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The Oconee County Council is holding a hearing on the next budget for public schools, starting with the fiscal year July 1. The school district’s total proposed budget exceeds $100 million. The Oconee COunty Council meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday evening at Council Chambers in Walhalla at the Pine Street Complex.

According to jail records, Oconee County Deputies arrested 41-year-old Jenna Blair Collier for her third or subsequent offense of distributing meth. Her bond was set at $100,000 and she remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center. Lynda Sue Jernigan was arrested on Friday by the Pickens City Police Department and charged with trafficking methamphetamine or cocaine base, unlawful […]

From the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office: (UPDATE: In a follow-up, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office did speak to a victim who was scammed out of some money in regard to the law enforcement scam we reported.) (Walhalla, SC) ————————————–In our continuing efforts to educate and inform our citizens, and to prevent them from becoming victims of a scam, the Oconee […]

A long-vacated manufacturing building just east of Westminster has been sold for $3 million. The building was formerly a Taylor Made golf equipment plant. Realtor Anna Powell declined to identify the buyer but said he is a businessman who will bring a book distribution business to the area, creating 20 to 30 jobs. The book distributor’s clients will include TJ […]

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect who fled on foot after crashing a stolen truck near Honea Path. The incident began just before 2:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon when someone reported a person driving recklessly along Clemson Boulevard in Anderson. The driver continued into the County area and crashed along Todd Road and Princeton Highway. Deputies located […]

The police chief of Easley, Stan Whitten, has resigned after reportedly being involved in a fight at Lake Keowee on Saturday, June 10. The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple 911 calls about the fight. Whitten had been in a verbal fight with a man and had abrasions on his forehead and nose. The other man involved denied hitting […]

Three individuals have been arrested and charged with various crimes in Anderson and Oconee Counties. Patrick Fitzgerald Sr. Clemons was arrested on Thursday by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and charged with first-degree burglary, assault and battery in the first degree, and common law robbery. He has been denied bonds for all charges and remains jailed at the Anderson County […]

Senator Lindsey Graham introduced two bipartisan bills on Wednesday. The Iranian Enrichment Monitoring Act of 2023, introduced with Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), would require the Director of National Intelligence to notify Congress within 48 hours if Iran produces or possesses highly enriched uranium greater than 60% purity. The Protecting Older Americans Act, introduced with Kirsten Gillibrand […]

On Wednesday, the City of Pickens announced that President Donald J. Trump will be celebrating Independence Day and speaking to first-in-the-South voters on Saturday, July 1, 2023, from 11:30 am – 2:00 pm. The rally is part of a full day of events that starts with the Pickens Historic Hampton House 5K Run/Walk at 8:00 am and ends with fireworks […]