Missing man found safe
An elderly man missing in Pickens County is safe and back with his family. A Pickens sheriff’s officer says Merrill Arlin Owens was located safely this morning and has been reunited with his family.
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An elderly man missing in Pickens County is safe and back with his family. A Pickens sheriff’s officer says Merrill Arlin Owens was located safely this morning and has been reunited with his family.
Read moreSenator Lindsey Graham calls the voting rights act For the People Act the biggest power grab in modern American history. Graham voted with his fellow Republicans as the Senate voted 50-50 on party lines. Democrats could not muster the 60 votes needed to avoid a Republican filibuster on the procedural vote to open debate on the bill. Graham complained, “S. […]
Read moreOconee County has new budgets for a new government year that starts at the end of next week. But the final vote required a two-and-a-half hour meeting, two cost-cutting amendments, and a great deal of back-and-forth with county council’s most vocal spending critics. On some key issues, the five-member council remains in a three-two divide. Paul Cain was able to […]
Read moreAn 81-year old man is missing in Pickens. His family is concerned because he’s been diagnosed with dementia and is an insulin-dependent diabetic. Pickens County Sheriff’s Office during the night began actively searching for Merrill Arlin Owens, missing from the vicinity of Williams Drive and Gravely Road in Pickens. Owens was last seen walking on Gravely Road around 3:30 yesterday […]
Read moreThe cops have his car, they have his name, but they don’t have him. There was police activity early today between Walhalla and Salem. Chief Deputy Davis of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office says officers spotted a suspicious vehicle on the Camp Oak Road. A chase then developed, but ended when the suspect car went down an embankment on the Flat […]
Read moreIn today’s report from South Carolina DHEC: Sunday saw 34 new cases of COVID-19 across the state. None of those cases was an Oconee County resident. Statewide, there were three additional deaths from the virus. Of 2,585 test results received, the positivity was 1.7%.
Read moreThe Methodists in Walhalla give away boxes of food Wednesday afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30 pm at the St. Luke Methodist Church on E. Main Street.
Read moreMuch of what was a landmark department store building (formerly the anchor store for Harper’s 5&10) is no more today. Demolition is underway, which will clear the way for green space, perhaps a fountain, and a splash pad. As the new owner of the property, city of Seneca is the driving force in a continual remake of parts of the […]
Read moreA Seneca official told a county planning group that “disinterest” on the part of Walhalla and Westminster is impeding consideration of extending bus routes to the county seat and other areas un-served by free passenger service. Seneca’s Ed Halbig was a guest presenter during last night’s meeting of the county planning commission. Halbig made clear to the county planning commissioners […]
Read moreAn Atlanta area woman lost her life in a one-car crash late Saturday afternoon on the I-85 side of Georgia near mile marker 171 not far from Fair Play. The Georgia Patrol reports that 67-year old Lisa Hutto of Stone Mountain was killed when her southbound 2003 Ford Ranger crossed from the right lane to the left and then into […]
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