Category: News

The evacuation order has been extended to Jasper and Colleton counties in South Carolina. South Carolina fears storm surges from Matthew to surpass those of Hurricane Hugo.

All South Carolina voters will now have more time to return voter registration applications for the 2016 General Election.  This will provide additional opportunity for citizens to register who are affected by voter registration office and post office closures related to Hurricane Matthew.  Post offices are also closed on Monday, October 10 due to a federal holiday.  The following deadlines […]

  The new Dacusville fire substation in Pickens County will be dedicated during a 2 o’clock ceremony Sunday afternoon, October 16 at 120 Hamilton Road in Marietta. Refreshments will be served from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm with the ceremony to start at 3. Once the speakers finish, a plaque will be presented that recognizes all those who were involved […]

The office of 10th Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams will ask the courts to allow her to try Jesse Dewitt Osborne as an adult on the charges arising from the September 28 shootings at Townville. Adams seeks to have the 14-year old boy to stand in the General Sessions Court on the two charges of murder, three charges of attempted murder, […]

This month marks the second year of the Oconee hospital affiliation with the Greenville Health System, and the sole Oconeean member of the GHS board of directors says he believes the arrangement has worked for the best.  “I can’t help but think how fortunate we are, as a community, to be part of that system,” said Rick Phillips.  Like a […]

The Walhalla utilities superintendent says it’s only a matter of days before his city sends  an application that is a major component of creating a new water supply.  Scott Parris says the application to “FERC” for permission to place a water intake at Lake Keowee was delayed a week to accommodate Duke Energy’s request to review the document.  Walhalla intends […]

Eligible property owners on Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee have until Dec. 31, 2020, to apply for dock modifications to reach deeper water. The program allows dock owners to make permanent modifications to the use of their dockwhen lake levels may be lower, such as during an extended drought.  There are no fees to apply during a one-year special period […]

A phone caller recently told an Oconee County resident she had won a $1.6 million sweepstakes.  But the caller was a scammer and posed as a representative of the Publishers Clearing House.  All she had to do, the caller said, was follow instructions on how to claim the award.  She was asked to pay taxes on her winnings and then […]

The acting U-S Attorney in South Carolina, Beth Drake, has announced that a Rabun County, Georgia man has been sentenced in federal court at Anderson for felon in possession of a firearm.  Judge Tim Cain ordered Mark Anthony Stone to serve a term of 71 months in prison.  Stone is 32 years old.  According to Drake’s announcement, law enforcement on […]

Narcotics agents for Oconee County say that between April and June they were able to buy more than 125 grams of methamphetamine from an address on the West-Oak Highway.  Those buys this week led to the arrest of a 47-year old Fair Play man.  The Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of Steven Lunceford (right) of the Old Knox Bridge […]