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The School District of Oconee County’s Board of Trustees recently approved separate calendars for the upcoming school year. Middle and High Schoolers will begin classes on August 11 and end the 2021-22 school year on May 24. Elementary students go back to school on August 16 and complete the next school year on May 27. All in service days and […]

According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 42 year-old Jeffery Carl Maillard of Westminster on Monday and charged him with Petit Larceny and Second Degree Burglary. For those charges, he was given a combined $12,000 bond. Maillard was also wanted on a bench warrant from magistrate court, according to jail documents. He remains in […]

On Monday, volunteers showed up alongside members of the Seneca Police Department to give back to the community by way of a litter pick up event held on Martin Luther King, Jr Boulevard to celebrate the holiday through service. The event, organized by the Seneca Police Department, was a huge success, according to Chief Casey Bowling, who was grateful for […]

Greenville County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the Greenville County Courthouse on Monday to investigate a suspicious bag left outside the East North Street building. A deputy with a K9 was making a routine check around 10:30 a.m. Monday around the courthouse, when the dog alerted on the bag. A robot checked it out while nearby businesses were notified and […]

During a briefing held Monday afternoon, acting DHEC Director, Dr. Brannon Traxler urged all South Carolinians in phase 1a of COVID-19 Vaccinations to continue to seek appointments, even though the State is waiting, like many others, on more doses of the vaccine… (SB – BT) Registering to get a vaccine may be done through DHEC’s website, or locally, at Ingles-Markets.com. […]

Prisma Health said it has open dedicated, high-volume community COVID-19 vaccine centers in Greenville and Columbia. In Greenville, the vaccination site, located inside the former Kmart building, is open Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. All community appointments from Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital will be transferred to this site. The drive-thru vaccination site in Columbia is open Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. […]

58-year old Easley resident David Scott Halsey was arrested Saturday and charged by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division with “possession, manufacture, transport destructive device or explosive for damage, injury or death.” Arrest warrants state that on or around November 2, Halsey was in possession of Hexamethylene Triperoxide Diamine (HMTD), a known improvised explosive device. In addition to SLED and […]

The Seneca Police Department will be holding a community event on 01/18/2021 at 10:00 am. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Everybody can be great because everyone can SERVE”. On Dr. King’s birthday we would like to invite the Seneca community to our event. We will be picking up litter on MLK boulevard (South 6th Street). Our police department […]

In his State of the State Address this week, Governor Henry McMaster said that, “During the peak of the pandemic, the unemployment crisis was severe. During the worst week of the Great Recession in 2008 and 2009, we saw nearly 14,000 initial jobless claims filed. During the worst week of the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw more than 87,000. In April, […]