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The Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officers have started teaching drug abuse education classes to 5th grade students in Oconee County. Deputies were certified over the summer by attending training in Columbia conducted by The Richland County Sheriff’s Office. D.A.R.E. is the largest and most comprehensive K-12 education program in the world taught in thousands of schools in America. The curriculum teaches […]

Tri-County Technical College at Pendleton will host a one-hour career fair from 11:00am until Noon today at Anderson Hall near the college main entrance for those interested in entering the field of law enforcement. Representatives from 10 local and state law enforcement agencies will there, and TCTC officials will discuss the college’s criminal justice degree program, as well as it’s […]

We are awaiting details from the South Carolina Highway Patrol regarding a collision that happened this morning not long before 8:00 am on Keowee School Road near Emerald Pointe Drive. Traffic was blocked, with officers rerouting vehicles in the area. At least one person sustained unspecified injuries as a result of the accident, which is under investigation.

From around 9:00am until Noon today, deputies from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will engage in an outdoor training scenario in the Poplar Springs community. Residents and motorists in the vicinity of Dickard and Poplar Springs Roads should keep in mind there is threat to the public and they are likely to see lots of patrol vehicles in that area, […]

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a single vehicle crash that proved fatal. Master Trooper Brandon Bolt said it happened around 7:45pm Tuesday night on SC-86 near Wigginton Road in Anderson County. He joins us now with more…

The 2021 Oconee County Veterans Day Parade is scheduled to take place in Seneca on Veteran’s Day, November 11th, at 4:30pm in downtown Seneca. Korean War Veteran and Seneca resident Gene Nicholson will serve as the Grand Marshall for this year’s parade. If you would like to enter the parade, contact Tanya Adkins with the Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office […]

Oconee County is now a right-to-life county after a new resolution declaring such received the support of all five county council members at their meeting in Walhalla last night. Earlier this year a separate resolution to make the county a sanctuary for the unborn failed by one vote. During the meeting, however, Council Member Glenn Hart wondered if the resolution […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Conor Lee McCallister, 27, of Easley. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest on Friday, October 15. McCallister was arrested after investigators said they received a CyberTipline report that led them to McCallister. Investigators state McCallister possessed files of child […]

The City of Seneca’s Transit Service held a public hearing yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon at City Hall and heard from the community about a proposed change to the CATBus Route, specifically as it relates to the Tanglewood Subdivision. City Administrator Scott Moulder with more…

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today met with members of the South Carolina media to discuss his recent trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, supply chain issues, and other issues facing the country. On immigration: GRAHAM: “I just got back from the border.  It’s a disaster. The southern border of the United States is a complete disaster…I went to the […]