Category: News

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man this week on second-degree burglary and grand larceny charges relating to an incident that occurred in May. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details. “21-year-old William Kyle Craig was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center after deputies arrested him at his residence after receiving a tip […]

On Wednesday, a Pickens County jury found Lester Mosley Jr. guilty of murder in the 2012 shooting death of a Clemson University student. On Dec. 8, 2012, Mosley and three other men forcible entered a home on Chimney Ridge looking for drugs. During the home invasion and attempted robbery, Mosley fatally shot 23-year-old Steven Grich. On Tuesday, the state called […]

Tenth Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams reports that shortly before opening arguments began, Robert Rampolla pled guilty in Anderson General Sessions Court to shooting Theresa Williams. The Honorable Donald Hocker sentenced Rampolla to 10 years for voluntary manslaughter and 5 years for the possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. The sentences are to be served concurrently. […]

The National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association, named U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan a Guardian of Small Business for his outstanding voting record on behalf of America’s small-business owners in the 113th Congress. NFIB President and CEO Dan Danner praised Rep. Duncan for “standing up for small business.” In presenting the group’s coveted Guardian of Small […]

Oconee County’s Broadband FOCUS Project recently began serving the School District of Oconee County. This significantly upgraded Internet speeds at every school building it serves, explains Oconee County Schools Assistant Superintendent Steve Hanvey. “The FOCUS Project is an effort with the county; basically it has provided the groundwork for us to have wide-reaching Broadband.” Early in the school year, the […]

Enrollment in Alive At 25 classes is underway in Oconee County. This survival course developed by the National Safety Council is designed to deal with inexperience and casual attitudes participants have about driving which can cause violations, collisions, injury or death. The four and half-hour course is taught by trained law enforcement officers in plain clothes. The course is $35 […]

The School District of Oconee County is thanking the employees of Johnson Controls, Inc. who responded to a challenge to purchase school supplies for students who might otherwise not have the items needed for the start of school. Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland was presented with the supplies, which were taken to James M. Brown Elementary to be […]

Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 is the first Early Release Day of the year in the School District of Oconee County. All students dismiss at noon. Students who ride a bus will leave campus no later than noon. Front car rider dismissal, Pre-K and Kindergarten students will start dismissal at 11:50am and students in grades 1 and 2 will dismiss at […]

SC Works WorkLink will hold its monthly Employer Hiring Event on Sept. 19, 2014. The event takes place at the Tri-County Technical College Anderson Campus, which is located at 511 Michelin Boulevard from 9am to noon. Employers will be on hand to screen applications and resumés, as well as talk with and interview job seekers for open positions they are […]

Are you a small business owner or have you considered opening a small business in the tri-county area of Upstate South Carolina? Tri-County Technical College presents a small business start-up class on Sept. 18 from 5:30-8:30pm that offers advice and expertise. Sandra Strickland, program manager of Tri-County Technical College’s Corporate and Community Education Division gives details. “We target businesses that […]