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SLED has been requested by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct in a county owned building by the county coroner. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw spoke about the potential allegations being brought against the Oconee County Coroner…  

Update from OCSO: Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a shooting reported Wednesday night in the area of Sims Street near Westminster. Reports sate that a female subject was shot in the back. She was removed from the scene by paramedics and taken to an area hospital. According to warrants, 59 year-old Donnie Wayne Wheeler was booked into jail on […]

(Walhalla, SC)–Based upon evidence obtained in an ongoing investigation into a recent homicide on Hobson Street near Westminster, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has obtained an arrest warrant charging a Swansea, SC man with Murder. The Sheriff’s Office has also obtained arrest warrants against the same suspect on charges of Attempted Murder and First Degree Burglary in relation to a […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing teen, for the second time in less than a month. 16 year-old Ashlyn Bailey Miller was reportedly last seen on Saturday afternoon, August 28 around 1:00pm when she left her residence on Cherokee Lake Road. Master Deputy Jimmy watt has more… Miller is known to use aliases, the Sheriff’s Office […]

Corporal Joe Hovis with the South Carolina Highway Patrol has details about a deadly accident that happened on Hwy 133 in Pickens County, about three miles north of Six Mile, around 12:35am this morning…

Update from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office: The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is continuing an investigation today into a homicide that occurred overnight on the Utica Mill Hill. Deputies from the Uniform Patrol Division were dispatched around 11:50pm Tuesday to 14 Padgett Street in regards to initial reports of a disturbance.  While deputies were responding to the scene, dispatch received […]

The School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees met for a special called board meeting Tuesday, August 31st, 2021.  The purpose of this meeting was to consider the possibility of a mask mandate for staff and students in response to legal cases currently before the SC Supreme Court.  Earlier in the day, the Court considered arguments in two cases […]

Issued By Greenville-Spartanburg – SC, US, National Weather Service Affected Area Greater Oconee County Description …FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… The Flash Flood Watch continues for Portions of northeast Georgia, western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina, including the following areas in northeast Georgia:  Habersham, Rabun and Stephens. In western […]

The City of Westminster will host a retirement drop-in for Police Chief Rory Jones on Friday, September 3 from 9am-11am at the Depot. Everyone is encouraged to stop by, have some refreshments, and wish Rory well in his retirement. Chief Jones has served as the Westminster Police Chief since September 28, 2012. He began his career in law enforcement in […]

An incident report from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reveals that a man was arrested last Tuesday afternoon and charged with assaulting an officer while resisting arrest and breach of peace. The report states that Deputies responded to a report of vandalism in progress at a Humbert Street residence and spoke with a woman who stated that her brother, identified […]