Category: News

During last week’s town hall meeting at Oakway, two members of the board of Pioneer Rural Water sat silent as some in the audience questioned the accuracy of what Terry Pruitt, the Pioneer general manager, was saying about the project to build the treatment plant.  But when asked today if the board has confidence in Pruitt, Chairman Barry Stevenson said, […]

  A member of the board of Pioneer Rural Water is responding to questions about whether he still lives inside the district he represents.  Jerry Barlow says he no longer has a house on s. highway 11, but still keeps a legal address on the property.  Barlow says a work assignment has sent him to Pennsylvania, but when he is […]

A circuit judge has ruled an Oconee man in default and ordered damages paid to the statutory heirs of a young woman who was one of two people who died after a moped-pickup truck accident four and a half years ago.  The ruling, by Judge John Hayes, awards $250 thousand to the heirs of ChalesC Skelton.  A passenger on a […]

Pickens County Council created a recreation advisory board yesterday by adopting an ordinance that calls for a formal application and review process to distribute funds.  In the past, Pickens County recreation funds have gone to projects such as City of Clemson Softball Field Lighting, Old Stone Church Baseball Field, and Nettles Park Baseball Fields.

Someone late last week tried to buy a car from an Oconee County dealership, using someone else’s identity.  In the aftermath, the Sheriff’s Office arrested Jourdan Salluom and charged the 18-year old North Carolina man with fraud and other offenses.  A deputy sheriff checked a copy of a driver’s license that was provided to the dealership by the suspect and […]

A Berkeley County man has been arrested in Oconee, charged with possession of a stolen motorcycle. Dekendrick O’Neal Davis was arrested late Friday night after a prospective buyer of the Honda motorcycle checked with law enforcement to be sure he was making a clean purchase.  Turns out, according to the Sheriff’s Office, the motorcycle was stolen April 23.  After locating […]

No one was hurt, but public safety responders had their hands full with an unusual accident this morning on I-85 in Oconee County.  It occurred near Exit 4 and affected southbound traffic.  According to Fair Play Fire Department, a Subaru collided with a pickup truck pulling a camper.  The camper disengaged from the pickup and flipped.  Both drivers were apparently […]

That recent highway project that created a short detour for traffic on U-S 123 in Oconee County near the Georgia line will lead to “full-depth patching” and re-surfacing work on the two-lane highway.  Josh Makison, the Oconee construction engineer for the DOT, says the work will take place in the vicinity of Pickens Road.  The work will cover 1.93 miles.  […]

The FBI has confirmed that a shooting involving the FBI in Atlanta was related to warrants for a suspect who last Wednesday allegedly shot a Banks County, Georgia deputy. The suspect, 32-year-old Avery Richard, was killed in the incident, while an FBI agent and a woman were injured. The Banks County Sheriff’s Office plans a statement  today.  

  The organization that concentrates on giving children a boost into the education world will open a series of hearings this week to update the needs in Oconee County.  First Steps and its director, Marie Dunnam, hope as many Oconeeans as possible—especially those with young children—will pick out a hearing to attend this month.  The hearings start at 6 tonight […]