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A 17-year old from Pendleton remains the subject of a missing person report today, and Anderson County sheriff’s deputies request the public’s help to find here. Authorities fear Catherine Jayla Eaton is in possible danger. She is believed to have gone missing from her home on Blueberry Lane between 10:45 at night on Tuesday and the early hours of the […]
Read moreTwo classes of elementary school children have been sent home by the Oconee School District, following findings of COVID-19. According to the district, both Ravenel Elementary School near Clemson and Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary yesterday each had one student with the virus. A first grade class at Brown Elementary and a K-5 class at Ravenel have been sent home and […]
Read moreThe South Carolina DOT has a game plan for improving traffic safety on a section of highway 24, the West-Oak Highway, not far from the Westminster city limit. And most of the 20 people who signed-in at this week’s public information meeting at the Westminster Baptist Church indicated they are in favor of improvements that will focus on “run-off-the-road crashes.” […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Nina Ruth Smith Peebles, 88, wife of the late Harold Thomas Peebles, of Seneca, passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at Morningside Assisted Living. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Peebles was the daughter of the late George Washington Smith and Rause Shedd Smith. She was retired from West Point Stevens and was a […]
Read moreWestminster- Wayne Lee, 75, husband of Nancy Ballenger Lee, passed away May 6th, 2021 at Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee County, he was the son of the late Jack Lee and Edith Wilson Lee. Wayne was retired from Wolverine worldwide in Sales and was an United States Army Reserve Veteran, a former deacon, Sunday School Teacher and Director, […]
Read moreIn a reaction to the labor shortage, South Carolina’s governor is calling a halt to the state’s participation in all federal pandemic-related unemployment benefit programs effective the end of next month. Governor McMaster says he has directed the state Department of Employment and Workforce to withdraw by June 30. His announcement states: “We are currently facing a labor shortage created […]
Read moreTwo trucks and two cars were involved in an accident late yesterday afternoon in Oconee County on U-S 123 at Millbrook Way, and at least one of the drivers required hospital treatment. State trooper Brandon Bolt says the patrol issued citations for no seatbelt and too fast for conditions to the driver of a Chevy Colorado pickup truck who, according […]
Read moreThe arrest yesterday of a Westminster area man is the second in a case that started with a business burglary last winter near Seneca. Arrest warrants allege that Johnathan Douglas Swanson Sr. broke into the Tree South building and stole tree-cutting equipment worth in excess of $10 thousand. It’s alleged 46-year old Swanson also took a 2020 Ford F-550 from […]
Read moreNumbers from South Carolina DHEC show that, by midnight last night, about one-half of the available hospital beds in Oconee County were filled with patients. Of those beds, nine were occupied by patients with COVID-19.
Read moreNew cases of COVID-19 on today’s report from South Carolina DHEC: 397. Fifteen are Oconee County cases. Statewide, there were 19 additional deaths. Of 9,945 test results, the South Carolina positivity was 5.4%. These numbers are the data that reflect the end of the 24-hour count at 11:59 Tuesday night.
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