Rain prevents contractor from meeting schedule

123 motorists will have to put up with a detour between Westminster and the Georgia line a while longer.  A DOT official says rainfall in the last several days has dealt S&S Construction “a major setback.”  The Anderson contractor won’t be able to meet Sunday’s deadline to restore the collapsed road side.  “Basically, we are waiting on the soil to […]

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Dodd and Rampey were the victims

According to information provided by the District Nine Medical Examiner’s Office in Orlando, FL, the two Seneca men killed in an aviation incident that occurred in Central Florida yesterday have been identified. 94.1 The Lake received an e-mail from Samary Lopez-Hill, the Forensic Records Coordinator from the District Nine Medical Examiner’s Office. In the e-mail, Lopez-Hill is quoted with the […]

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Oconee County has feline problem

An “avalanche” of kittens has arrived at the Oconee Animal Shelter near Seneca, and the Humane Society is further cutting the cost to spay/neuter both male and female cats.  What’s called “Kitten season” has hit the county hard again this year.  A spokeswoman for the shelter says hundreds of kittens, without moms, all homeless are streaming into the shelter on […]

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Police on the path of church vandals

Cases of church vandalisms are being investigated near Seneca. According to the Sheriff’s Office, there have been multiple instances—including at a church and in a graveyard. More than 20 headstones were moved on Tuesday at the Friendship United Methodist cemetery. On June 2, the nearby Hepsibah Baptist Church was littered with satanic graffiti and emblems. A cash reward is offered […]

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Two Seneca men victims of Florida plane crash

The Oconee County coroner confirmed last night that the bodies found after a Florida plane crash yesterday are those of two Seneca men. Coroner Karl Addis said at  the request of the Maitland, Florida police, he notified the families. But Addis referred requests for other information to the Maitland police and the Orange County, Florida medical examiner’s office in Orlando. […]

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Hazel Elaine Shipman

Walhalla, SC —Hazel Elaine Shipman, 54, wife of the late James “Bubba” Shipman, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at her home, 601 Highland Glen Court, Walhalla. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Friday, June 14, 2019, at Davenport Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hepsibah Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 PM, Thursday, […]

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Virginia “Jenny” Irene Doss Baumgarner

Seneca, SC — Virginia “Jenny” Irene Doss Baumgarner, 66, of 802 Dalton Road, Seneca, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at her home. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 PM, Friday, June 14, 2019, at Davenport Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Prisma Health Cancer Institute, Attn: Foundation Office, 298 Memorial Drive, Seneca, […]

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Paul Bixby Jr.

Westminster – Paul Winslow “Buzz” Bixby, Jr., 90, widower of the late Shirley Frances Chauncey Bixby, passed away on June 11, 2019 at the Cottingham Hospice House. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made in Mr. Bixby’s memory to any of the following Alzheimer’s Respite Care Programs: Rhodes Respite […]

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Rep. Duncan goes to bat for lake residents

An amendment to an appropriations bill by Rep. Jeff Duncan that would have protected residents along two South Carolina lakes from steep fee increases from the Army Corps of Engineers failed, but South Carolina’s 3rd District Republican says he will not be silenced on an issue affecting residents of both lakes Hartwell and Thurmond. Starting January 1, lake residents face […]

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Lawsuit claims government and others could have prevented child abuse incident

A lawsuit in the Oconee Common Pleas Court claims that child protection services, medical providers, and law enforcement authorities were negligent in not taking steps that could have prevented the then boyfriend of the mother from abusing a second child in the family. The 23-page lawsuit, filed yesterday by two Rock Hill attorneys for plaintiffs Ravyn Hammond and Cody Hess […]

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