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Amanda Brock has a hunch that a financial incentive might be key to reducing Oconee County’s litter problem. The county administrator this week received the endorsement of the county council’s planning and economic development committee to pursue a beautification program modeled along the lines of the “Pick Up Pickens” program in Pickens County. Civic and other non-profits would be eligible […]
Read moreAn apartment renter allegedly stole security cameras belong to his complex in Seneca and was arrested. According to the police, Aaron Armstrong is also charged with malicious damage to property at the Seneca Gardens Apartments at Laing Court.
Read moreWest Union, SC – Robert Brent Call, 53, husband of Valerie Jackson Call for just over 16 years, of 115 Cody Lane, West Union, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 31, 2021, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. A native of Gastonia, NC, Mr. Call was the son of Jean Doby Call of Winter Haven, FL and the late […]
Read moreLexington, SC – Bryan Christian Burkhart, 11, of Lexington, SC passed away on Sunday, May 30, 2021, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital. Born in Greenville, SC, Christian is the son of Lori Sue Burkhart of Lexington, SC and Chance Sanders of North Augusta, SC. Christian was an Honor Roll student at Deerfield Elementary School. He was a member […]
Read moreWalhalla – William Fredrick “Freddie” Evett,75, husband of Deborah Ann Dempsey Evett of 39 years, passed away, June 1st, 2021 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Freddie was born in Greenville, South Carolina, he was the son of the late William and Julia Rose Evett. Freddie was a truck driver with Service Star for many years, […]
Read moreSouth Carolina’s environmental agency fined the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority $7,500 for a series of sanitary sewer overflows, a number of which were brought on by heavy rain events. Chris Eleazer, JRSA executive director, made the announcement this afternoon as the JRSA convened a meeting of its stakeholders to report on what’s being done to satisfy South Carolina DHEC. […]
Read moreBy the end of the 24-hour period, ending at 11:59 Memorial Day night, South Carolina DHEC counted 71 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including three in Oconee County. Statewide, two people were added to the virus death toll, including an elderly Pickens County resident who died on Friday. Of 2,856 test results, the South Carolina positivity was 3.4%.
Read moreIn the effort to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to rural and underserved parts of the state, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is expanding its Vaccination Homebound Project to all 46 counties. The statewide program launched Monday, June 1 and will run through December 2021. DHEC is working with two providers, Welcome Pharmacy and H&M Labs, […]
Read moreAfter a presentation by Salem’s water superintendent, Oconee County Council tentatively approved a $2 million allocation to allow the town to finish a water line loop that town officials have long envisioned as a way to provide water and grow the business base within its service territory. Mayor Lynn Towe says last night’s county council vote was unanimous and is […]
Read moreThe extent to which additional paid, full-time Oconee fire fighters adds to the disenchantment of the volunteer staff was a point for debate during last night’s county budget considerations. A letter was read into the record that rural fire personnel should have been consulted in forming the new budget. Chief among the complaints is the belief that when the county […]
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