Two, new Oconee K-9 officers (Zeke and Chase)

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has placed two new, K-9 officers on the job of detecting explosives and illegal narcotics.  An oath of office was given by Sheriff Crenshaw during a meeting of the Sheriff’s Office Foundation to K-9 Officer Zeke amd K-9 Officer Chase.  Deputy Heaton will handle Zeke, formerly with the Clemson police, while Deputy Johnson will handle Chase, formerly […]

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Robert Brian Tribble

    Mr. Robert Brian Tribble “Prez”, 49, of Seneca, SC passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, April 11, 2022.   Born May 6, 1972, in Kingsport, TN, he is the son of Clayton R. Tribble (Rachel) of Cape Coral, FL and Terry Jean Presley (Otis) of Kingsport, TN.   Mr. Tribble was a loving Son, Father, Grandfather, […]

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Reginald Kenneth Oliver

Seneca, SC– Reginald Kenneth Oliver, 85, of Seneca, passed away on Friday, April 15, 2022, at his home.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mr. Oliver was the son of the late Howard Jerome Oliver and Laura Caroline McClellan Oliver. He was a member of Blue Ridge Masonic Lodge #92 and Hejaz Shrine Temple and was of the Baptist […]

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Rosalie Crittendon Shirley Bailey

Seneca, SC — Rosalie Crittendon Shirley Bailey, 84, wife of the late Daniel Philip Bailey, of Seneca, SC, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.   Born in Hart County, GA, Mrs. Bailey was the daughter of the late Lloyd Harper Crittendon and Rebecca Estelle Vaughn. She was a loving homemaker and was a member of […]

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Alice Fythe

Seneca, SC – Alice Geer Flythe, 81, passed away peacefully at home on April 14, 2022. She was born in Spartanburg, SC and grew up in Eden, NC where she graduated from Morehead High School. Alice attended St. Mary’s College in Raleigh and Averett College in Danville, Va. She was a North Carolina debutante through the Terpsichorean Club. She was […]

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Budget request in front of sewer committee

A look at the request for a new budget to run Oconee’s wastewater system is in front of a committee of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  The documents for the JRSA’s finance and administration committee this afternoon project revenues over expenses of only a few thousand dollars.  Yet the fiscal year 2023 shapes up as a year to realize new […]

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Fuse failed and a reactor tripped

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission determined that the automatic shutdown last winter of an Oconee reactor was the mechanical failure of a fuse.  It was an Oconee Unit #2 reactor trip and the loss of four coolant pumps, according to NRC findings.  The government watchdog agency concluded no release occurred and the plant response was normal and the “unusual”event did not […]

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