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Federal funds are equipping Oconee sheriff’s officers with small audio-visual recorders designed to leave little doubt as to the conduct of a citizen and an officer when the two meet in an official role. And, as a sheriff’s captain described the Taser Axon flex camera recorder today to 96.3/WGOG NEWS, the truth of the encounter will win out. Capt. Jeff […]
Read moreState health authorities are fining the owners of three public swimming pools in Clemson and, at the same time, requiring the pool owners to come up with a plan to correct the violations. Consent orders covering the pools at Chadsworth Common, the Ramada Inn, and the Holiday Inn Express are to be received by the board of Health, Environmental Control […]
Read moreFormer nurse’s aides are testifying for the plaintiff in the Oconee civil trial in which a senior citizens’ facility is accused of abuse and neglect in the death of an 87-year old patient. Today is day two of Reynolds versus Sava Senior Care, known as Seneca Health and Rehabilitation. Kristin Lawless said her experience there gave her concern about the […]
Read moreA federal jury this week convicted two Rabun County, Georgia men for their involvement in illegal bear hunting and related offenses. The convictions Monday in Asheville, North Carolina of Jerry Francis Parker and Walter Henry Stancil were announced by Anne Tompkins, U-S Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The 63-year old Parker and the 66-year old Stancil face […]
Read moreA motorcyclist required a trip to the hospital this morning in an accident on South Carolina 183 in front of the turn into the Oconee Nuclear Station. Brandon Shirley of the Keowee Fire Department said the accident at 6:45 a-m involved a motorcycle and a Ford Explorer. According to Shirley, the force of the accident tossed the motorcyclist into a […]
Read moreSeveral of Oconee’s major employers are taking part today in a workforce opportunity summit whose focus is the county’s workforce and how to develop talent for the future. The meeting takes place at the Oconee School District’s Hamilton Career Center, an institution whose courses prepare high school students for entry to the workforce. But the Career Center wants to do […]
Read moreCoroner Karl Addis says the victim of this morning’s fatal Seneca accident was 52-year old Robert Hunter. An autopsy has been ordered, but Addis says it appears Hunter suffered trauma on S. Poplar Street when hit by a pickup truck occupied by a man and his wife who were running a newspaper route. According to the coroner’s account, Hunter was […]
Read moreA 52-year old Seneca man died early this morning from apparent trauma after being hit by a pickup truck near a residential intersection. Coroner Karl Addis says he will release the name of the victim later today. 9-1-1 communications received a call shortly after 3 o’clock this morning of an incident on Seneca’s South Poplar Street near Scotland Drive and […]
Read morePioneer Rural Water District anticipates a final vote by the Oconee County Council approving substitute acreage to allow PRWD to build its first treatment plant. As described during yesterday’s board of directors’ meeting, the 70-acres to be conveyed by the county are situated on highway 59 on the Fair Play side of Cleveland Creek. And, according to Pioneer General Manager […]
Read moreA resident of Schroder Street in West Union has been declared the unofficial winner of a seat on the town council. Last night’s tally gave Doug Moore 17 votes—three more than his only other ballot opponent, Chad Thomas. Thomas finished with 14. The two men sought to fill an unexpired term on the council.
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