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Update from OCSO: The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster woman on outstanding warrants, including a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine. 34 year old Brandy Diane Wright of Longcreek Highway was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:30pm. Besides the drug trafficking charge, Wright was also served outstanding arrest warrants on charges of Possession of Marijuana, Possession […]

On Tuesday night, Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to investigate an incident near Salem following a victim being attacked. Reports stated that 28 year-old James Kyle Mosley, Jr. of a Jocassee Lake Road address was charged with malicious injury to personal property and first degree assault and battery. Police said Mosley attacked a man with a pick axe after […]

49 year-old Adrian Cuttino Holland of Seneca and 49 year-old Debbie Chynell Smith were both arrested on Wednesday, according to reports from Walhalla Police. Following an early morning traffic stop, Holland was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on charges of forgery, distribution of meth and cocaine, furnishing contraband in a jail, driving under suspension and possession of a […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Shenandoah Growers, Inc., a national leader in commercially advanced indoor agriculture, today broke ground on its next indoor ‘Biofarm,’ located in Anderson County. The project will create 50 local, well-paying jobs. With leading unit economics, capital efficiency, market reach and product offerings, Shenandoah Growers, Inc. is poised to break a long-standing market compromise by delivering 100% USDA certified organic produce that is both […]

Oconee County’s Paul Cain is the new president of the South Carolina Association of Counties, having been elected by the membership during the annual meeting last weekend on Hilton Head Island. The statewide association represents county government in South Carolina and works to empower county officials through advocacy, education, and collaboration. It maintains a full-time staff in Columbia and is […]

A couple of the tubers required medical help as part of a search and rescue that Scott Krein of Oconee Emergency Services said started late Saturday night and continued for much of Sunday… Those tubers, according to the Andrew Pickens District US Forest Service officials, could potentially face a federal citation for activity inside a section of the Wild and […]

South Carolina Highway Patrol and EMS responded to a deadly accident in Anderson County overnight. Master Trooper Gary Miller said it happened around 12:40am on on SC187 near Murphy Road, about ten miles west of Anderson… The Anderson County Coroner identified the deceased as 32-year-old Joseph Michael Mahone from Spartanburg.

Clemson City Council met on Monday night to have a regular meeting, during which council member Fran McGuire made a motion for a special called meeting to discuss reimplementing a mask ordinance in the city limits. The motion was seconded, but defeated in a vote. McGuire told Mayor Robert Halfacre and his fellow council members he was disappointed that they […]

Update: Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Continues Investigation into Tuesday Evening Shooting   An investigation is continuing today in relation to a shooting that occurred late Tuesday evening in the Holly Springs Community of Oconee County.   Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Division responded to an address on Ora Road near Longcreek Highway in regards to reports of a subject who had sustained […]

New varieties of seeds have been added to the Betty B. Watkins Seed Library! These new seeds include arugula, kohlrabi, red onions, black-eyed Susan, purple coneflower, and many more. Additionally, the OCPL is hosting their first pop-up seed library at the Seneca branch on Thursday, August 19 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Stop by and pick out your free […]