Category: News

State troopers report an accident is blocking traffic on SC 28/the Blue Ridge Blvd., at the entrance to the Oconee Memorial Hospital.  First reports indicate no one injured.

A man near West Union has been flown for emergency medical attention, as the result of an accident around mid day today at a home on the Poplar Springs Road.  At the time, he was working on a vehicle. The man was pinned temporarily.  According to one responder, quick action by responding sheriff’s officers who were near the scene freed […]

These days if you motor north on I-85 from the South Carolina Welcome Center at Fair Play, one of the first things you’ll notice is a sign advertising the city of Greer, South Carolina—the city that sits in both Greenville and Spartanburg counties. What’s not apparent is a sizeable sign or marker telling I-85 motorists that, besides entering South Carolina, […]

Prisma Health has done some budget re-prioritizing and, for now, it affects the timetable for the long-talked about project to triple the size of the Oconee Memorial emergency department. The re-prioritized budgeting will award pay raises for nurses and others in support positions. Here is Prisma Health’s statement, as released to 101.7/WGOG NEWS: “Everything we do at Prisma Health starts […]

The Army JROTC Department at Seneca High School received its first formal JROTC Program for Accreditation Inspection last month and earned “Honor Unit with Distinction” honors. Army JROTC units are evaluated every four years by the U.S. Army’s Cadet Command of Fort Knox, KY. This inspection is administered to all JROTC units to ensure that units are adhering to AdvancED […]

The annual Seneca Christmas parade will roll thru the city starting at 6 o’clock tonight.  There’s a change in this year’s route, to better accentuate the seasonal lights along E. Main Street in front of the downtown park.  Everyone has an invitation from the mayor and the council to join them for the official tree lighting.  The holiday events tonight […]

A 44-year old Oconee man died Saturday night in a Greenville hospital. Authorities say Russell Alan Tupper was the pedestrian victim of a motor vehicle accident Thanksgiving Day night on Critter Road near SC 11. Coroner Karl Addis says Tupper died of a head injury. The highway patrol investigated.

A late night house fire in the Utica Community near Seneca. According to Rural Fire Control, the house that caught fire was abandoned and no injuries resulted. The fire location was an empty house on James Street near Goddard Avenue. A fire at Lonsdale Street home last week in Utica took the life of a 27-year old man.

The man found dead in the Tuesday home fire near Seneca was a 27-year old who was known to have stayed at the Lonsdale Street location in the Utica Community.  He was Seth Jacob Gaunt.  According to Coroner Karl Addis, Gaunt was identified by his general appearance, tattoos, along with a fingerprint comparison to a known print on file with […]

The replacement K9 of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office paid off handsomely during a recent crime investigation. At the request of the Walhalla police, K9 Thor and its handler, Deputy Justin Stokes, mobilized to help track and apprehend a man allegedly responsible for thefts and burglaries. Once the suspect was in custody, Thor began a search that led officers to recover […]