Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
This week, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined 55 other state and territory attorneys general to urge Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The attorneys general sent a letter to congressional leaders and the chairs of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, urging lawmakers to vote to reauthorize VAWA before it expires this year. “The Violence […]
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Fair Play will soon have sewer service thanks in part to $613,300 approved by the Oconee County Council at their meeting Tuesday night. This allotment of economic development funds will cover the engineering to extend sewer lines from the Golden Corner Commerce Park off S.C. 59 in Fair Play to Exits 1 and 2 on I-85. The project is the […]
Read moreLegislation led by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, passed the Senate on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. The legislation was introduced by Graham along with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota). The SALTS Act would make it easier to prosecute the sale and distribution of synthetic, also known as analogue drugs, which are […]
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reports that two people have been referred to their health care providers after being potentially exposed to rabies by a kitten that tested positive for the disease in Pickens County. The exposures occurred when the victims were bitten or scratched by a kitten near the City of Liberty. The kitten […]
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Based on continued monitoring of the flooding situation and additional input from staff in the field, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has expanded the temporary hunting closure zone issued on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, to encompass more of the Pee Dee River drainage. Additional area was added to the closure zone near Johnsonville and Hemingway in the […]
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United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announces that 47-year-old Daniel Edward Johnson, Fifth Circuit Solicitor and a resident of Blythewood, and 49-year-old Nicole Halliett Holland, Director of Communications and a resident of Columbia, were charged in a 26-count indictment by a Grand Jury in Columbia for wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and theft of […]
Read moreThis week, a prosecution motion was granted by Seneca Municipal Judge Danny Singleton to delay the trial of the woman who was a passenger in the car on the night Zachary Hammond was shot dead behind a fast food restaurant. The charge of simple possession of marijuana against Tori Diana Morton has remained pending since the night of Hammond’s death, […]
Read moreJason Sharpe is the unofficial winner of Tuesday’s special election in the Town of West Union. He was the only ballot candidate to fill a seat on the town council. The special election attracted six voters and no one received any write-in votes. The election results will be canvassed and certified later this week.
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office was recently recognized by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster during the 2018 South Carolina Governor’s Opioid Summit on Sept. 6, in Columbia. Governor McMaster presented the special award to Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw regarding the lives that have been saved by the Sheriff’s Office administration of Narcan to counter the effects of opioid overdoses. […]
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Oconee County’s South Cove County Park near Seneca will host a family event celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day from 9am to 3pm on Saturday, Sept. 22. This free family adventure is open to the public. National Hunting and Fishing Day is made possible by partnerships with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Oconee County Parks and Recreation, Trout […]
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