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Visitors to the Seneca Post Office near historic downtown are greeted by a sign on the door requiring patrons to have their masks on in an effort to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The small retail section of the post office is only allowing three people inside at a time in order to maintain social distancing. Citizens are reminded […]
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Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 41 year-old Rashad Ali Thompson this past Friday, according to jail records. He is being held on charges of distribution of meth and cocaine, giving false information and a parole violation. Bond was set at $75,500 for the new charges and denied on the parole violation. Thompson remains in custody at the Oconee County Detention […]
Read moreThe Hamilton Career Center in Bountyland will go by a new monicker starting with the next school year. Oconee School Trustees have christened the building as the “Bountyland Education Campus.” A new career center named for retired educator Fred Hamilton is in the final stages of completion and is to be ready for the 2020-21 year. The name change will […]
Read moreGovernor Henry McMaster announced that close contact service providers like barbers and salons, along with fitness centers, commercial gyms, and public or commercial pools will be able to open in a limited capacity on Monday, May 18. Restaurants in South Carolina were allowed to restart dine in services yesterday at a limited capacity. While several area restaurants, including some in […]
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 140 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 15 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 7,792 and those who have died to 346. Eleven of those deaths occurred in elderly individuals, and four of the deaths occurred […]
Read moreDHEC announced that it has identified more than 1,800 contact tracers to support the state’s ongoing COVID-19 response efforts. Contact tracing is detective work conducted by public-health workers to determine where and when people might’ve been exposed to a disease. As part of DHEC’s COVID-19 response efforts, the agency has increased its number of contact tracers from 20 to 400 […]
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Gas prices throughout the Carolinas have risen slightly compared to last week, but continue to remain relatively low despite an increase in demand. On the week, AAA reports South Carolina’s average increased by two cents at $1.57, nine cents less than a month ago and 93 cents cheaper than a year ago. At $1.84, the national average is six cents […]
Read more(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is leading 17 states in calling on Congress to investigate the communist Chinese government’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Attorney General Wilson sent a letter Friday to the leadership of the House and Senate Foreign Relations Committees, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and other House […]
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Oconee Humane Society will be back out on Tuesday, May 12 from 11 to 1 at Diamond T Promotional Gear in Fair Play. They will have dog, cat and small pet food available free of charge to anyone who needs a little help. For more information call 864-882-4719.
Read moreThe South Carolina Highway Patrol and the Oconee County Coroner’s Office are investigating a fatal single vehicle accident that happened Monday afternoon around 4:00 pm on Longcreek Highway/US-76 near Westminster. Trooper Gary Miller has details… The Oconee County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as 62 year-old Tony Odell Smith of Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Georgia.
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