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Three faculty/staff members have been honored as Tri-County Technical College’s (TCTC) Educators of the Year and will be recognized at the South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) meeting in February. Sarah Shumpert is the College’s outstanding administrator; Marianne Yohannan is the outstanding instructor; and, Margaret Burdette is the outstanding staff nominee. SCTEA is a professional association of technical education personnel […]

Sergeant Ross Ragsdale of the Seneca Police Department is being hailed as a hero for saving a student from choking on Thursday. While having lunch at Alazan Mexican Grill, Sgt. Ragsdale spotted a Seneca High School student who was choking at a nearby table. Sgt. Ragsdale performed the Heimlich maneuver on the student and cleared his throat from whatever he […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges against a Westminster man in connection with Thursday morning’s Westminster area homicide. Murder charges have been filed against 64-year-old R.L. Webb in the shooting death of 50-year-old Steven Gregory Brock at an address on Brock Road. Deputies were dispatched early Thursday morning just before 2am regarding a shooting that occurred at a […]

After the first week of school, the School District of Oconee County (SDOC) is down a few students, explains Assistant Superintendent of Operations Steve Hanvey. “As of Friday, we were at 10,364 students, so we are a little under where we have been the past couple of years. Of course, with the transition and combining of the schools we have […]

At a recent community event, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw told a large crowd that the community plays a major role in local law enforcement. “Law enforcement with all the advancements in technology and equipment but law enforcement is not rock science, law enforcement is most effective when the police officers and sheriff’s deputies know the community they are serving […]