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At-home tests will be available beginning Monday at DHEC Public Health Departments COLUMBIA, S.C. — To increase access to timely testing statewide, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has received and is distributing the first shipments of the at-home rapid COVID-19 antigen tests it ordered for South Carolina. To date, the agency has ordered more than 2 million tests and […]
Read moreTHIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEW DATE AND TIME WILL BE ANNOUNCED. Representative Westley P. “West” Cox, Chairman of the Anderson County Legislative Delegation, has announced a joint Delegation meeting with Oconee County Delegation to be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. in Columbia, SC, 1100 Gervais St., Blatt Building Room 305. The sole purpose of […]
Read moreThe School District of Oconee County invites any parents interested in learning more about Oconee Virtual Academy, the district’s virtual program available for elementary and middle school students, to one of three town hall meetings to learn more about the program. The meetings will include details about how it works, what grade levels are offered; current students, families and staff […]
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Oconee County Republican Party Vice Chair Pat Murray and Treasurer Lillian Lusk resigned from their posts Thursday afternoon. A steering committee will meet next week to formally accept the resignations and special elections within the party will be held to fill the vacancies. Murray became vice chair after a special election last fall to fill the void when Jennifer Bell […]
Read more(Walhalla, SC)——The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Fair Play man yesterday on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine after a Wednesday afternoon traffic stop. 47 year old Claude Allen Williams of S. Davis Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at 5:39pm. Williams was also served two outstanding arrest warrants on charges of Forgery and Grand Larceny. […]
Read more(Walhalla, SC)—–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Westminster man with three trailer thefts after his arrest Tuesday. The Sheriff’s Office has charged 48 year old James Joseph Haight of Meadowlark Drive with two counts of Grand Larceny and one count of Petit Larceny. Haight was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at 2:38pm Tuesday. Haight also had […]
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Seneca Police said a medical episode was to blame for a Thursday afternoon crash on West North First Street near Finch Automotive. The accident happened around 2:45pm, police said, when the driver of a 2008 Toyota Corolla lost control of the eastbound vehicle, crossed into oncoming traffic and then over a sidewalk. The car spun around and went down an […]
Read moreA USPS box truck and a sedan were in a head-on collision around 4:30pm Thursday afternoon on Richland Road, near Savage Ln., about a mile west of Seneca. The accident claimed the life of a 50 year-old woman. Master Trooper Brandon Bolt with the South Carolina Highway Patrol has more… Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis identified the victim as Marcia […]
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From Scott Krein, OES Director: Here it he latest weather for this weekend. It does not look like this will be much of an event for us right now but things continue to change. We will continue to monitor this storm and if any major changes happen we will let you know.
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State of the State Address As Prepared for Delivery Wednesday, January 19, 2022 The State House, Columbia, S.C. Governor Henry McMaster: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly, my fellow South Carolinians: We are here tonight to address challenges and opportunities. But first, as in prior years, I’d like to recognize those in uniform whom we […]
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