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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is issuing a press release today offering guidance to our citizens in regards to reporting child and adult abuse and neglect during the current COVID-19 pandemic. “One concern that law enforcement had in regards to the current COVID-19 guidelines was a possible increase in domestic and civil related calls with families and others spending more […]

WASHINGTON – With families encouraged to stay at home due to the nationwide health crisis, the Drug Enforcement Administration is asking Americans to keep prescription medications safe and secure until they can properly dispose of them. The Secure Your Meds awareness campaign addresses a vital public safety and health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 161 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, and 10 additional deaths. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 4,917 and those who have died to 150. The deaths occurred in seven elderly and three middle-aged individuals. Here in Oconee County, […]

Due to the threat of severe weather conditions in Oconee County this afternoon, Wi-Fi busses service will end at 2:00pm in all locations.  We plan to be back on schedule tomorrow.  Please visit the district COVID-19 webpage for locations and times.

AnMed Health is part of the Mayo Clinic led national Convalescent Expanded Access Program to use plasma from COVID-19 survivors to help critically ill COVID-19 patients recover. The donated plasma is rich in antibodies that might help those patients fight the virus. So far, three AnMed Health patients have been treated with convalescent plasma. People who have had COVID-19 can […]

35 year-old Kayla Marlene Hendricks of Seneca was arrested Tuesday by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the March theft of a trailer. Hendricks and Michael David McCann, who has been in jail since his arrest on April 6, are each charged with grand larceny in connection with the incident where an enclosed trailer was reported stolen from […]