Category: News

The winner of South Carolina’s nearly $400 million Powerball jackpot has come forward. The winning ticket was presented to the South Carolina Education Lottery yesterday afternoon by a Columbia area resident who declined to be identified. The Lottery quotes the winner as saying this was only the second time he’s played. He was home alone last Thursday when he checked […]

A Jeep stolen yesterday in Pickens turned up near Westminster, where officers arrested and charged a 34-year old man. The victim witnessed a man getting into her parked Jeep Grand Cherokee at the Pickens’ Ingle’s Store and driving away. Later, she helped authorities find the car near Westminster’s Coffee Road by activating her Smart Phone locater. And Oconee Sheriff’s officers […]

Hydrants within the Walhalla water system will be flushed for a one-month period, between Monday, September 30 and Friday, November 1. According to a City Hall announcement, the hydrant flushing may cause some discoloration for a short period of time. The city promises the water will be safe to drink. However, before running laundry, you may want to check the […]

One-half the cost of an adult meal sold on one day this week in Oconee public school cafeterias will be donated to the fund that provides meals for students who normally might go hungry on weekends when schools are out. The school district food supplier, Sodexo, plans to donate to the Backpack Program one-half of the cost of an adult […]

The chairman of the Pickens County Republican Party is asking for a special meeting of his party’s statewide executive committee. Phillip Bowers is hoping the committee will pass a resolution urging South Carolina’s U-S senators—Scott and Graham—to defund Obamacare this week. “This is a critical issue, and we must ensure our party is resolute on the matter,” Bowers said in […]

The highway patrol has released details of an early morning accident yesterday on South Carolina 130—not far from the Oconee Nuclear Station. Lance Corporal Bill Ryne said the accident occurred on 130 occurred at Keowee River Road and involved a motorcycle driven by Tywan Smith of Central and a car driven by Glen Gendron, 19, of Six Mile. Smith required […]

Although put together in what hospital officials call a tight form, the new Oconee Medical Center budget is to offer new services—including the first hospital dental clinic in South Carolina. OMC’s Cortni Nations says the 4th floor clinic is to be staffed by a dental hygienist, but will rely on volunteer professionals to pull teeth. The lack of dental care […]

Oconee Medical Center leaders expressed confidence last night that they go into a new fiscal year with a sound budget, though it reflects the continuing realities of health care’s changing landscape. Approved by the board of directors was a budget projecting spending at nearly $138 million and revenues of $140 million. The budget raises hospital charges by 5%, but vice […]

  Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw completed the 104th session of the National Sheriffs’ Institute this month in Aurora, Colorado. It’s a no-cost program, co-sponsored by the National Institute of Corrections and the National Sheriffs’ Association. Crenshaw, nine months into his four-year term in office, joined 26 other sheriffs from across the country for training on contemporary challenges facing America’s sheriffs today.

Making sure that Duke Energy has covered everything that should be in its review for a potential Jocassee dam failure is the reason for a meeting tomorrow near Washington, but a spokesman for the government says tomorrow’s meeting is considered routine and will require more meetings before Duke submits a final product to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC’s Roger […]