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The crash of a motorcycle on a rural road south of Seneca turned fatal last night to the bike operator. Once family members are notified today, Coroner Addis will release the name of the 37-year old Seneca man. No other vehicles appeared to have been involved in the 8:30 accident on the Brown Farm Road.
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Property on Wells Highway at Seneca is beginning to take shape for the construction of a new middle school. Tonight’s the school district’s preferred new school builder was approved for a guaranteed maximum price. It’s a price that Steve Hanvey, associate superintendent, reflects the rising costs of inflation and supplies. Builder Trehel Corporation’s GMP will total $46,775 million, as spelled […]
Read moreThe superintendent of Oconee public schools, Dr. Michael Thorsland, reported to the county board of trustees tonight that after ballooning COVID-19 cases in January, the number of virus cases is on a “rapid decline” with one-half of February finished. And it led Thorsland to further announce that it is the district’s intentions in August—the start of the next school year– […]
Read moreA vehicle break-in one week ago outside the Westminster Recreation Departmnet has led to charges against a 24-year old woman. According to Police Chief Matt Patterson, Lakeitha Monae Rucker has been charged with theft and financial card transaction theft. The crimes were reported February 7.
Read moreAutopsies are planned to help in the investigation of two bodies found early today north of Walhalla in the Wolfstake Community. Coroner Addis says the victims were two West Union men–one 45 years old; the other, 65. EMS was called shortly after 7:45 am to an address on Pine Hollow Lane near Old Station Road. Addis says the body of […]
Read moreSpartanburg physician Shannelle Campbell says being a surgeon allows her to combine her love of science and her desire to help people. While attending Clemson University, Dr. Campbell earned a bachelor’s in biochemistry and volunteered at free clinics in Seneca and her hometown of Columbia. One of her first rotations as a third-year medical student at Yale was in pediatric […]
Read moreIn an arrest made by the Seneca police Friday, a 30-year old man is charged with 2nd degree assault and battery by mob. Law enforcement records show the police arrested and charged Austin Tyrell Cousins. He is accused in a warrant issued by the municipal judge of causing head and neck injuries to an individual on November 7 at a […]
Read more9.1%. That was the COVID test positivity across South Carolina on Saturday–the first time it has dropped below 10% in quite some time. If accurate, it may be testimony to the belief COVID-19 has begun somewhat wane.
Read moreLook for the sunny sky to turn a possibly gray shade today as the result of a new prescribed burn carried out by the U-S Forest Service in Oconee County. A spokesman says this burn in the Yellow Branch section of the forest is to cover 213 acres.
Read moreFire this morning near Seneca has apparently severely burned one person, and spread to a nearby patch of woods. According to Richie Caudill, the fire is believed to have originated in a homeless camp in the vicinity of Utica;’s Goddard Avenue–an attempt by those inhabiting the camp to keep warm from this morning’s 25 to 30 degree temperatures.
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