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Firefighters were called around 10:30 pm last night to a residence on Acorn Drive near Schoolhouse Road in the area of Westminster. Crews were on the scene for almost two hours working to extinguish the blaze. No one was hurt, according to reports.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol said a pedestrian was hit and killed by two cars while walking on a highway near Pelzer Saturday night. The victim was identified by the Anderson County Coroner as 22 year-old Travis Parker Saxon, of Greenville, South Carolina. Master Trooper Gary Miller has more… No word yet form authorities if any criminal charges will be […]

Due to a water main break, Westminster Elementary and West-Oak Middle Schools are without water.  According to officials from Westminster, the break will not be fixed before lunch time at the earliest. Westminster Elementary School students who are car-riders may be picked up now; buses will leave the school at 9:30am to return bus riders home.  West-Oak Middle School students will not report […]

The family of a Walhalla man, who the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate, has partnered with Crimestoppers of Oconee County, Inc. to offer a $1,000 reward for information leading to him. 36 year old Joshua Scott Ivester is a white male, 5’11”, 190 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair.  He was last seen wearing a camouflage […]

WASHINGTON – In light of new reports alleging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff engaged in a cover-up of New York’s nursing home COVID-19 death toll, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) yesterday sent a letter to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling for the Committee to investigate Cuomo’s COVID-19 cover-up. He was joined by eight […]

The volume of trash handled by Oconee Solid Waste has risen substantially since the coronavirus pandemic began. At this week’s county council meeting, the county’s solid waste director Swain Still said that it’s due to the fact that since more people have been confined to their homes, they have done more cleaning, which means more waste at the convenience centers, […]

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a Wednesday night crash that happened at about 6:30 pm at East North 1st Street and US Hwy 123. Reports stated that a Prisma Ambulance was transporting a critical patient when it collided with a passenger car at the intersection. That lone passenger and the ambulance crew sustained only minor injuries, and a […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC to increase by approximately 1.6 percent the reactor capacity of Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3. The NRC staff determined that Duke Energy could safely increase all three reactors’ heat output, primarily through more accurate means of measuring feedwater flow. The power uprate for Oconee, […]

US Congressman for South Carolina’s 3rd District Jeff Duncan told a Washington hearing this week that the electric grid instability in Texas is evidence that nuclear power plays a critical role in the quest for clean energy and reducing carbon emissions. He called attention to Duke’s Oconee plant which is one of the largest in the country, and he also […]

Oconee County Council voted at their meeting this week in favor of extending the current mask and face covering ordinance until at least June 30th. According to language in the ordinance, which went into effect in August, states that “anyone working in or visiting a county government building, including all branches of the local library, will be required to wear […]