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The School District of Oconee County has partnered with FinalForms, an online forms and data management service, to allow families to complete and sign enrollment/registration forms for students online.  Parents will also be able to use their FinalForms account to update student information, such as contact or medical information, throughout the school year.   Parents of returning students that have an […]

Staggered schedule for August 16th – 20th Children in the School District of Oconee County 4K and Kindergarten classes will begin school on a staggered start for the 2021-2022 school year.  The purpose of a staggered start is to allow students who are in the early stages of experiencing school to be exposed to school-wide and classroom expectations in a […]

Oconee County Deputies arrested a man Friday on weapons offenses. According to jail records from the Oconee County Detention Center, 40 year-old Justin Patrick Picard has been charged with unlawfully carrying a weapon and sale or delivery of a handgun to and possession by certain persons unlawfully. He remains in custody pending bond, the total of which was set at […]

According to jail records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Saturday Seneca Police arrested 36 year-old Kamika DeShorie Robinson and charged her with Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature. She remains in custody with a bond set in the amount of $10,000.

Anderson City Police are investigating after two juveniles were shot around 6:15pm Sunday at Friendship Court Apartments on Mauldin Street. Those juveniles, according to police, were taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. That shooting comes on the heels of a Saturday night incident on Phillips Street that sent an 11 year-old girl by medical helicopter to the […]

A deadly two vehicle crash happened Saturday evening, not long before 6:00pm, on SC-133/Six Mile Highway near Red Fox Road, about two miles north of Clemson in Pickens County. Cpl. Matt Southern with the Highway Patrol has more… Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the deceased as 71 year-old Deborah Williams of West Union. She was pronounced dead at the […]

On Saturday, the City of Westminster lifted a boil advisory that applied to customers in the vicinity of Welcome Church Road. According to the city, a second round of samples confirmed no bacteriological contamination. The advisory had been in place since Thursday.

At approximately 8:30PM Saturday night, Walhalla PD responded to a domestic disturbance at the Highland Glen Apt. Complex. Officers were notified of a potential bomb threat that was made prior to the suspect fleeing on foot. Officers then evacuated the building and requested assistance from Oconee County Sheriff Office and Anderson County Sheriff Office bomb squad. The apartment was cleared […]

A “Boil Water Advisory” to certain customers of the City of Westminster has been issued. Once the City has received two sets of satisfactory test results from samples taken out in the water distribution system consideration can be given to lifting this Advisory. Customers living in the affected areas are advised to vigorously boil their water for at least (1) […]

A bear paid a visit at yesterday afternoon to the area of Walhalla’s Short Street. At least two photographers captured the image of what appeared to be a small bear walking diagonally across from the Veterans Museum. The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) wants to remind South Carolinians to secure food attractants such as garbage, bird feeders, and pet […]