Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
Read moreThe Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a bat found near Smith Point Road and Crick Hill Road in Townville, S.C. has tested positive for rabies. One pet was potentially exposed and will be quarantined as required in the South Carolina Rabies Control Act. The bat was submitted to DHEC’s laboratory for testing on August 17 and […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
Read moreThe superintendent of Stephens County, Georgia public schools has entered quarantine for 14 days after exposure to COVID-19. Our sister station in Toccoa, WNEG, reported that Dr. Daniel Oldham made the announcement Thursday morning via email. Oldham explained that one of his family members has tested positive for the virus. As for his decision to go public, Oldham said, “During […]
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 896 new confirmed cases and 26 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 42 additional confirmed deaths and one new probable death. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 108,146, probable cases to 1,174, confirmed deaths to 2,289, and 112 probable deaths. Oconee County reported 12 […]
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