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An Oconee County man was ordered to prison for seven years after pleading guilty to unlawful neglect of a child. Ronald Glenn Christen was arrested in 2019 after a one-year old child, Rhyder Peay, was discovered dead October 1, 2019 at 374 Bright Eyes Drive, Westminster. The sentence handed down in General Sessions Court requires Christen to be placed on […]

An early Sunday morning accident on SC 28 Blue Ridge Boulevard sent one person to the hospital and saw traffic detoured for most of the day. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said that the driver of a pickup, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, left Highway 28 at the Bountyland intersection and struck two power poles around 6:30 am yesterday […]

All branches of the Oconee County Public Library will be closed Thursday, December 24, through Monday, December 28, for the Christmas holiday. All branches will also be closed on Friday, January 1, 2021, for New Year’s Day. Branches resume their current regular hours on Monday, January 4. Book returns will be open during the holiday closures, and e-books and e-magazines […]

The School District of Oconee County has placed a link on the district’s, and all schools’ websites, entitled “Holiday COVID Reporting.” They are asking that students and staff report positive tests using that link from now through Sunday, January 3. This will help them notify individuals who may have been close contacts for positive cases over the last few days […]

The South Carolina Department of Transportation is suspending non-emergency lane closures on interstate highways during the Christmas Holiday travel period, which runs this year from 6:00 am Wednesday, December 23 through 10:00 pm Sunday, January 3rd. With continued progress due to SCDOT’s Strategic 10-Year Plan to rebuild South Carolina’s roads and bridges, more work zones are in place all across […]

Out of the 36 COVID-19 related deaths reported statewide yesterday, Sunday’s DHEC numbers show that a middle-aged Oconeean’s death resulted from the virus on Thursday, December 17; and two local elderly residents died Monday, December 14 and Wednesday, December 16. The statewide case count yesterday rose by 2,583; 61 of those cases are Oconee County citizens; 128 cases and one […]

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Detectives said that they have identified the vehicle involved in an alleged hit-and-run incident that occurred December 13 on White Street Extension and Shockley Ferry Road in Belton. Following the investigation, detectives determined the incident did NOT involve an intentional act of harm as was previously considered. The Sheriff’s Office appreciates the assistance of the community […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Fair Play yesterday on multiple charges in relation to three separate traffic enforcement incidents. 23 year old Cainnan Alan Black of W. Pine Grove Road was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 9:24am Thursday. At this time, Black remains in custody at the Detention Center on a combined $80,300.00 surety bond. […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man yesterday on multiple charges related to a burglary over the summer at a Seneca area Dollar General. 18 year old Aundarius Rickshawn Lowery of Skyland Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:33pm and has been served with arrest warrants charging him with one count each of Second […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the arrest of a man with ties to both Georgia and South Carolina on multiple charges related to two separate incidents that occurred during this past summer. 35 year old William Mark Mize, Jr., who has listed addresses of McCarty Road in Statham, GA, no fixed address in Westminster and Walhalla Gardens Circle […]