Townville News

July 6, 2009 - 11:51 p.m. EST SENECA - Oconee County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 38-year-old Seneca man Thursday for allegedly inappropriately touching his a young female.

A 70-year-old tractor-trailer driver burned to death as firefighters struggled in vain to rescue him after his truck ran off Interstate 85 and caught fire Saturday, emergency officials said.

An estimated 22,000 chickens perished in a fire that destroyed a chickenhouse near Seneca, a loss the owner placed at about $200,000. Townville Fire Chief Billy McAdams said the blaze struck the Floyd McPhail chicken farm, at 2051 Pine Grove Road, at about 10:30 p.m. Friday.

Lee Duncan of Irmo shot a first-round 2-under 69 to take a two-shot lead over Carson Young of Pendleton in the boys 13-14 bracket at the SCGA Junior Championship at Bulls Bay on Tuesday.

Two people were arrested in connection with a hammer attack on a Louisiana man at a rest stop along Interstate 85 in Anderson County Thursday, deputies said.

Upstate residents cleaned up debris and began putting their lives back together Monday, as officials confirmed that six tornadoes roared through the region over the weekend and caused at least $6 million in damage.

The National Weather Service said its surveyors determined that seven tornadoes touched down in the Upstate during Friday night's storms, the strongest of which was reported in Abbeville.

At least one person died in connection with spring storms that brought hail, damaging winds and at least two confirmed tornadoes to South Carolina, officials said Saturday.

Approximately 403 public schools throughout the state, including schools in Oconee, Pickens and Anderson District 4, were recognized Thursday for outstanding academic performance through the Palmetto Gold and Palmetto Silver awards program.

Randall Wayne Holcombe of Townville to Annie Miller Jimerson of Conestee; Terry Shane Myers to Mary Sheree Ayers, both of Walhalla; Michael David Crocker II of Westminster to Toni Nicole Kelley of Seneca; John ...

February 13, 2009 - 10:27 p.m. EST SENECA - On a day the Seneca Police Department announced it had arrested an alleged child molester, Oconee County Sheriffa s Office deputies charged another.

Contributions to the Holiday Sunshine Fund have reached $72,651.75 to help the needy, with recent donations totaling $4,192.75. The Greenville News created the Holiday Sunshine Fund in 1978, and WYFF 4 joined ...