Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
A 20% rate increase for the municipal members of the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority is a major topic for this afternoon’s meeting at 4pm of the JRSA board of commissioners. The meeting is being held at the Depot on Main Street in Westminster. A 20% increase in the charge that Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster pay to treat their sewage […]
Read moreThe Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teen. Reece Alizabeth Dameron was last seen at a residence on Patterson Road on January 2, 2022 and has been missing since. She is described as a white female standing about 5’6″ weighing around 150 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. Anyone with information […]
Read moreAccording to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Thursday Oconee County Deputies arrested 61 year-old Michael Doyle Barker of a Joh Holliday Road address in Six Mile. He is charged with Blackmail or Extortion and Voyeurism, according to reports. Details surrounding his arrest have not yet been released. Bond on the charge of Voyeurism was set at […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. ― January is National Radon Action Month, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is encouraging South Carolinians to become familiar with the risks of radon when it’s present inside a home. Radon is a naturally occurring, invisible, odorless, tasteless gas that is dispersed in outdoor air, but radon can reach harmful levels when […]
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An increasing number of COVID-19 patients in both Prisma and AnMed Health hospitals across the area has been reported in recent days. Prisma Health’s hospitals, which includes Oconee Memorial, said that eight out of every ten in-patients have not been vaccinated. Prisma Health has counted 438 COVID-19 patients, as compared to just 85 on December 1. Of the 4 Prisma […]
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Seneca Elks #2822 will be having a Hoops Contest Sunday, January 9th for all boys and girls ages 8-13 yrs. at the the Fair-Oak Youth Center, 150 Schoolhouse Road, Westminster, at 2pm. All parents are urged to bring a copy of their birth certificate. There will be 3 age brackets: 8-9/10-11/12-13. Ant questions please call Brian Reichle 864-923-6650.
Read moreKeowee Fire Department at Keowee Key will build a new landing pad for medical helicopters. The helipad is made possible thanks to property donated by the Keowee Key Project and a $20,000 donation from “a very kind person.” When the cost of relocating power lines is factored, the helipad is estimated to be around $60,000. That goal is still short […]
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As South Carolina and the nation deals with a surge in COVID-19 and it’s variants, Governor Henry McMaster said Wednesday that his message is we will get through this surge and to not panic. The Governor said that closures and mandates for the Palmetto State are unnecessary… Governor McMaster said there are plenty of vaccines available to South Carolinians who […]
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The Anderson County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s Offices, along with SLED and DSS are investigating after Anderson Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an address on Carr Court near Belton around 2:00am Wednesday morning. According to the Anderson County Coroner’s Office, 2-year-old Marlee Sills died after she was “accidentally shot with a BB gun.” Investigators said the victim’s father was attempting to move […]
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The next couple of weeks are all that’s left for Oconee property owners who’ve procrastinated paying their 2021 Oconee County property taxes. January 18 is the deadline to pay without penalty. The bills have been payable since they went out in the mail a few weeks ago. Many taxpayers, including the county’s largest, Duke Energy, wait until January to pay. […]
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