Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) has adopted a new grading scale, explains Assistant Superintendent of Operations Steve Hanvey. “The state changed the grading scale, the Uniform Grading Policy, for high school credits and they went on a ten-point scale, which gets our state in-line with neighboring states. That helps level the playing field […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Drought Response Committee has declared most of the state in the initial stages of drought. However, on Friday the committee designated four Upstate counties, Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens, in moderate drought, which is the second level. The committee said three things account for the moderate drought designation, the rainfall deficit, the abnormally high temperatures and the […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested three individuals after responding to reports of a fight and shots fired in an area near Seneca. On Wednesday, 25-year-old Clarence Curtis Hendrix, Jr., 27-year-old Vontria Beatrice Walker and 29-year-old Undre Bias Randolph were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center. The E-911 Communications Center received a call for service around 2:32pm Wednesday from […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office third Citizens Police Academy is now less than two months away and applications are still being accepted for the program that gives citizens a chance to experience what a day in the life of a police officer is like. As of July 6, Sgt. Mike McGowan, who is the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office coordinator for […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man over the 4th of July weekend on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine. A deputy observed a vehicle facing the wrong direction of travel late Saturday night on Newry Road. As the deputy approached the vehicle, the deputy observed some suspicious movement inside the vehicle. The driver, 29-year-old Mark Evan Medlin of Westminster, […]
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The public alert notification sirens around the Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca will be tested on Wednesday, July 13, at approximately 11:50am. The 65 sirens within 10 miles of the Oconee Nuclear Station will be tested for three-minutes to assure each siren works properly. This full-cycle siren test is performed once each quarter in cooperation with emergency officials in Oconee […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Elections Office reports results from Tuesday’s runoff election with David Wagner receiving 62% of the vote compared to Rame Campbell’s 38%. Wagner won the vote in both Anderson and Oconee County, which the office of 10th Circuit Solicitor represents. In Oconee County, Wagner tallied 83% of the vote. These results are unofficial until they can be canvassed […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a shooting that was reported late Monday afternoon near Westminster. The E-911 Communications Center received a call for service around 4:48pm from the Hasty Mart convenience store at 3109 West-Oak Highway in regards to a male who stated he had been shot. Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Division, the Criminal Investigations Division […]
Read moreA motorcade escorts 41 Marines to Lake Keowee this afternoon for three and a half days of rest and relaxation. This is the eighth year of the Honoring Their Service program, which honors the men and women of our armed forces. The motorcade departs Red Owens Field in Easley onto Highway 123 at Rock Springs Baptist Church around 2:25pm. The […]
Read more**All Results are Unofficial** Solicitor, Circuit 10 – REP (Vote For 1) 31 of 31 Precincts Reporting W Wilson Burr (REP) 23.52% 1,134 Rame Campbell (REP) 13.07% 630 David Wagner (REP) 63.41% 3,057 County Council District 2 – REP (Vote For 1) 4 of 4 Precincts Reporting Jared Ketterman (REP) 27.59% 256 Wayne McCall (REP) 72.41% 672 County Council District […]
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