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Westminster – Dennis Lee Winsand, 69, formerly of South Dakota, passed away December 13th, 2020. Born in Wisconsin, he was the son of the late Olin and Lois Grass Winsand. Dennis was a jack of all trades, but known for working as ranch hand for many farms. He was a veteran in the US Air Force. He is […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Fair Play yesterday on multiple charges in relation to three separate traffic enforcement incidents. 23 year old Cainnan Alan Black of W. Pine Grove Road was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 9:24am Thursday. At this time, Black remains in custody at the Detention Center on a combined $80,300.00 surety […]
Read moreWhen it comes to new and probable cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina, today’s are a record setter. State health officials are lamenting over a record high new and probable cases statewide of 3,778 and 29 deaths, including an elderly Oconeean who died December 15. Of new confirmed cases, 76 are Oconee County residents. Total SC test results received: 14,060; […]
Read moreAn Oconee County man was ordered to prison for seven years after pleading guilty to unlawful neglect of a child. Ronald Glenn Christen was arrested in 2019 after a one-year old child, Rhyder Peay, was discovered dead October 1, 2019 at 374 Bright Eyes Drive, Westminster. The sentence handed down last week in the General Sessions Court requires Christen to […]
Read moreA Walhalla woman, Stephanie Jackson, spearheaded a Toys for Tots drive among her fellow workers at Oconee’s Lift Tech manufacturing plant and was able to collect enough donations to buy $5,600 worth of gifts for children. Twenty-four kindle tablets and 51 bicycles are being distributed this week. One Lift Tech worker, who wishes to remain anonymous, donated about half of […]
Read moreWestminster – Junior George Jefferson, 87, husband of the late Ruby Nell Roach Jefferson, passed away, Friday, December 18, 2020 at Prisma Health Oconee Medical Center. A native of Oconee County, he was the son of the late Early William Jefferson and Cora Roach. Junior was retired from the textile industry where he had worked at Beacon Manufacturing […]
Read moreIn this pandemic time, a low key ceremony will be conducted Monday, January 4 to administer the oath of office to a new Oconee County clerk of court. Lisa Burton replaces the retiring Beverly Whitfield. After taking the oath as administered by Judge Macaulay, Burton will officially take office the next day, Tuesday, January 5.
Read moreAs deaths, daily cases and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to increase at alarming rates in South Carolina and across the country, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) reminds South Carolinians that staying home is the best way to stay safe this holiday season. “It’s not worth the risk,” said Dr. Brannon Traxler, interim Public Health […]
Read moreA bi-partisan group of U-S senators, including South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham, is pushing legislation to bring awareness and action on the mounting problem of pollution in the oceans and marine environment. They want the U-S government to work with international partners to finance projects for sustainable management of materials and reduce the plastic and other waste polluting the world’s oceans. […]
Read moreOconee’s chief recruiter of school teachers, Al LeRoy, can expect a call early in 2021 to assess how the pandemic affects teacher recruitment and retention efforts. The Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement at Rock Hill is out with a report showing that at the start of the current South Carolina school year, there were 700 positions still vacant. […]
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