Category: News

In continuing efforts to educate and inform citizens and to prevent them from becoming victims of scams, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is releasing their September 2020 Scams Update. The Sheriff’s Office received a report of a COVID-19 related scam. The scam involved the stealing of $800 from a savings account of the victim. The victim was on a social […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A health advisory issued yesterday by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) offers preventive strategies for prescribers and prescription drug dispensers across the state to address increased opioid overdoses since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although suspected overdose numbers have decreased since May, rates remain 50 percent higher than this time last year. The […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 24 year-old Megan Brianna Crowe Thursday on charges of Breaking into Auto/Tanks Where Fuel is Stored and Grand Larceny. Bond on those charges for her was set at $20,000. Crowe has additional holds for the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and DCT, according to jail records.

DHEC announced 664 new confirmed cases and 43 new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 16 additional confirmed deaths and 3 new probable deaths. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 139,021, probable cases to 3,686, confirmed deaths to 3,097, and 182 probable deaths. Five new cases were confirmed in Oconee County; ten were confirmed in Pickens […]

With only a few days left, Oconee County continues to trail both the state and the nation in responding to the 2020 Census. Oconee’s response rate is at 58.4% – behind both the state (60.2%) and the country (66.3%). Oconee County’s Library Director and member of the enumeration committee for Oconee said that there is still time for you to […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Tactical Medical Solutions LLC, a global leading developer and manufacturer of pre-hospital medical products and patient simulators, today announced plans to expand operations in Anderson County. The company’s more than $1.7 million investment is projected to create 21 new jobs. Founded in 2003, Tactical Medical Solutions LLC supplies customized kits and emergency response supplies to support federal agencies, law enforcement and […]

Consultant for the City of Westminster Troy Rosier presented a plan to the city council at a special meeting this week, and said he’s confident that one million dollars can be trimmed from the cost estimate for replacing old water lines for rural customers in the vicinity of Toccoa Highway and Long Creek Highway, by increasing the capacity of an […]

The former Grand Rental Station building, along with 12 acres, and what are described as “some lots” along East North 1st Street in Seneca have sold for $750,000, according to a transaction recorded September 10 by the office of the Oconee Register of Deeds. Seigler Enterprises sold the land to i-Lake LLC. There was no immediate word on future plans […]

Free COVID-19 Tests with no appointment or referral necessary are also being given today from 9:30 am until 3:30 pm at the Seneca Health Department, as well as the Blue Ridge Community Center. Today and tomorrow at Oconee Memorial Hospital and Rosa Clark Medical Center, COVID-19 tests will be given for those patients who have a doctor’s referral. Get more […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Free STD/HIV testing and educational webinars are part of PrEP Awareness Week initiatives aimed at increasing awareness about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a pill that can help greatly reduce HIV infection if an individual is exposed to the virus. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2012, PrEP is a daily pill for use by people […]