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Oconee County school children return to class today for the first time since March, so be sure to watch out for school buses during the morning and afternoon commutes. Most students have opted for face-to-face instruction, while the rest will resume their studies virtually. Due to COVID-19, this is a most anticipated start to a new year of academics and, […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and charged a Westminster man in a homicide investigation from overnight. 37 year old Brian James Schwenk, who has a listed address of Hartwell Cove Drive in Westminster, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:03 am Sunday morning on charges of Murder and Possession of a Weapon during Commission of […]

The Walhalla Police Department strives to provide a safe environment for everyone within the city limits. As a part of that mission, we also work to enhance the quality of life by working with the public. So we wanted to clear up any misunderstandings in regard to the Face Covering Ordinance 2020-10. In response to the COVID-19 virus and the […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today requested, via letter to Chairman Mark Elam, that the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), “promptly issue up-to-date visitation guidelines providing all direction and information deemed necessary to resume – or require resumption if necessary – in-person visitation with residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.” “Restricting visitation to our state’s nursing […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is providing weekday morning updates for COVID-19 mobile testing events and permanent testing sites at the regional level. For August 21-23, COVID-19 testing opportunities in the Upstate (Anderson, Abbeville, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Union counties) include the sites below. The information is subject to change, […]

In our continuing efforts to educate and inform our citizens and to prevent them from becoming victims of scams, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is releasing today our August 2020 Scams Update. Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office spoke with two complainants regarding remodeling work that was done by a contractor on their respective homes. According to information provided by deputies, […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Columbia, SC man Wednesday in relation to an incident that occurred late Tuesday afternoon. 22 year old Karriem Lushon Agner, Jr. was transferred to Oconee County from the Anderson County Detention Center around 10:00 pm Wednesday night. A victim told a deputy that Agner had came to his Tollkeepers Place residence near Seneca […]