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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) submitted the following member-directed spending requests for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies projects in South Carolina. Graham made the requests to the Senate Appropriations Committee, on which he serves. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding requests include: Carolina Youth Development Center: $361,000 to enhance security. […]

Governor Henry McMaster was in Walhalla yesterday at the Performing Arts Center where he addressed members of the county’s Republican Party. Governor McMaster said that businesses are investing in the state, and that South Carolina is on top of the world… Governor McMaster was welcomed by the Oconee County Republican Party and was joined yesterday by Oconee County Sheriff Mike […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting its 7th annual Retired Law Enforcement Officers Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday, June 16th. Any retired local, state, tribal or federal law enforcement officers, who currently reside in Oconee County, are welcome to attend this luncheon. The luncheon will be held at the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative Community Room, which is located at […]

Senator Lindsey Graham said he would “vigorously oppose” what he described as an extreme constitutional overreach following the House’s passage of a gun control bill that, Graham said, represents “the wish list of the Left.” While Graham has stated he is open to discussion of common sense legislation, he said the bill in it’s current form will go nowhere in […]

Sheriff Chad McBride and the men and women of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office announced that the agency has been chosen to be part of the COPS TV show’s 35th Season. Anderson County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer Kerry Skeen said she’s a fan and is excited to begin filming. She also said that area residents who may see camera crews […]

On Wednesday, Seneca Police charged 26 year-old Holden Cole Blackwell of Greer with public disorderly conduct and four counts of threatening the life, person or family of an official. Also on Wednesday, Jason Michael Justice, age 45 of West Union, was arrested by Oconee County Deputies on three counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Both suspects are […]

A movie is to be released next month portraying the life of Willie Mays Aikens, who rose from humble beginnings in Seneca to become a 1980 World Series batting star for the Kansas City Royals. Aikens story is one of redemption, overcoming a drug habit and eventually becoming re-employed by the Royals as a hitting instructor. Willie Aikens was one […]