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Update: 8:00 pm 07/21/2020 The subjects the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office issued the citizen advisory on late this afternoon, 39 year old Shannon Marie Tracey and 41 year old John Paul Woodard, have been taken into custody without incident and have been turned over to the Easley Police Department.  That word comes from an investigator with the Sheriff’s Office. Original […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. – This morning, Governor Henry McMaster announced the creation of the Safe Access to Flexible Education (SAFE) Grants at Hampton Park Christian School. These one-time, needs-based grants of up to $6,500 will help or subsidize the 2020-21 tuition for eligible students at participating private, parochial or independent schools in South Carolina. Approximately 5,000 grants will be funded. The one-time […]

Gov. Henry McMaster has reappointed Design South Professionals founder and civil engineer Chuck Joye of Anderson to the S.C. Board of Health and Environmental Control to represent Oconee, Anderson and all of the 3rd Congressional District on the policy board. The reappointment was recently approved by the state senate. His term will expire June 30, 2023. He has served two […]

The Oconee County Council will hold their regular meeting in the Council Chamber in Walhalla tomorrow evening at 6:00 pm. A presentation by Shawn Johnson and Tinishia Graham regarding the creation of an “Oconee County Commission on African-American Affairs” is on the agenda. Those in attendance are encouraged to wear masks and social distancing measures will be in place. The […]

Emily Hodge, director of research and existing industry for the Oconee Economic Alliance said that the latest unemployment figures for Oconee County and all of South Carolina are encouraging, as it showed a drop in the percentage of those who are unemployed but actively seeking work in South Carolina. She said June’s numbers were drastically different from just a month […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 2,335 new confirmed cases and one new probable case of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 19 additional confirmed deaths and no new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 69,765, probable cases to 221, confirmed deaths to 1138 and 17 probable deaths. On Sunday there were […]