Crime Watch ahead for Seneca neighborhood

Residents of Seneca’s Adams subdivision are organizing to better protect themselves from a crime spree that apparently has had its origins with an EF 3 tornado.  A group of subdivision residents met last night with Police Capt. B-J McClure to learn how a neighborhood watch program can help combat thieves who’ve picked on cars, garages, and un-occupied houses.  The Adams […]

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While swimming, someone took his car

A swimmer parked his car and went for a dip in Lake Hartwell at Clemson.  When he finished, he realized someone had stolen his car.  Campus police say the car has since been retrieved and returned, and an officer confirms an arrest has been made.  According to law enforcement authorities, Goddard Avenue, Seneca resident Chase Landon Sanders was arrested Wednesday […]

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Seneca bank closes temporarily

Customers of a Seneca bank may not conduct their banking business inside the building–at least for now.  A sign that appears on the front door window of BB&T, 123 By-Pass, indicates the reason for the temporary closing is COVID-19.  The message on the sign reads, in part, “To ensure the well being of our clients and teammates, this branch is […]

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Tree falls on newspaper carrier’s car

The cross-trained personnel of Walhalla Fire Department got little sleep during an extremely rainy and stormy night in the county seat.  About three and a half inches fell.  The worst incident apparently involved the car of a newspaper carrier.  Around 3 this morning a large tree fell on her car, as she delivered papers to Walhalla’s Laurel Hill Road area.  […]

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Residents of Seneca’s Adams subdivision are organizing to better protect themselves from a crime spree that apparently has had its origins with an EF 3 tornado.  A group of subdivision met last night with Police Capt. B-J McClure to learn how a neighborhood watch program can help combat thieves who’ve picked on cars, garages, and un-occupied houses.  The Adams subdivision […]

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Processing early vote requests

It’s only the middle of August, but already Oconee’s election office has received 3,500 applications from voters who want to cast their November ballot through the mail.  Perhaps, this is a sign of Oconee voters’ interest this year in electing a president.  Joy Scharich, elections director, recommends that those who can qualify to vote absentee and wish to vote through […]

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Charles Acker

    Westminster– Charles Acker, 85, husband of Elizabeth Stokes, passed away, August 12, 2020 at Rainey Hospice House.   Born in Travelers Rest, SC, he was the son of the late Charles Clinton and Kathryn Bledsoe Acker. Charles was a former Vice President of Finance for Carteret General Hospital and a member St. Luke United Methodist Church. Charles was […]

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Seneca shooting suspect moved to local jail

    A suspect in a late July shooting in Seneca has been moved to the Oconee jail—after having been apprehended in a motel room in Cherokee, North Carolina.  Chief John Covington of the Seneca Police said this about the case his department is pursuing against Kendal Ann Ellis:  “As far as anyone else being charged, that is still under […]

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Today’s South Carolina COVID-19 numbers

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 907 new confirmed cases and 27 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 35 additional confirmed deaths and 11 new probable deaths. One new Oconee death reported, that of an elderly resident who died August 8.  DHEC is also projecting a “probable” Oconee COVID-19 death, based on […]

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