Category: News

A crisis is growing at the southern border, with more than 10 thousand migrants flooding into Texas from Mexico.  ABC NEWS quotes officials as saying the migrants are packed under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, waiting to be taken into U-S custody.  Customs and Border Protection is sending extra manpower to deal with the crush of migrants in the […]

A rage of vandalism sparked by a Tik Tok social media challenge to teenagers is believed to have spread to Oconee public schools, and the consequences are being taken seriously by the county school district.  This morning Steve Hanvey, associate county superintendent, said, “We have had issues with soap dispensers, having the bags removed and busted at several schools.  These […]

State authorities (DHEC and the Department of Education) call the wearing of masks a key component to keep safe all aboard the state’s fleet of school buses.  Here’s what the state health authority is saying:  “While not a substitute for vaccination, wearing a mask on school buses and at school remains the best scientific guidance for preventing the spread of […]

The state police arrested a lawyer, part of a prominent Low State family, and charged him with a September 4 incident in which he allegedly conspired with a second man to help him commit suicide to allow a beneficiary to collect life insurance.  The charges against Alex Murdaugh are insurance fraud, conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, along with filing a […]

New cases across the state:  2,865 (64 of them in Oconee). New deaths from the virus statewide:  41 including one in Anderson County and two in Pickens County. Of 33,528 test results received, the positivity:  11.4%.

The mother of one of the children killed when a gunman opened fire at a Connecticut elementary school will give a talk next week at an Oconee County event to raise awareness about suicide prevention.  The speaker, Scarlet Lewis, lost her son Jesse December 14, 2012 when Adam Lanza killed 26 people, including 20 children at the Sandy Hook Elementary […]

A long-time fixture in the Seneca city hall buildings is calling it a career.  Twenty-eight year city employee Susan Harris will be feted with a retirement drop-in tomorrow afternoon in the city council chambers.  She officially steps away in the capacity of associate municipal judge.  Harris also managed the office of Municipal Judge Danny Singleton, and those responsibilities will be […]

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced Thursday that the Palmetto State has officially reached a 50 percent vaccination rate among eligible residents.   In July, the agency announced that 50 percent of residents had received at least one dose of vaccine. Today’s milestone of 50 percent being completely vaccinated is more significant, as it puts […]

A few days after the mishap, there was police tape and a few dislodged bricks from the West Union Post Office building off highway 11.  According to the highway patrol, a car hit the building late Sunday afternoon.  No one was hurt inside the post office building, neither was the 86-year old man identified as the driver of a Chrysler […]

When the Oconee Planning Commission welcomes public comment on a draft plan for land use development standards, the commission chairman is hopeful that someone representing the county’s agricultural committee will say a word of support.  Mike Smith, the planning chairman, this week sought to enlist the support of the county agricultural advisory board during its Monday meeting this week in […]