Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
DHEC announced 741 new confirmed cases and 85 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 18 additional confirmed deaths and 6 new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 170,862, probable cases to 9,090, confirmed deaths to 3,713, and 255 probable deaths. There were 62 new cases in Anderson County; 31 in Pickens County; and […]
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The South Carolina Department of Revenue arrested Six Mile resident Ricardo Antonio Ramos recently on charges of forgery and furnishing a false tax document. Ramos is accused of filing a state individual income tax return in which he allegedly claimed a $31 thousand credit in February 2019. He also allegedly claimed $988 in income tax withheld when actual holdings totaled […]
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Oconee County’s long-time coroner, Karl Addis will keep his post for another four years, having ran unopposed in and won Tuesday’s election, but he said that this will be his last term, meaning that during the next election cycle in 2024, someone else will be on the ballot for coroner…
Read moreThere 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 […]
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