study, there would be no direct cost to […]

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Outside eyes peer in on West Union meeting

With only four members who meet in a small meeting room to represent their town, West Union Town Council meetings are often informal, relaxed and filled with banter common to small town government.  And that’s quite OK according to a visitor from Columbia who was asked to evaluate whether West Union follows proper meeting procedures.  At the invitation of Mayor […]

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Buying and distributing locally-grown produce

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has signed a cooperative agreement with South Carolina under the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA). Through LFPA, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture seeks to purchase and distribute locally grown, produced, and processed food from underserved producers. “USDA is excited to partner with South […]

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