Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
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 […]
Read moreDirector 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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreSouth Carolina Supreme Court agreed this week with a lower court ruling in the case of a man convicted in Pickens County of murder in Clemson. The state’s case against Jaron Lamont Gibbs made its way to the state supreme court on a writ from the state Court of Appeals and earlier an appeal from Pickens County circuit court. Although […]
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DHEC confirmed that: a skunk found near Spring Meadow Court and Fire Tower Road in Piedmont, S.C., has tested positive for rabies. No people are known to have been exposed at this time. One dog was exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act. The skunk from Anderson County was submitted to DHEC’s laboratory […]
Read moreSeneca City Council will hold a Public Hearing on the 2023 Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 6pm in Council Chambers at City Hall. The regular scheduled monthly council meeting will follow, and will include a second and final reading on the City’s Comprehensive Plan. First item on the agenda for their meeting, however, is a special proclamation […]
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Anderson County Emergency Management is changing how they approach people with special needs in a life-threatening emergency. The Special Needs Registry gives first responder details about a person, and their condition, at their fingertips before ever responding to an emergency. Register yourself or someone you know with special needs by simply inputting their address, their disability and a few details […]
Read moreAcording to jail records, on Thursday Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 29 year-old Simeon Jacob Nix on two counts each of abandonment of animals and ill treatment – torture – of animals. He remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center pending bond.
Read moreOn Monday, January 9, the Mullins Ford Boat Ramp, located on Mullins Ford Landing Road near Westminster, will temporarily close to the public for site improvements, including the installation of a new drainage pipe and the addition of a new launch area that will add 106’ to the launch prep area. Weather permitting, the construction is expected to take approximately […]
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