Sewer commissioners hold their October meeting

The policy-making board for the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority has directed its executive director to pass on information to attorneys involving a matter of alleged violation issued by South Carolina DHEC.  Earlier this year the board gave Chris Eleazer, executive director, authority to work out an agreement with a law firm for representation.  There was executive session discussion yesterday […]

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Florida boy’s fall to death under investigation

The state police and the Pickens Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death yesterday of a 14-year old child in the rural Sunset Community.  Coroner Kandy Kelley says Isaiah Oertel died around 6:30 of blunt force trauma in a fall at the Laurel Fork Falls.  The falls measures some 80 feet and apparently there are two ways to reach the falls:  […]

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Ballots were mailed over the weekend

  The bag of an Oconee mail carrier is likely to have gotten heavier in the last day or two.  Over the weekend, the county elections office put in the mail around six thousand ballots to be filled out and returned to the office in time to be counted for the November General Election.  According to Ryan Nowland, assistant elections […]

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Campus police involved in national betterment project

The Clemson University police have been chosen to take part in a national project which aims to prevent misconduct, reduce officer mistakes, and promote health and wellness.  It’s called the Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement Project, an initiative of the Georgetown University Law Center to build a culture of peer intervention that prevents harm.  The Clemson campus police were among […]

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Authorities change test and isolation recommendations

South Carolina DHEC acknowledges an update made in the middle of last month by the Centers for Disease Control and yesterday issued a batch of new recommendations to South Carolinians to further protect against the spread of COVID-19.  “We continue to learn more about how COVID-19 affects South Carolina communities as it spreads across our state,” says Dr. Michael Kacka, […]

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High court re-instates vote witness requirement

Whether South Carolina voters casting ballots by mail must include a witness’s signature equates to a tennis ball flying from one side of the net to the other.  And it has stark political overtones in this political season.  The Republican National Committee claims victory with a ruling yesterday that it says re-instates the witness requirement for mail-in ballots.  That, says […]

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Changes for testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental has updated its interim guidance on testing and isolation requirements following testing. The update was made after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s September 18, 2020, update of guidance on testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including for those without symptoms of COVID-19. “We continue to learn more about how COVID-19 affects […]

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Today’s South Carolina COVID-19 report

  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced 545 new confirmed cases and 4 additional confirmed deaths from COVID-19. There were 22 new Oconee County cases reported. This brings the total number of SC confirmed cases to 147,116 and confirmed deaths to 3,258. The total number of individual test results reported to DHEC yesterday statewide was 4,947 (not […]

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Charlie James Skelton

  West Union- Charlie James Skelton, infant son of James and Keisha Poole Skelton, passed away October 2nd, 2020, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.   In addition to his parents, Charlie is survived by his sisters, Chloe and Aubrie Skelton of the home; maternal grandmother, Kim Nix; and paternal grandmother, Laura Skelton; uncles, Gene Skelton (Tiffani Venaas), Logan Poole; aunts, Holly […]

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