Category: News

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest of a Long Creek woman early Thursday morning on drug charges.  Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “A deputy responded late Wednesday evening to Damascus Church Road in Long Creek due to reports of a suspicious vehicle in the area.  After arriving in the area, an officer […]

The Oconee County Council will hold public hearings for ordinance 2013-32, which is  “an ordinance to amend ordinance 2013-01 an ordinance to `establish the budget for Oconee County and to provide for the levy of taxes for ordinary county purposes, for the Tri-County Technical College special revenue fund, for the emergency services protection special revenue fund, for the road maintenance special revenue fund, […]

Oconee County public schools will be dismissed for the winter break on Friday, December 20.  It is an early dismissal day for students, explains Oconee County Schools Assistant Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland.  “Our elementary schools will dismiss around 11am, followed by middle and high schools at 11:15am.  So, it is one of the three half-days that the State of South […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help regarding recent burglaries and an attempted arson in the Utica Mill Hill area near Seneca. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details.  “We have had three separate incidents, we had the incident up at Ann Hope United Methodist Church where right around Thanksgiving there was a […]

The South Carolina Environmental Awareness Award acknowledges outstanding contributions made toward the protection, conservation, and improvement of South Carolina’s natural resources. The SC General Assembly established the SC Environmental Awareness Award, now in its 20th year, to recognize outstanding contributions made toward the protection, conservation and improvement of South Carolina’s natural resources. Each year the public is invited to submit […]

The price for regular gasoline is expected to average $3.23 per gallon during December, according to the new monthly energy forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.  That would be down 1 penny from November’s average and the lowest monthly pump price for December in three years, explains U.S. Energy Information Administration spokesperson Jonathan Cogan.  “Gasoline prices could be even […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District announces changes in camping fees charged at Corps-managed campgrounds at Hartwell Lake and J. Strom Thurmond Lake. Effective with the fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, all camping fees for sites with electricity service have increased $2 per night. All other campsite fees remain the same. At Thurmond Lake, camping fees remain $6 […]

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) voted against the budget deal because it cuts retirement benefits for current and future military retirees.  The legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 64-36 and will now go to President Obama. “I find it ironic that a few years ago the Senate was forced to stay in Washington and vote on Obamacare […]

The Oconee Medical Center Foundation recently received its largest private gift.  An anonymous couple donated more than $707,000 in appreciated securities to create an irrevocable Charitable Remainder Unitrust for Oconee Medical Center, explains Foundation Director Cortni Nations.  “We are so excited, this couple is so passionate about having the best health care services here in our community and they wanted […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man this week on charges after responding to a suspicious vehicle call earlier this month, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt.  “32-year-old Larry Ulmer Clark, Jr. of 733 East Main Street in Seneca was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on charges of possession of tools capable […]