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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to encourage the tech industry to take online child sexual exploitation seriously. The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (EARN IT Act) removes blanket immunity for violations of laws related to online child sexual abuse material (CSAM). “There are tens of […]

Deputies and Investigators with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said that wanted fugitive, 33 year-old Zackery Edwin Sterling Fiskeaux, was arrested overnight by SLED Agents in Pickens County on Old Seneca Road. Fiskeaux was transported to the Oconee County Detention Center, where he remains awaiting bond and judicial proceedings. Sheriff’s Deputies said that Fiskeaux fired shots at a deputy when […]

Gas prices in the Carolinas haven’t moved much, even as the price of crude rises to multi-year highs. South Carolina’s gas price average sits at $3.02 , also having a one-cent increase on the week. This is three cents more than a month ago and 85 cents more than a year ago. Today’s national average of $3.33 is five cents more than a month […]

A car was stolen late Sunday night from a residence on Fair Play Street in downtown Seneca. Reports stated that police attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle, but the suspect led police on a brief chase. However, the vehicle that was stolen – a 2005 Ford Escape – was in need of maintenance and couldn’t go faster than about […]

A single vehicle crash Saturday afternoon around 5:20pm claimed the life of a 22 year-old from Townville, and sent another Townville resident to the hospital. Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said it happened on I-185 North near mile marker 7, about four miles south of Greenville…

Oconee County Council will hold their first meeting of February tomorrow evening at 6:00PM in council chambers at the Pine Street government complex in Walhalla. On their agenda is a recommendation to apply up to $300,000 of American Rescue Plan funds toward 15.7 miles of a regional greenway trail. The project would involve Oconee County, the City of Clemson and […]