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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help locating two suspects in separate investigations. The Sheriff’s Office has been actively seeking 30-year-old Zackary Edwin Sterling Fiskeaux of Mountain Rest since Oct. 10. He is wanted on two outstanding arrest warrants on charges of kidnapping and domestic violence in the first degree. He also has six outstanding arrest warrants from […]

The Mega Millions jackpot was finally won on Tuesday night, and a single lucky ticket holder in South Carolina can claim a tremendous lottery jackpot, $1.537 billion or $878 million cash. The winning numbers for Tuesday, Oct. 23, are the white balls 5, 28, 62, 65 and 70, plus the gold Mega Ball 5. The history-making Mega Millions jackpot smashed […]

Oconee County Voter Registration and Elections Director Joy Scharich announces that there has been polling location changes for Fair Play, Walhalla 1 and Walhalla 2. Fair Play residents will no longer vote at the Old School building. Your voting location has been changed and you will nowvote at Fair Play Presbyterian Church, which is located at 201 Fair Play Church […]

The Foothills Area YMCA broke ground on a new 31,000 square foot facility on Memorial Drive Monday afternoon. YMCA CEO Christle Ross told the large crowd gathered for the event on the campus of Oconee Memorial Hospital that this new facility will change lives. “It’s an incredible day for the Y. Our leaders, our partners, our donors, our communities, I […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help locating a subject with two outstanding arrest warrants on charges of kidnapping and domestic violence in the first degree. 30-year-old Zackary Edwin Sterling Fiskeaux of Blueberry Hill Road in Mountain Rest also has six outstanding arrest warrants from the Westminster Police Department in relation to a separate incident that occurred on […]

A senior at Walhalla High School is the October Contract Construction Student of the Month, tells Dr. Meghan Ketterman, Director of Business Development at Contract Construction. “The October 2018 Student of the Month is a Walhalla High School student but was nominated by Mr. Jonas Crooks from the Hamilton Career Center and that is Mr. Cole Roper. So, Cole I […]

No one, not even close family members, knew T.J. Earle didn’t earn a high school diploma back in 1997. It was a source of pain and shame that weighed on Earle over the years, as he worked minimum-wage jobs to support his family and struggled with self-doubt. “No one knew my story,” said Earle, who dropped out of high school […]

Congratulations to the West-Oak High School Band for placing fourth this past weekend in the Upper State AA Finals at Boiling Springs High School. The band, directed by Andrew Young, now competes at 1:30pm Saturday, Oct. 27, in the State AA Championships at Spring Valley High School near Columbia. The community is encouraged to support the band by attending an […]

The identity of a 28-year-old Anderson County man who died Friday afternoon after being struck by a westbound Norfolk Southern train has been released. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that the victim was Song Keun Im. The train, consisting of two locomotives only, was traveling from Greenville to Toccoa. This incident was reported to Oconee E-911 Communication at approximately […]