Category: News

We reported last week that Southern Wesleyan University has announced that it will award a 10 percent scholarship to employees of the School District of Oconee County who enroll in online degree programs at the University. According to Doctor Sandra McLendon, who is the dean of the university’s School of Education, the scholarship program is a natural continuation of the […]

(Seneca, SC)—————————————The South Carolina Highway Patrol has filed charges in a weekend accident in Oconee County that sent a total of five people to the hospital. Bradford Craig Bearden has been charged with two counts of Felony DUI Resulting in Great Bodily Injury and one count of Driving Under Suspension, according to Sergeant Bill Rhyne of the South Carolina Highway […]

(Seneca, SC)—————–           The South Carolina Highway Patrol investigated a fatal collision that occurred Saturday morning on Midway Road near Welcome Road in Anderson County near the city of Williamston. According to Sergeant Bill Rhyne of the Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 8:20am. Only one vehicle, a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche, was involved with a single occupant […]

(Seneca, SC)————————— The official weather stats for Oconee County are in for the month of February from Barbara Wilson, the county weather observer. In the month of February, the county received 9.37 inches of rain. The average high for February was 58 degrees and the average low was 36 degrees. The highest temperature recorded for the month was 78 degrees […]

Tri-County Technical College recently announced that three faculty/staff members have been honored as Tri-County Technical College’s Educators of the Year. The three were recognized last month at the South Carolina Technical Education Association award’s luncheon.  Jenni Creamer, who is the Dean of College Transitions, is the College’s outstanding administrator. Mia Tensley, reading instructor in the Comprehensive Studies Division, is the […]

(Seneca, SC)———————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster woman this week on charges of Unlawful Neglect of a Child. 27 years old Michelle Amber Sexton is accused of smoking marijuana during her pregnancy, according to a warrant obtained by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. A drug screen that was performed on the child on the day after the child’s […]

(Seneca, SC)————————-  United State Attorney Sherry Lydon has announced that 44 year Jevon Chrznowski of Liberty was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime. U.S. District Judge Tim Cain of Anderson sentenced Chrzanowski to 180 months […]