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On Thursday morning, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster visited a manufacturing plant in Seneca, where he highlighted the significance of employee training and innovation in expanding the state’s manufacturing sector. He toured Schneider Electric’s smart manufacturing facility on U.S. Highway 123 in Seneca to gain insights into the production capabilities of the over 280,000-square-foot engineer-to-order facility. This facility manufactures low-voltage […]

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Memorial Day weekend, and the unofficial start of summer, is here. With vacations and travel on everyone’s minds, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is providing some travel safety tips as you prepare to drive the roads, highways and interstates. AAA announced in a news release issued May 10th that 81% of South Carolinians will travel this year, with more than […]

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A preliminary report by an FAA inspector reveals the crash of a small, two-seat plane in late April at Mountain Rest does not indicate any catastrophic failures that would have prevented normal operations. The preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board noted serious injuries April 25 by the pilot and passenger. At the time the two aboard flew in […]

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One of the men accused in the March 2019 shooting death of 73-year-old Geraldine Castle of Walhalla wants a new lawyer, according to Deputy Solicitor Lindsey Simmons. Decota Brown, who was the victim’s grandson, was charged with first-degree burglary and murder. Co-defendant Hunter Lee Hunnicutt entered a plea of guilty last year, however he has not yet been sentenced. No […]

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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham sent a letter on Saturday to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York), and a message to Joe Biden, calling on him and the Senate to dismiss the article of impeachment against President Trump once it is received in the Senate in order to heal the nation… In his letter to Senator Schumer, Senator Graham wrote:  “As […]

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High Risk Hospital Workers and Long-Term Care Facility Residents and Staff Prioritized COLUMBIA, S.C. —The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced that South Carolina received its first COVID-19 vaccine. Through Wednesday, the state is receiving its first allocation of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine; nearly 43,000 doses are anticipated by Wednesday. Several health care facilities in the state […]

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