2015 homicide resolved by guilty plea

Responsibility for a Pendleton man’s death in 2015 was laid upon a Seneca resident during a court proceeding yesterday at Pickens.  After a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter, Kerry Cobb of Seneca was sent to prison for 15 years.  Spokesman Robert Kittle for the state attorney’s general called it a negotiated sentence, predicated on Cobb revealing the location of the […]

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Accused traffic law violator re-arrested

An Oconee judge has instructed a prosecutor to take 30 days before he rules on pre-trial motions in the case of South Carolina v. Bradley Thomas Barnett.  The state seeks to revoke Barnett’s bond after the defendant was re-arrested in January on an assault and battery charge – separate from the 2021 incident in which Barnett was charged with felony […]

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Walhalla Democrat for the Congress

Chairwoman Jody Gaulin of the Oconee Democratic Party identifies Walhalla resident Frances Guldner as one of two Democrats who will seek their party’s nomination for the 3rd District U-S House of Representatives; the other being Bryon Best of Laurens.  According to Gaulin, those who attend Saturday’s county convention at the Seneca Gignilliat Community Center can expect to hear from Guldner […]

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“Town Hall” recommended on quarry status

Wayne McCall has been off Oconee County Council the last four years, but still gets calls from customers of the county’s rock quarry.  And, while McCall, refers those calls to his successor, District Two’s Matthew Durham, he still has opinions about how to keep in service the county’s multi-million dollar enterprise rock quarry. District Four’s Julian Davis this week acknowledged […]

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Pioneer Rural Water nominees

A board member of the Pioneer Rural Water District, Mark Holbrooks, is stepping aside.  Nominated as a candidate for Holbrooks’ Seat #1 this week was Nathan Gambrell, a newcomer.  Pioneer’s long-time Seat #4 holder, Barry Stevenson, the board chairman, was nominated to run for a new term.

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Long-time Graham aide bids for the congress

Senator Lindsey Graham’s former communications director has witnessed enough of the nation’s goings-on that he’d like to play a direct role.  Twenty-five-year Easley and Pickens County resident Kevin Bishop announces he’ll run for the Third District congressional seat being vacated by Jeff Duncan.  Bishop calls himself a conservative Republican and makes this promise:  “I’ll help President Trump secure our border, […]

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Cars collide on a wet123 By-Pass

Two cars ran together this morning in the pouring rain on the 123 Seneca ByPass.  The police say one person required hospital transport.  The wreckage created a backup for the westbound traffic in the vicinity of the recently opened landscape business, formerly Lake Keowee Ford.  It’s a reminder, says policeman Jerry Wirtz, to drive carefully — especially when the weather […]

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$430K-plus expenditure at county level

After a closed-door meeting, Oconee County Council responded last night with an expenditure to enhance the safety of its law enforcement officers.  The council unanimously approved the purchase of some $430 thousand dollars’ worth of door armor and ballistic glass to help protect personnel from gunfire – as was evidence late last year when a young deputy was seriously wounded […]

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