Pickens Man sentenced on Sex Crimes

A Pickens County man must serve at least 85% of a 32-year sentence after being found guilty of criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins announces that a Pickens County jury convicted 56-year-old Gary Cliffton Hamilton on Wednesday of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and lewd act on a minor. The Honorable Edward Welmaker sentenced […]

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Driving Miss Daisy at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium

An award winning play graces the Walhalla Civic Auditorium stage as Driving Miss Daisy opens August 8. “Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play. A warm-hearted, humorous and affecting study of the unlikely relationship between an aging, crotchety white Southern lady, and a proud, soft-spoken black man. A long-run Off-Broadway success […]

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Autopsy released in Westminster Homicide

An autopsy was conducted Wednesday on the body of 71-year-old Donald Lee Davis of 105 Jefferson Drive in the Foxwood Hills Development of Westminster. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said that he died as a result of heart and lung trauma due to stabbing injuries. The exam showed Davis sustained multiple stab injuries. Due to the ongoing investigation by the […]

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Upstate Teachers receive Technology Lesson

Upstate teachers are receiving a technology lesson from Anderson University’s Center for Mobile Learning. Around 40 Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers, including some from Anderson and Oconee counties, will learn how to integrate technology into their classrooms. This is the first conference offered by the Center for Mobile Learning; however, the center hopes to expand to teachers across all of […]

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Goodwill to break ground in Seneca

If you have driven on Sandifer Boulevard recently you may have noticed the former Ryan’s Steakhouse has been demolished. Construction has already begun on the building, which is to become the new home of a Goodwill store and Job Connection location. Goodwill Industries of the Upstate celebrates the groundbreaking of this new store and Job Connection site on August 22. […]

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Hiring Event planned for OC

A hiring event is planned for next month in Oconee County. On August 15 from 9am to noon, a number of employers from the tri-county area of Upstate South Carolina will be conducting interviews and accepting resumes at the Gignilliat Community Center, located at 621 North Townville Street in Seneca.

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Tamassee Shooting ruled Self-Defense

Investigators with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office have determined that the shooting of 41-year-old Bradley Payne from Walhalla was done in self-defense. The incident occurred Tuesday evening at 105 Burrell Drive, which is located in the Tamassee area of Oconee County. According to witnesses, Payne was standing outside the front door to the home threatening the homeowner. The homeowner retrieved […]

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Deputies search for escaped Macon Co. Inmate

Deputies are searching for an inmate who escaped a work detail at the Macon County, North Carolina jail on Wednesday. Around 9pm, a jailer was out with trustee inmates cleaning up around the jail, when 21-year-old Charles Cochran took off running as the crew took trash to the dumpster. Cochran was a county inmate, being held on a misdemeanor trespassing […]

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Graham remarks on Boeing 787-10 Announcement

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today made this statement on the announcement the Boeing 787-10 will be made exclusively in South Carolina. “Boeing’s announcement to build the 787-10 series exclusively in South Carolina is great news for our state and a terrific vote of confidence in the South Carolina workforce,” said Graham. “It will solidify Boeing’s position in South […]

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Two arrested for Murder of Westminster Man

Investigators with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office signed arrest warrants on two individuals in reference to the murder of Donald Lee Davis at 105 Jefferson Drive Westminster on Tuesday. The two suspects are John Murriel Black Jr. and Christine Davis Black. The two are husband and wife. Christine is the daughter of the victim. Both stand charged with murder and […]

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