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What might Seneca look like without a landmark building in the downtown and what might comes in its place are questions to conjure this morning, as the city’s Improvements Corporation prepares for a meeting tomorrow morning. Atop the agenda is “Harper’s Demolition Work.” Harper’s was once a thriving 5 and 10-cent store chain in a couple of states, and its […]
Read moreOn a cold Oconee County night, there were fires on opposite ends of the county. Just before 2:30 this morning an abandoned house burned to the ground in Salem. Fire fighters were called to the scene on Wander Road near Sunrise Drive. Also during the 2 o’clock hour this morning fire burned a Nissan car near Camp School Lane, Fair […]
Read moreThe Westminster police say one young man has been arrested, a second young man is being sought, in the continuing investigation of gunfire last week on a street corner. At Butler and Johnson streets on April 12, a 24-year old man was wounded. Chief Rory Jones says 19-year old Kenneth Rivadeneira was arrested yesterday and charged with assault and […]
Read moreSeneca – Helen Doris Johnson Smith, 87, wife of the late William G. Smith, passed away Sunday, April 18th,2021 surrounded by her loving family. Helen was born in Latta, South Carolina, and was the daughter of the late Frank Johnson and Helen Butler Johnson. Mrs. Smith worked for 15 years in the advertising department with Montgomery Ward in Washington […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC – Rickey “Pete” Dave Brake, Jr., 42, husband of Kerri Boggs, of 238 Marvs Drive, Walhalla, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at his home. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mr. Brake was the son of Brenda Smith Wallis (Jim) and the late Rickey Dave Brake, Sr. He was a member of Little River Baptist […]
Read moreOn today’s report from South Carolina DHEC: 391 new cases of COVID-19 across the state; five cases in Oconee County. Statewide, for the 24-hour count that ended 11:59 Monday night, there were 11 new South Carolina deaths from the virus. Of 9,090 test results: the positivity was 6.3%.
Read moreSouth Carolina DOT is placing plans for a travel safety improvement project before the public in the Westminster area. An in-person meeting for improvement work proposed for SC 24/the West-Oak Highway, from the Greenfield Road to S-58 (the Fair Play Road), is planned between 3 and 7 pm Tuesday, May 4 in the Family Life Center of the Westminster First […]
Read moreA Michigan man placed in North Carolina custody faces the charge of vehicle theft in Oconee County. Oconee Sheriff’s Office records show Michael Joseph Harris II of South Lyon, Michigan was arrested and charged with grand larceny of a 2000 Nissan Frontier Pickup truck stolen April 7 from the driveway of a home in the Tamassee Community. According to an […]
Read moreAmtrak announces daily service will resume for several of its trains throughout its national network. Last fall Amtrak reduced service on many long distance routes including the Crescent that stops in Toccoa, Georgia and passes through Oconee County. According to the Rail Passengers Association, the American Rescue Plan COVID relief bill, passed by Congress and signed by President Biden, provides […]
Read moreA sheriff’s officer’s pursuit of a suspect, for a time yesterday, was considered a situation of moderate potential danger and resulted in a code yellow at the Fair-Oak Elementary School. The suspect, for whom the sheriff’s office held warrants, got away when the officer’s car caught fire in a field. Sheriff Crenshaw traced the origin of the fire to wiring […]
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