Category: News

Construction is complete on the new Oconee County Detention Center but full operations have yet to begin there, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “We have not begun full time operations at the new detention center. It is my understanding that apparently there may be a couple of issues that we are trying to get worked […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s help identifying suspects in two separate burglaries in the Westminster area. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt says the two burglaries are very similar in nature. “So far we haven’t made any arrests but they are very similar in nature and probably the good thing from what I have […]

Despite loosing to Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game Monday night, Clemson University Head Football Coach Dabo Swinney won the 2016 Bear Bryant Award. Wednesday night, the Alabama American Heart Association bestowed the award named for legendary Alabama Coach Paul Bear Bryant on Swinney. This is the seventh Coach of the Year award for Swinney this season […]

The 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office holds a second “Coats for Kids” event on Saturday, Jan. 23, in downtown Seneca. The event runs from noon until 3pm at Norton-Thompson Park. During the first event on Jan. 9, the Solicitor’s Office handed out 120-150 coats, in addition to gloves and hats to children and young adults in need. The 10th Circuit Solicitor’s […]

A husband and wife in Easley stand charged with mail fraud. United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville returned indictments against 59-year-old Retta Helms Sundblad and 64-year-old Richard Elmer Sundblad. The maximum penalty each defendant could receive is 20-years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000. The case was investigated by agents of the […]

United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that a Federal Grand Jury in Greenville returned indictments against four Upstate individuals for conspiring to alter money orders. The four indicted are 25-year-old Hannah McAdams of Townville, 28-year-old DeWayne Brooks of Pendleton, 26-year-old Gary Whitfield of Pendleton and 32-year-old Roger Powell of Anderson. The maximum penalty each defendant could receive is five-years imprisonment […]

January is National Radon Action Month, and the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control encourages all South Carolinians to test their homes for radon so they can find it, fix it, and potentially save a life. A free radon test kit can be ordered from DHEC’s website at www.scdhec.gov/radon or by calling 1-800-768-0362. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates […]

CITGO Marketer Piedmont Petroleum Corporation recently completed a fundraising campaign to support Safe Harbor, a domestic violence agency serving Greenville, Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens counties in South Carolina. The partnership between Piedmont Petroleum and Safe Harbor began after Kenneth Cosgrove, the Vice President of Piedmont Petroleum Corp., toured a Safe Harbor shelter during his time with Leadership Greenville. Cosgrove said, […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration announces that due to a steady decrease of activity, the Business Recovery Centers will cease operations on Thursday, Jan. 21 at the close of business. In addition, the Centers will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday and will re-open the following day. Anyone unable to visit […]

State lawmakers are meeting to talk about a bipartisan initiative they say will affect all public employees in South Carolina. The Associated Press reports that State Senators John Courson and Darrell Jackson hold a news conference Thursday at the Statehouse. Both senators represent the Columbia area and are members of the Senate’s finance committee. Courson is a Republican and Jackson […]