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Oconee County Emergency Services Deputy Chief of Emergency Management and Special Operations Scott Krein also serves as a volunteer with Cure Search Ultimate Hike. Recently, he made the decision to try a different kind of involvement, by hiking 28.3 miles on Saturday, April 28, to raise funds for the 43 children that are diagnosed with cancer everyday. Chief Krein’s father […]
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The June 12, Primary Elections in South Carolina are fast approaching and those wishing to vote absentee need to apply for a ballot soon, tells Oconee County Voter Registration and Elections Director Joy Scharich. “We have Absentee Voting and it gets confusing because states right beside us have what is called No Excuse Early Voting, but ours is still called […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man Thursday evening for child abuse inflicting great bodily injury in regards to an investigation involving a two month old child. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 34-year-old Nicolas James Underwood of Owens Road. A deputy responded to an address in the Seneca area and met with an employee of […]
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Spay and neutering your pets is affordable in Oconee County, thanks to two programs, tells Angel Newman with the Oconee Humane Society (OHS). “The OHS subsidizes the difference in cost of the certificates and the actual cost of the surgery through its fund raising efforts. The certificate covers the cost for routine surgery only. There are no income requirements for […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting Pill Take Back Day at two different locations this Saturday, April 28, explains Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “The two events will be held from 10am until 2pm at the Sheriff’s Office Substation, which is located near the Emergency Room at Oconee Memorial Hospital and also at the Law Enforcement Center at […]
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Any retired local, state, tribal or federal law enforcement officer who currently reside in Oconee County is encouraged to RSVP for the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office fourth annual Retired Law Enforcement Officers Appreciation Luncheon on Tuesday, May 15. This is part of Law Enforcement Officers Appreciation Week, tells Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “The luncheon begins at noon on the […]
Read moreThe 2018 Central Railroad Festival is this Saturday, April 28, from 10am to 5pm. The Central Railroad Festival is an annual downtown festival celebrating the rich history between the railroad and the town. Admission is free and the festival features live entertainment on two stages with lots of free activities for the children. There will be food and craft vendors, […]
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announces that Dr. Eliza Varadi has been selected as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Childhood Immunization Champion for South Carolina. CDC and the CDC Foundation hold this annual awards program to honor immunization champions across the 50 U.S. states, eight U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States, and […]
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More rain was forecast than actually fell in Walhalla Thursday night. Official U.S. Weather Observer Barbara Wilson gives rainfall totals collected at her weather station at Hickory Hollow Farm in Walhalla. “We came through with lighter here in the upper part of Oconee County but I understand that the heavy part came around Seneca and Clemson. For the county seat, […]
Read moreOn Thursday, April 26, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made this statement on President Trump nominating two South Carolinians, U.S. District Judge for the District of South Carolina Marvin Quattlebaum and Deputy Criminal Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina Jay Richardson, to serve as circuit judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
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