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Naquarius Watt pled guilty last week in Anderson General Sessions Court to two counts of armed robbery and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Tenth Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams reports that the Honorable Scott Sprouse sentenced Watt to 20 years on each count of armed robbery and five years on each weapons […]

The Truth Outreach invites the community to celebrate Easter with them this Sunday. The church located at 185 Cornerstone Drive in West Union holds Easter Services on April 5, 2015 followed by a free lunch and egg hunt. For more information, call 864-638-8092.

The Mercantile at 149 East Queen Street in Pendleton has joined the Upstate Heritage Quilt Trail. The Mercantile is a family business housed in a historic building in downtown Pendleton. Connie Earl opened The Mercantile in 1988. The Mercantile was her dream. She and her husband were in the area while he was on sabbatical and she fell in love […]

The Oconee County Public Library continues its monthly Science Saturday events in April with a Star Wars theme. Youth Services Librarian Stacie Powell says the library is thrilled to offer the youth of Oconee County the opportunity to experience fun “STEAM” (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) related programs such as the monthly Science Saturdays. For April, students will be […]

In early January, over 2,000 band students from Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, and Spartanburg traveled to Greer High School to audition for the Region One Honor Band. Students had to perform for numerous judges, demonstrating proficiency on their instrument by playing scales from memory and a solo as well as demonstrating their sight-reading abilities and their knowledge of music vocabulary. The […]

The Walhalla police have decided there will be no criminal charges in the hazing incident on a bus carrying Razorback soccer players home from a game in Pickens. Chief Ronald Wilbanks said his department has accepted a recommendation from the 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office that, based on the statements gathered in the investigation, criminal charges are not appropriate. However, Wilbanks […]

Oconee County Administrator Scott Moulder foresees serious financial impact to the counties if an effort at the state capital succeeds to transfer the maintenance of some state-owned roads to the counties. Moulder yesterday was the lead-off panel speaker for an Oconee-Pickens Chambers of Commerce Coalition forum, devoted in part to what some state lawmakers see as a partial solution to […]

A bill recently introduced by a Lexington County lawmaker that would cap business license fees at $100 dollars drew the ire yesterday of municipal leaders from Oconee and Pickens counties. But they were told by a state municipal official that the $100 dollar cap “isn’t going anywhere.” Nevertheless, House Bill 3490, in the view of Oconee Home Builders’ officer Russell […]

The jobless rate for Oconee County held steady between January and February. The state reported today that in February the percentage of the county’s workforce out of work but actively looking for employment remained 6.5%. The report comes on a day when Oconee County Council members are touring one of the county’s manufacturing employers—ITT Control Technologies. Across South Carolina, according […]

The South Carolina House of Representatives today gave second reading to forgiving up to three missed schools days due to this winter’s bad weather. State Representative Bill Whitmire supports forgiving the days, and says final reading of the bill takes place tomorrow. Oconee missed four days this year, but needed only one of the three because three makeup dates were […]