Category: News

Helen Westmoreland of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office has set plans for the county’s annual National Night Out against crime, to take place next week.  It’s an annual effort to promote police and community partnerships and neighborly camaraderie–all of this to make neighborhoods and communities safer and more caring places to live.  The public is invited for Oconee’s event to be […]

Word has been received on at least three traffic accidents this morning in Pickens County and on I-85 Georgia, just across the South Carolina line.  Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR reports a fatal accident southbound at exit 170 involving a box truck and a tractor trailer truck.  There’s a second non-fatal southbound accident on 85 between Georgia exits 171 and 172.  […]

  The Central Electric Power Cooperative of South Carolina, citing its lawful right to eminent domain, has opened condemnation proceedings in the Common Pleas Court against an Oconee County property owner over a right-of-way and easement.  For what is being sought, an attorney for Central Electric Power says it is willing to pay property owner James F. Smith $48,250 for […]

Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and the increasing threat of the Delta variant, the CDC on Tuesday is recommending public indoor masking for everyone, regardless of vaccination status. This includes masking for teachers, students, parents and visitors in K-12 schools. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is adopting the federal agency’s updated guidance and […]

The Methodists are giving away food this afternoon in Walhalla.  The food giveaway takes place 4:30 to 5:30 at the St. Luke church on E. Main Street.

The numbers released today by South Carolina DHEC cover the 24-hour period that ended at 11:59 Sunday night— New South Carolina cases:  827 New Oconee County cases:  7 New deaths:  1 (Beaufort County) Of 9,586 test results received, the positivity was 10.6%.

The NEXT School is gearing up for the new academic year by staging COVID-19 vaccine clinics starting next week at its Salem campus.  Partnering with Walgreen, the charter school will host two free, on-campus clinics to support vaccination efforts and protect students, families, staff, and local communities.  The clinics are open to the public, and community participation is encouraged.  The […]

A new traffic law arrives next month in South Carolina whose purpose is to lessen congestion and enhance safety on the state’s multiple lane highways.  House Bill 3011 spells out the circumstances when a motor vehicle may not be driven in the farthest left-hand lane.  It requires signs along the interstates that direct slower traffic to move to the right.  […]

Oconee County prosecutors say 17 years was the prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and domestic violence first degree.  Judge Sprouse handed down that sentence yesterday once defendant Tristen Michael Young entered the guilty pleas.  Going into the start of county General Sessions Court, Young had tentatively indicated he wanted a jury to decide his fate, […]

  Confirmation has been received this morning of an outbreak of COVID-19 affecting around 20 inmates and jail guards.  “We certainly hope it has peaked,” said Sheriff Mike Crenshaw about the outbreak that began two weeks ago.  As precaution, three jail guards have been sent home and isolation measures have been taken to protect the jail population.  Crenshaw told 101.7/WGOG […]