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The Hart County Coroner’s Office identified 17-year-old Eric Beasley from Canton, Georgia as the victim who died as the result of a boat crash Sunday afternoon around 2:00pm on Lake Hartwell. The second boat involved in the crash was a cabin cruiser with six people on board, two of which were taken to Anderson Memorial to receive treatment of injuries. […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested seven subjects, six males and one female, Sunday evening in a burglary and larceny investigation in southern Oconee County. 24 year old Wilian Ismael Martinez-Vargas, 30 year old Denis Orlando Cruz-Grijalva, 41 year old Jose Manuel Marales-Martinez, 51 year old Mecario DeLuna Lopez, 27 year old Mavin Joel Funez-Vazquez and 21 year old Kate […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Public Library Board of Trustees will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 24, at 5:30 p.m. at the County Administration building at 415 South Pine St., Walhalla. The meeting is open to the public.
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Healthy and Safe Swimming Week is May 23-29 COLUMBIA, S.C. – In recognition of Healthy and Safe Swimming Week (May 23-29), the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reminds South Carolinians how important it is to practice safe swimming when enjoying a private or public pool, lake, river, ocean, hot tub or splashpad. The week before Memorial […]
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The South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) and law enforcement partners statewide have kicked off their annual 100 Deadly Days of Summer’ high visibility statewide safety belt enforcement, public information and education campaign, and it begins this Memorial Day weekend, and ends Labor Day. In an effort to curb fatalities, South Carolina Highway Patrol, State Transport Police, and local […]
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The League of Women Voters (LWV) of Oconee and Pickens Counties will host a Candidate Forum on Thursday, June 2 in the Walhalla High School Auditorium at 7:00pm for the two candidates running for SC House District 1 in the June 14th primary – Representative William Whitmire and Mr. Wally Sparks. A moderator will ask questions and give each candidate […]
Read moreFormer Seneca City Council member and owner of The Spot on the Alley, Stuart Pohl, passed away suddenly on Sunday evening following a brief illness. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Wendy, and the family. Arrangements will be announced at a later time.
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UPDATE – Statement from the School District of Oconee County: An SDOC bus that serves West-Oak High School was involved in a minor accident this morning. There were no injuries to the driver or any of the five students who were on the bus at the time of the accident. The students were transported to school on another bus. Parents […]
Read moreA man died and two people were injured following a boat crash Sunday afternoon in Lake Hartwell. Hart County Sheriff’s Deputies said they received a call about two boats crashed into each other near Carter’s Ferry Boat Ramp of Lake Hartwell around 1:50 p.m. Georgia DNR officials said that the man who died was in a boat by himself at […]
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Four people died in a two-vehicle, head-on crash Friday just after 6 p.m. on South Carolina Highway 81 at Bradley Road, about five miles north of Anderson. Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway with the South Carolina Highway Patrol has more… Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore has identified the driver of the Ford Expedition as 48-year-old William Douglas Larry, and the driver […]
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