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Ryan Thomas, a Hamilton Career & Technology Center DECA member and a junior at Seneca High School, received 5th place out of 618 teams in the Southern region and 22nd in the country out of over 4700 teams during the 2020-2021 DECA Stock Market Game, an online competition hosted by DECA Inc. and administered by the SIFMA Foundation. DECA members […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing a ninth arrest in a burglary investigation at the old Dunlop plant in Westminster. 49 year old Tedmund Leon Smith of Mt. Pleasant Road in Westminster was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 1:45 pm Thursday. Belcher has been charged in outstanding arrest warrants obtained by investigators with four counts each […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested four subjects on charges related to two separate investigations, one involving a Grand Larceny and the other involving a runaway teenager.   The subjects arrested and their charges are as follows: 19 year old Luigi Bozzi Carr of Westminster: one count each of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and Accessory after the Fact […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced today the detection of one case associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant that first emerged in the United Kingdom. Viruses are constantly changing, and the new versions are called variants. Variants are closely monitored for their ability to spread faster or cause more disease. South Carolina public […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a missing Westminster woman whose information has been entered into the National Crimes Information Center database. 42 year old Renee Rowland King was reported missing to the Sheriff’s Office on Monday evening, January 18th by a family member.  The family member reported that Renee was last seen […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced today the detection of two cases associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant that first emerged recently in South Africa. These are the first two cases of this variant in the United States. Viruses are constantly changing, leading to the emergence of variants. Variants are closely monitored for their […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested two males and one female Tuesday on drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop. 36 year old Amber Rose Rumsey, 53 year old David Allen Abbott and 70 year old Douglas Kay Stewart, all of Seneca, were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at 5:48 pm, 5:55 pm and 6:29 pm respectively on […]

Prisma Health announced that, starting today, it will resume accepting walk-ins for the coronavirus vaccine, as long as it’s limited supply of doses last. The walk-ins are being allowed at multiple locations, including Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital, explained Dr. Sarai Soccocio, co-chair of Prisma’s Vaccine Task Force…

Randy Wilson has been in Walhalla only three days, but he’s sold on many of the assets that lie within the core commercial district. He and his colleague Jenny Boulware, who comprise a two-member team from the state municipal association, have elicited the thoughts and opinions of Walhallans as to how to make the downtown an even more attractive place… […]