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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is providing COVID-19 testing opportunities in the Upstate. Free DHEC Mobile Testing Events will be today through August 28 (Daily), 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Anderson County Health Department, 220 McGee McGee Road, Anderson; August 25 & 26, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Pickens County Health Department, 200 McDaniel Avenue, Pickens; and August 27 […]

Deputies in Anderson County have named a person of interest in a double homicide that happened Saturday. A man and a woman were found shot dead inside a camper on Cedar Grove Road when crews responded for a fire. The Anderson County coroner identified the victims as Billy Ray Johnson, 57, and Amy Jo Lambert, 30. On Sunday, deputies identified […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Sunday announced 663 new confirmed cases and 33 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 8 additional confirmed deaths and 4 new probable deaths. Five new Oconee County cases were reported, along with a new Oconee County death; that of an elderly person who died Saturday. In Pickens County there […]

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, […]