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Each year in the United States of America, over 4,000 children ages 19 and under are seen in emergency rooms for injuries from near drowning events. Swimming pools are the most common site for a drowning to occur among children ages 4 and under. Daby Snipes with Safe Kids Upstate offers these pool safety tips to ensure children are staying […]

Strong thunderstorms Sunday night broke several poles on the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative system causing power outages to 5,500 of its members. All employees were called in to assist with the repairs. Terry Ballenger, Vice President of Communications at Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, gives an update on power restoration in the Upstate of South Carolina. “I’m sure as the folks […]

An autopsy was performed Sunday, June 24, on the body of 84-year-old Basil Bibb of Westminster, who died at the scene of a single-vehicle collision Saturday afternoon. This collision occurred on the Greenfield Road. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that Mr. Bibb died from positional asphyxia due to the motor vehicle collision. Contributing to his death and most likely […]

Earlier this year, two census tracts in Oconee County received designation as Opportunity Zones, tells Oconee Economic Alliance (OEA) Economic Development Specialist Emily Hodge. “Opportunity Zones are a recently established program through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Across the country, states were given the chance to submit their low-income community census tracts for this designation. In Oconee […]

The City of Clemson announces that starting Monday, June 25, road construction barriers will be extended on SC 93 to the College Avenue intersection. Traffic on SC 93 will be one way only from Cherry Road to College Avenue. In addition, traffic no longer will be allowed to take Sherman Street from the intersection at College Avenue. Crews are still […]

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has located and arrested the inmate that escaped from the Pickens County Detention Center early Thursday, June 21, morning. A deputy located 24-year-old Jonathon Ray Jefferson Neal at a residence on Highway 8. After a brief foot chase, he was taken into custody without any further use of force. He was transported back to the […]

Registered therapy dog Hudson enjoys the attention of children during the I Read to Animals program at the Westminster Branch of the Oconee County Public Library (OCPL) on Wednesday, June 20. Children ages 5-12 have two more opportunities to read to Hudson and his friends at the Salem Branch on July 11, and the Walhalla Main Branch on July 25. […]

The State Election Commission wants to make sure voters understand the rules for voting in the Primary Runoffs on Tuesday, June 26. Voters who voted in the June 12, Primaries are limited to voting in the same party’s runoff. Voters who did not vote on June 12, can choose to vote in either party’s runoff. Everyone who voted in the […]

During the executive session at the June 18, regular Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) meeting, the board performed Dr. Michael Thorsland’s annual superintendent evaluation. Of the seven performance standard indicators, he scored proficient or exemplary in all areas. The board voted to extend Dr. Thorsland’s contract for one additional year and also approved a […]