Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
On Friday, Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 27 year-old Kelsey Alyssa Bell and charged her with being a fugitive from justice, as well as possession of a stolen vehicle. Her bond was set at $20,000, according to reports from the Oconee County Detention Center. Also on Friday, Seneca Police charged 39 year-old Terence Leroy Johnson with manufacturing or distributing cocaine. […]
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The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority is scheduled to vote today on allowing its attorneys to send a written response to the city of Seneca demand letter of November 9. Up for consideration is whether, the committee recommends that the full OJRSA board direct in-house Attorney Larry Brandt and/or outside attorney Lawrence Flynn to make the response. Scott Moulder, Seneca […]
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The Oconee County Parks, Recreation & Tourism (PRT) Commission announces that Accommodations Tax (ATAX) grant applications will be accepted until Thursday, February 15, 2022, by 3pm. ATAX Application guides may be requested through the PRT office at 888-1488 and are available online at www.oconeesc.com. All applications must be received by the PRT office at South Cove County Park by 3pm […]
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At-home tests will be available beginning Monday at DHEC Public Health Departments COLUMBIA, S.C. — To increase access to timely testing statewide, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has received and is distributing the first shipments of the at-home rapid COVID-19 antigen tests it ordered for South Carolina. To date, the agency has ordered more than 2 million tests and […]
Read moreTHIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEW DATE AND TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED. Representative Westley P. “West” Cox, Chairman of the Anderson County Legislative Delegation, has announced a joint Delegation meeting with Oconee County Delegation to be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. in Columbia, SC, 1100 Gervais St., Blatt Building Room 305. The sole purpose of […]
Read moreThe School District of Oconee County invites any parents interested in learning more about Oconee Virtual Academy, the district’s virtual program available for elementary and middle school students, to one of three town hall meetings to learn more about the program. The meetings will include details about how it works, what grade levels are offered; current students, families and staff […]
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Oconee County Republican Party Vice Chair Pat Murray and Treasurer Lillian Lusk resigned from their posts Thursday afternoon. A steering committee will meet next week to formally accept the resignations and special elections within the party will be held to fill the vacancies. Murray became vice chair after a special election last fall to fill the void when Jennifer Bell […]
Read more(Walhalla, SC)——The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Fair Play man yesterday on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine after a Wednesday afternoon traffic stop. 47 year old Claude Allen Williams of S. Davis Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at 5:39pm. Williams was also served two outstanding arrest warrants on charges of Forgery and Grand Larceny. […]
Read more(Walhalla, SC)—–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Westminster man with three trailer thefts after his arrest Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office has charged 48 year old James Joseph Haight of Meadowlark Drive with two counts of Grand Larceny and one count of Petit Larceny. Haight was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at 2:38pm Tuesday. Haight also had […]
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Seneca Police said a medical episode was to blame for a Thursday afternoon crash on West North First Street near Finch Automotive. The accident happened around 2:45pm, police said, when the driver of a 2008 Toyota Corolla lost control of the eastbound vehicle, crossed into oncoming traffic and then over a sidewalk. The car spun around and went down an […]
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