Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
There will be a new member of Oconee School Board of Trustees. Meghan Ketterman recorded 65% of the vote in her race with incumbent Joe Rukat for the District Two seat. For District Five, incumbent Buddy Herring emerged as the winner in a three-way race. All Oconee results remain unofficial until the county board of canvassers meets Friday to certify […]
Read moreToday is Election Day and polling places are open from 7 am until 7pm. Remember to bring your photo ID, and wear your mask. More than one million South Carolinians cast their ballots during the early voting period this year, doubling the record for absentee voting set in 2016, and there are expected to be record numbers at the polls […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a pair of brothers over the weekend on multiple charges after a Saturday evening pursuit. One of the brothers had four outstanding General Session Bench Warrants, two of which were for Trafficking in Methamphetamine. 42 year old Robert Edward Payne, who has a listed address of Earls Mill Road in Seneca, was booked into […]
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The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said that 29 year-old David Michael Watkins has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of 31 year-old Dustin Lee Smith of Seneca. Smith was found dead around 12:45 am Sunday morning. His body was located on the shoulder of Ponderosa Drive in Six Mile, according to investigators. The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and Oconee Addiction Recovery and Solutions, in partnership with Oconee County Administrator Amanda Brock and Oconee County Council, are announcing today that grants have been awarded to help Oconee County citizens who are suffering from drug addiction and those at the Oconee County Detention Center in regards to mental health care. The first grant, in […]
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DHEC announced 1,319 new confirmed cases and 17 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 1 additional confirmed death and no new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 169,228, probable cases to 8,795, confirmed deaths to 3,687, and 249 probable deaths. Anderson County added 97 new cases, while there were 45 confirmed in Pickens […]
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A new piece of federal legislation, called the Reaching America’s Rural Minority Business Act, is being co-sponsored by Senator Tim Scott and addresses rural, minority owned businesses by offering technical assistance, training and education. As many as ten business centers at historically black colleges and universities could be established by the Commerce Department to serve rural and beleaguered communities if […]
Read moreA man and his wife died after being shot in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide this past Thursday night at their home on Rocking M Lane near Westminster. Master Deputy Jimmy Watt said two medivac helicopters arrived at the scene to transport the victims… The Oconee County Coroner’s Office identified the couple as 52 year-old Paula Marcengill and her […]
Read moreAt about 11:30 pm Saturday night, the South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to a fatal single vehicle accident on Zion Church Road near Bakerville Road, approximately two miles east of Easley. Master Trooper Gary Miller has more… The Pickens County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as 17 year-old Clayton Downs of Easley.
Read moreThe Pickens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a male who was found near Ponderosa Park, along Ponderosa Dr. in Six Mile, not long before 1:00 am Sunday morning. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the victim as 31-year-old Dustin Lee Smith of Seneca. The coroner determined the incident was a homicide. Anyone with information is asked call […]
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