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The South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) is teaming up with safety partners to participate in the national Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 23-29. Throughout the country, millions of parents and caregivers travel each day with children in their motor vehicles. While some of these children are buckled in properly and ride in the correct car seats for their […]

United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announces that on Oct. 17, 2018, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), as part of Project CeaseFire, is sponsoring South Carolina’s participation in the annual National Day of Concern and Student Pledge Against Gun Violence. On Oct. 17, students from around the country will join together in pledging to do their part to end […]

A senior at Walhalla High School has been honored as the first Contract Construction Student of the Month, tells Dr. Meghan Ketterman, Director of Business Development at Contract Construction. “The September 2018 Student of the Month for Contract Construction is Mr. Dennis Compton.” This is a new program in the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) aimed at recognizing students […]

Graduates of Tri-County Technical College’s (TCTC) Surgical Technology program maintain their 100% pass rate on the National Certification Exam. The 12 August graduates who took the National Board Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting Certification Exam now are designated as Certified Surgical Technologists (C.S.T.). This marks the third consecutive year that every student in the Surgical Technology program passed the National […]

ONE Community Church in Seneca is holding a Stuff The Truck event this week. The church has teamed up with MSA Home Hospice and Health in Seneca to have this event. A box truck in the parking lot of MSA Home Hospice and Health at 1659 Sandifer Boulevard in Seneca, between ACE Hardware and Tractor Supply off Highway 123, will […]

Over the weekend, a Walhalla man was arrested and served an arrest warrant charging him with accessory after the fact of a felony related to the Utica Mill Hill double homicide that occurred two weeks ago, tells Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “36-year-old Matthew Carlton Moss of Stribling Shoals Road was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 2:59am […]

The Oconee County Council has scheduled two meetings in order to discuss filling the county administrator position on a full time basis. The first takes place on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, and the second is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. Both meetings are planned for 9:30am in Council Chambers of the Oconee County Administrative Offices at 415 South Pine […]

In an effort to promote safety at railroad crossings, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the second annual “Operation Clear Track.” “Amtrak Police Headquarters sent us some information on the “Operation Clear Track” initiative and we are proud to be a part of this nationwide effort to promote pedestrian and vehicular safety as it regards our railroad […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has filed additional charges against a Westminster man who was arrested on Aug. 30, 2018, reports Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release seeking the public’s help locating 26-year-old Joseph Edward Kinsel as a person of interest in several Westminster area burglaries and larcenies. Soon after the press […]

Rain and flooding that South Carolina has endured recently can saturate areas and leave standing water, which has the potential to become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes can carry viruses such as West Nile. That is why it is important that everyone do their part to reduce mosquito populations and protect people from exposure to these pesky, and potentially harmful, […]