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Crimestoppers of Oconee County, Inc. is announcing today that the 2018 Crimestoppers of Oconee County, Inc. Golf Tournament is set for Friday, May 18, 2018, at Oconee Country Club in Seneca. Registration will begin at 10am and the tournament will have a noon shotgun start. The field will consist of 25 4-man Captain’s Choice teams. The cost per player is […]
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As Christmas nears the Oconee County Animal Shelter remains extremely full. To give cats and dogs additional opportunities to be adopted into a loving home before the holiday, the Oconee Humane Society will be open extra hours during a “Ho, Ho, Home for the Holidays” event. Potential adopters can visit pets from 10am to 7pm on Thursday and Friday and […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man over the weekend on charges of first degree burglary and criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. 35-year-old Traseith Vergie Williams of South Poplar Street was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 6pm Saturday. A deputy was dispatched to an address in the Seneca area in regards to reports […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Upstate man and woman over the weekend on outstanding warrants related to a Breach of Trust case. 45-year-old Andy Lee Smith and 29-year-old Kayla Marie Bryson were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on Sunday. Smith and Bryson were arrested after deputies located both subjects after responding to an address on Pitts […]
Read moreEarnestine Williams, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for the School District of Oconee County (SDOC), has decided to retire from the school district at the end of the 2017-18 school year. Williams started her career as a first grade teacher at Pendleton Elementary in 1986. She left Pendleton in 2000 to teach first and second grade at Code Elementary in […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Oconee County woman over the weekend on a charge of Breach of Trust with Fraudulent Intent. 23-year-old Courtney Beatrice Lawrence was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center. A deputy spoke with the victim by phone on Dec. 3. The victim, who is a family member of Lawrence’s, allowed Lawrence to drive the […]
Read moreAn Oconee County jury convicted R. L. Webb of murder and burglary in the first degree Friday in General Sessions Court. The Honorable R. Lawton McIntosh sentenced Webb to 45 years on each charge to be served concurrently. The State was represented by Assistant Solicitor Blair Stoudemire, who was assisted by Assistant Solicitor Brian Livingston. On Sept. 1, 2016, Webb […]
Read moreOn Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, the Agricultural Museum of South Carolina is offering a Girl Scout (Junior and Cadette) only Survivor Day Camp. Camp runs from 10am until 3pm and costs $25 per Girl Scout or $20 each for two or more Scouts in the same family. This price includes the First Aid Badge which Scouts will receive upon completion […]
Read moreWilliam “Billy” Armfield of Newberry, S.C., has been named the Certified SCDNR Fishing Instructor of the Year. Each year, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources trains freshwater anglers to become Certified SCDNR Fishing Instructors for the agency’s Aquatic Education section. These instructors lead the SCDNR family fishing clinics, which are designed to introduce the basics of freshwater fishing to […]
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It will be much easier to get around the Golden Corner in the new year, tells Destination Oconee Manager Janet Hartman. “In the first quarter of 2018, we’re hoping to do Wayfinding Signage and that will be specific within the cities with their own logo and branding that will just complement want the county has done.” Hartman tells more about […]
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