Category: News

With July 4th weekend approaching and a busy summer recreation season anticipated, Duke Energy encourages a focus on swimming safety for visitors to Lakes Keowee and Jocassee. “The number of drownings, especially children and teenagers, is tracking way ahead of the typical number for this time of year,” said Scott Jolley, public safety and recreation planning project manager for Duke […]

From July 7-20, Northland invites the community to cast their vote and help choose their winning Hometown Hero. Throughout June, residents submitted nominations to honor fellow neighbors who have gone above and beyond to enrich the lives of others and make a positive impact in our community. The response was positive and overwhelming with several outstanding individuals nominated from the […]

An overnight chase on I85 ended with an injured suspect. It happened about 1:30am Wednesday, according to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office. Sister station WLHR reports that the chase started in Oconee County, when officers tried to pull a vehicle over for a routine traffic stop. The vehicle, driven by 24-year old Kenneth Jones, sped off and got on the […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man on Friday afternoon on manufacturing marijuana charges. 31-year-old William Andrew Craig, Jr. of 1236 Burns Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:18pm. A deputy responded to the Burns Drive location during the lunch hour Friday in response to a call from DSS, who responded to the address […]

United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that 43-year-old Daniel Pasui of Easley pled guilty in federal court in Anderson, to eight counts of failing to pay over to the IRS taxes that had been withheld from employees of his dental practice as well the practice’s share of FICA contributions. Senior United States District Judge Ross Anderson, Jr. accepted the plea […]

Oconee County should keep in mind that when it comes to attracting economic development it’s likely to have an ally who runs the office of the South Carolina Department of Commerce in Columbia. At last night’s meeting of the County Council and the county’s state Legislative Delegation, Representative Bill Sandifer said the contact (Bobby Hitt) there is someone the county […]

Gathered around one table last night at Seneca’s Gignilliat Community Center were the eight men with the responsibility to make government work for Oconee County—both at the local and state levels. But another important cog on the wheel of good government is the people. And the public filled last night’s meeting room. Their attendance was not lost on State Representative […]

Of Tri-County Technical College’s service territory, Oconee is the only county without a full-fledged satellite campus. That has been a sore point with the County Council who believes a home campus will better serve the workforce needs of employers. After County Councilman Reg Dexter raised the subject, State Representative Bill Sandifer predicted that a campus will soon be announced. Sandifer […]

No one seemed surprised when Joel Thrift, chairman of Oconee County Council, took the prerogative to make the state’s Local Government Fund the first question of the evening. He sought the lawmakers’ view on the chances for the state aid to counties’ fund to be replenished to levels pre-2007 recession. Two of the lawmakers responded by saying that, as the […]

A rare meeting of the Oconee County Council and the county’s state Legislative Delegation ended last night with pledges to ensure there will be more in the future. As the leaders wound down after an hour and a half, it was a matter of finding suitable dates on their calendars for the next meetings. Last night’s meeting seemed to open […]