A citizen group scores a victory in NE Georgia

Pilgrim Pride’s decision to abandon Franklin County, Georgia as a location for a rendering plant is being viewed in that county as a victory for people in the community who want a hand to decide what happens there.  Pilgrim’s backed out of considering Franklin County for a rendering and pet food ingredient plant at I-85 and highway 320.  The citizens’ […]

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July 4 Salem fireworks

Fireworks July 4 will help Salem commemorate the break from the mother country at night at the Eagle Ridge ball field.  The town of Salem will open gates at 8 pm, and everyone is invited to bring a blanket, a chair, and enjoy outdoor games.  The fireworks are scheduled to start at 9:30.  The town requests that everyone, please, leave […]

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Bus man to pay visit to the county planners

At their meeting Monday, the Oconee County planning commissioners will hear from a representative of CATbus.  On the agenda to speak is Ed Halbig, the planning and community development director for Seneca.  Free bus passenger service in Oconee County is mostly confined to Seneca and adjoining parts of the city.  Halbig has long maintained that expanding the service to cities […]

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Second arrest in Tuesday shooting near Shiloh Road

A 23-year old man near Seneca turned himself over to authorities yesterday afternoon and became the second person to be arrested in the investigation of burglary and gunfire Tuesday at a home near the Shiloh Road in the vicinity of the county airport.  The second arrest was that of Rodriquez Samarea Daquan Maddox of the W. Reedy Fork Road.  According […]

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Wounded man lay in the middle of the road

A man down on the middle of a road near Seneca is the latest victim of gunfire.  However, word from Oconee Sheriff’s Office is that last night’s case is one in which, it’s believed, there’s no danger to the public.  In this case, sheriff’s office received a report of a male in the middle of Mormon Church Road with a […]

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Tennis shoes taken amid home burglary gunfire

An Anderson man at the scene of an Oconee home burglary was wounded by gunfire and required hospital treatment before being arrested.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces three charges against Chauncey Demetrius Williams:  petty larceny, first degree burglary, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.  The sheriff’s office identified the crime scene as a home […]

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