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CDC now estimates the highly transmissible Omicron variant is the dominant variant in the U-S representing 73% of cases.  In some parts of the country representing over 90% of cases.  A shudder went through the Clemson University community when it when the university announced 10 confirmed cases of the new variant.

A corner shopping center near Seneca changes hands.  Records filed last week in the office of Oconee Register of Deeds shows Magnolia Plaza at 123 and Sheep Farm Road, containing Schlotzky’s restaurant, went from one limited liability company to another.  The transaction fetched a price of $3.4 million.

Oconee County solid waste recycling centers, landfill, and transfer station will operate through Thursday this week, then close for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  The holiday week schedule also means that the recycling centers, normally closed on Wednesdays, will do business tomorrow,  Walhalla sanitation announces the following modified schedule:  “Trash normally picked up on Thursday will be collected a day […]

Sidewalk sections have been closed in part of downtown Walhalla in the aftermath of a discovery by the city’s zoning and code department.  Elijah Hayes, code officer, makes the following announcement:  “The Zoning and Code Department was notified that a building’s architectural features appeared to be separating from the structure.  Upon a visual inspection this was confirmed along with other […]

Law enforcement records confirm the arrest late Friday afternoon of a 43-year old Oconee County man who was implicated in a burglary of a home in the vicinity of the Food Lion intersection between Seneca and Clemson.  An Oconee deputy’s report shows Marcus Cas Segraves arrested and charged with resisting arrest and burglary third degree at a home on Royal […]

Telephone callers reported shots fired at a Pickens County home and when deputies arrived a dead man was found in the yard of a home on Stewart Gin Road, Liberty.  The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office and the coroner’s office are investigating what happened as a homicide, saying the adult male showed a visible injury characteristic of a gunshot wound.  However, […]

A 42-year old Oconee County man has been charged by the Westminster police with methamphetamine and other drug offenses, including illegal possession of the opioid hydrocodone.  Law enforcement reports show Matthew Flint Patterson of the Earles Grove Road was arrested after a policeman approached a car at a N. Bibb Street car wash.

South Carolina DHEC has confirmed daily COVID-19 cases between 800 and some 900 for each day–Thursday through Saturday of last week.  Oconee County confirmed cases added to those numbers as, on Friday alone, the state health agency counted 42 new county cases for that 24-hour count period. Test positivity was in the category of 6-plus percent.

It’s not too late to buy a used iPad from the Oconee School District.  Josh Shepherd, tech chief for the public schools, says the drive-thru sale finishes at the noon hour, but you will be able  to walk inside the district offices and likely purchase from the number still left by the afternoon hours.

Oconee County government offices will close at the end of the business day on Thursday and remain closed for the Christmas holiday weekend.  They are scheduled to re-open at regular time on Wednesday morning, December 29.  The closings apply to the non-essential services.  Normal and routine law enforcement operations will go on as scheduled.