Category: News

Teacher contracts will be going out soon in the School District of Oconee County.  With less than two months left in the current school year, preparations are underway for next year, explains Oconee County Schools Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Earnestine Williams.  “We have close to 900 teachers in the School District of Oconee County, in fact, the week right […]

A Pickens woman was sentenced to ten years in prison after a jury found her guilty of causing a wreck that left several people injured. Thirteenth Circuit Solicitor Walt Wilkins announces that 37-year-old Christina Ann Reece was convicted of driving under the influence and driving under the influence resulting in great bodily injury. Evidence presented during trial showed Reece was under the influence of methamphetamine when […]

A judge postponed a ruling on an 86-year-old man accused of double murder in Oconee County last year. Judge Cordell Maddox says he wants to speak with medical experts before signing an order to turn Nicholas Bonelli over to probate court. Previously, a state mental health expert ruled he was mentally incapable of standing trial. Judge Maddox says due to current law, […]

Allergy season is coming, sooner than usual, and harder. Experts say we will be seeing a lot more pollen this spring. Dr. William Reisacher directs the Allergy Center in New York City.  “Every area is going to be hit hard but the Southeast has been hit particularly hard.  Georgia and the Carolinas have seen extremely high pollen levels even as […]

Due to a recent unanticipated vacancy, the City of Clemson is seeking an interested resident who would like to serve on the Board of Zoning Appeals. The unfilled term runs through January 31, 2015.  Deadline for applications is April 26, 2013.  The Board of Zoning Appeals consists of seven residents who are appointed by City Council to consider requests for variances […]

It is March, and people across the country are watching their brackets, partly for love of the game but also in hopes of winning the office pool, but there is something employers need to keep in mind: Office pools may be illegal. “That’s the No. 1 thing employers should remember,” said Beth Milito, senior executive counsel with the National Federation […]

Multiple charges will cost a Clemson man the next 25-years behind bars.  A jury found 25-year-old Larold Lee Morris guilty on the charges of burglary in the first degree, armed robbery, conspiracy and possession of a weapon with an obliterated serial number. According to the prosecutor’s office, Morris and another man entered a student’s apartment in Central, held the student […]

An Oconee County jury found Dan Temple guilty of drug charges on Thursday.  Tenth Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams announces that the Honorable Alex Macaulay sentenced Temple to ten years for possession of crack cocaine, his third offense, and one year for possession of Xanax, his second offense. The Judge also revoked Temple’s probation from a previous sentence for an additional […]

The U.S. Forest Service announces smoke will be visible in the skies above portions of Oconee County today as a prescribed burn takes place.  The prescribed burn is to cover 73 acres at Russell Farms in the Mountain Rest area of Oconee County.

A vehicle ran off the road and into Lake Hartwell yesterday afternoon.  Oconee County Fire Chief Charles King reports that at 4:51pm, Oconee 911 received several calls reporting a vehicle had driven into Lake Hartwell on Martin Creek Road, in the Friendship Community. Only the driver occupied the vehicle. He was able to escape the vehicle after it went into […]