Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
Oconee Joint Regional Sewer is hoping for approval of an application today during a state agency meeting in Columbia. The board of the Rural Infrastructure Authority will consider funding applications today, one of which is the JRSA’s request for monies to meet a contractor’s bid for Sewer South Phase Two. OJRSA Director Chris Eleazer… Meanwhile, the County Council’s ears may […]
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The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and SLED Agents are searching for an escaped inmate. James Holley Cobb was a trustee at the Anderson County Detention Center who walked off the premises during the performance of his maintenance duties at the facility on Wednesday night. Staff members at the detention center said they noticed Cobb was missing just after their routine […]
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A wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a suspect “posed no risk to officers or the public” and claims city police officers did not receive sufficient training for use of force has been filed against the City of Clemson on behalf of Gregory Metz. In February of 2021, Clemson Police responded to Circle K on College Avenue to investigate a reportedly […]
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Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said 62-year-old Ronnie Lee Cobb of Seneca died Wednesday night shortly after 7 pm from a gunshot injury. The shooting occurred outside his East South Second Street apartment, and he died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Seneca Police and the Coroner’s Office are investigating. Chief Casey Bowling with more… 61-year-old William David Morgan […]
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The US Forest Service is conducting a 210-acre prescribed burn on Pine Mountain in Oconee’s Andrew Pickens Forest today. Smoke may be visible at times on Hwy. 76 and moving toward Walhalla. This is a Threatened and Endangered species burn priority as well as fuels reduction around an FAA VOR tower.
Read moreOn the agenda this week for the board of directors of the South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority: an application by the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority for the Fair Play and I-85 Sewer South project. Oconee County Council District 5 representative Glenn Hart said he’s glad to hear it… The OJRSA request is among several from various South Carolina towns, […]
Read moreA woman was has been arrested for allegedly stealing money from a Seneca church. According to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, between June 22, 2022 and June 24, 2022, 41 year-old Nikki Elisha Harrison of Central took $6,466.43 for her own personal use from Davis Creek Baptist Church’s bank account without permission. Harrison was arrested on February 12 and received […]
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Forty-two acres in what one farmer called an “overgrown field” will be professionally prepared for economic development, in line with a vote Tuesday night by the Oconee County Council. After a searing session of public comments opposing piped sewer in the heart of Oconee’s farm community, the council approved a $169,000 contract for a Greenville company to provide the engineering […]
Read moreKamala Harris is coming to Columbia on Monday, Feb. 27 to discuss ways to expand affordable high-speed internet. White House officials have confirmed her visit but have not confirmed any details of the visit. The announcement came on Tuesday, the same day U.S. Rep. James Clyburn and Gov. Henry McMaster announced the GetConnectedSC program. Officials say the bi-partisan “GetConnectedSC” campaign […]
Read moreOconee County Sheriff’s Deputies are searching for two suspects accused of stealing around $900 worth of Lancôme skincare products from Ulta at Hartwell Village Shopping Center on Monday, February 20. Master Deputy Jimmy Watt has more… Anyone with any information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 864-638-4111.
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