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The School District of Oconee County’s Food Services hosts the Summer Feeding Program for 2015 at these locations; the Shaver Recreation Complex in Seneca, Monday through Friday from noon to 1pm, at the Walhalla Pool, Monday through Friday from 12:30pm to 1pm, the Westminster Recreation Facility, Monday through Friday from noon to 12:30pm and Oakway School, Monday through Friday from […]

Through its Summer Food Service Program, the School District of Pickens County will again offer free, healthy meals to Pickens County children who are 18 and younger. Free breakfast and lunch at Pickens Elementary, West End Elementary and the Career and Technology Center is served Monday through Friday from June 11 through Aug. 7, 2015. The program will be closed […]

The School District of Oconee County holds graduation ceremonies for the Class of 2015 with three services on Friday, explains Oconee County Schools Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Ginger Hopkins. “We will have a very busy day, we will start out at 8:30am at West-Oak High School out on the football field, and then we will head over to Seneca High […]

Heavy rain swept through Oconee County last night between 6-10pm causing minor damage, says Oconee County Emergency Service Director Chief Scott Krein. “We did have a little flooding from over filled ditches due to the rate of water but all of those have subsided.” Emergency crews are inspecting roads today, continues Chief Krein. “We are still looking at everything, making […]

A murder suspect remains at large and the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks help brining him to justice, explains Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “Dw’Ntraquis Rashaad Campbell was charged by the Sheriff’s Office back on March 9 with murder and three counts of attempted murder in the shooting at the former Sonny’s Bar and Grill on Wells Highway at Shiloh […]

Two Anderson County residents were arrested on drug charges Tuesday after a pursuit that began in Oconee County ended in Anderson County. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports that 37-year-old Kizzie Lynette Roebuck and 40-year-old Thaddeus Antonio Thompson stand charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. In addition, Roebuck faces traffic tickets for failure to stop […]

Training for High School Athletic Coaches takes place on Monday, July 27, from noon to 2pm during the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Association Coaches Clinic in the TD Center Ballroom of Greenville. Coaching Boys Into Men is a coaches leadership program that partners with athletic coaches to help male athletes practice respect towards themselves and others. Athletic coaches play an […]

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office personnel discovered the body of a female Wednesday afternoon at approximately 3pm. The sheriff’s department and other agencies with Oconee County have been searching for a missing Mountain Rest woman, 28-year-old Mandy Nichole Brewer, who was last seen Saturday at her home on Trillium Drive. The body of a female, fitting the description of Brewer, was […]

Road construction starts Monday on South Carolina 130 in Oconee County, just south of the North Carolina line. Crews from King Asphalt of Liberty will replace the road along South Carolina 130 from North Little River Road to the state line. The anticipated completion date for the project is Sept. 30, 2015. King Asphalt encourages motorists to use caution in […]

The vandalism case involving Howard’s Rock goes to trial next month. On July 20, more than two years after 18-year-old Micah Rogers was first charged with chipping off a large chunk of the iconic rock, he faces up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted. In June 2013, Clemson University Police said Rogers smashed the protective case around […]