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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Lewis Matthew Hardenbrook, 34, of Pickens, S.C., on seven charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, […]

According to jail records, on Sunday the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 36 year-old Kevin Troy Moyers and charged him with four counts of pointing a firearm at a person. Bond was set at $60,000 and he remains in custody at this time. On Friday, several arrests were made by area law enforcement agencies. Kristan Michelle Barnett, age 32, was […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible road rage situation. Officials responded to a call in reference to gunshots that were fired from one vehicle into another at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday on I-85 between mile markers one and two. An adult female and two children were inside the car when the shooting happened. Deputies said the woman […]

Set to coincide with a new session of the General Assembly in Columbia, the Oconee County Legislative Delegation has scheduled the Annual Delegation Meeting to be held on Thursday, January 19, at 6:30pm in the Westminster Depot, located 129 Main Street, Westminster. Members of the public who would like to address the Delegation, including Senator Thomas Alexander and House Members […]

Director Blair Hinson said all branches of the Oconee County Public Library will be hosting the mobile unit of the Blood Connection for blood donations this month, thanks to the coordination efforts of the library’s new Community Resource Associate Kerry Leeper Brock… Donors will receive a $20 and $50 gift card, as well as $5 in “Book Bucks” to be […]

A car on East Main Street, Walhalla went out of control around 5:00pm Thursday afternoon and crashed through the front of an insurance office, narrowly missing the agent. According to Walhalla Police Chief Tim Rice, Nationwide Agent Stanley Nix avoided injury or worse just earlier by moving into an adjoining office. Rice said a medical condition on the part of […]

A Taylors man remains in jail today, on a combined $47,382.50 surety bond, after his arrest by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in relation to a Tuesday disturbance investigation at Hartwell Village. 43 year old Joseph Allen Tuten, of Sutton Drive, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 8:05am Wednesday. Tuten has been charged with three counts of […]