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The Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) is currently working to repair a collapsed sewer line on Sandifer Boulevard. It is estimated that 100,000 gallons of wastewater entered Richland Creek before the break was secured earlier Friday. Tugaloo Pipeline, a contractor assisting the OJRSA with the repair, installed a plug upstream and established a temporary pumping system to divert the […]

Senator Lindsey Graham is visiting the Upstate today. He will take a quick tour of Premier Medical Laboratory Services on Pelham Road in Greenville and discuss recent media reports and speculation the COVID-19 virus originated from a lab leak in Wuhan, China. To date, COVID-19 has killed nearly 600,000 Americans including over 9,700 South Carolinians.

Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw has announced the promotion of Deputy Daniel Williams to director of the Oconee County Animal Shelter… Sheriff Crenshaw said that more changes are in store for the county’s Animal Control division and for the shelter…

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting its 6th annual Retired Law Enforcement Officers Appreciation Luncheon on Wednesday, June 23rd. Any retired local, state, tribal or federal law enforcement officers, who currently reside in Oconee County, are welcome to attend this luncheon. The luncheon will be held at the Hamilton Career Center, which is located in the Oconee Industry […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said that a Salem man who was reported missing has been located. 43 year old William Sidney Brown was reported missing by a family member in May. Investigators received word Friday around 10:00 am that William was located out of state, was safe and also made contact with his family.

A 19 year-old Seneca man died Saturday morning from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision in the Cleveland – Madison Community of Oconee County. It happened around 8:45am on US 123/Toccoa Highway near the state line. Master Trooper Brandon Bolt has more… Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis identified the deceased as Luke Jeremiah Davis, age 19 of Seneca.

An investigation into the assault of a teenage male in late May at an apartment complex near Seneca has led to the arrest of four Anderson County men. 19 year old James Samuel Crittendon of Boggs Road in Belton, 21 year old Dakota Scott Lewis of Blume Road in Anderson, 22 year old Brandon Lee Richards of Brown Road in […]

Meals will begin on Tuesday, June 15th The School District of Oconee County will begin the summer feeding program on Tuesday, June 15th.  Meals will be available for pick up at select schools and community locations. Children will receive a “grocery style” box of food that will make seven breakfasts and seven lunches. Meals are provided at no cost to […]

According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, Seneca Police have charged 19 year old Aaron Ransom Armstrong of Seneca with Petit Larceny and Malicious Injury to Property. Armstrong was booked into jail around 10:45am Tuesday morning after police said he allegedly stole security cameras that belonged to Seneca Gardens Apartments at Laing Court, where he lived. According […]