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At its meeting tomorrow night, the Oconee County Council will consider first and final reading of a resolution to establish an Oconee Opioid Response Task Force.  Elsewhere on the council’s agenda:  discussion and approval of an RFP–request for proposals–to renovate the old courthouse.  Among the matters reserved for discussion during tomorrow’s executive session:  an economic development matter “Utica Mill Project” […]

A Walhalla area man remained in jail today, after his arrested yesterday on charges of kidnapping and domestic violence – high and aggravated.  Oconee Sheriff’s Office identified the accused, Thomas Gregory Lockridge Jr., having been arrested during an investigation of a complaint at a Rocky Knoll Road address, offenses that are alleged to have occurred between Monday, August 18 and […]

This month state and local election officials encourage South Carolinians to be sure they are registered and their addresses are up to date, in advance of November 7.  On that General Election Day, there will be more than 200 local elections across the state, including in Oconee’s five municipalities.  To be eligible to vote November 7, the deadline to be […]

Two Oconee DSS workers were among seven professionals across South Carolina to be recognized by the state director as Employees of the Month.  For hard work and for what DSS says are competence, courage and compassion were Oconee’s Denise Lusk, Office of Counsel; and Pam Bowman, Adult Advocacy Services.  Each honoree was allowed the use of designated parking space during […]

The police in Seneca arrested a Greenville man this week in a one-year old investigation of stolen off-road vehicles.  The Polaris RZRs are designed for trail and dune riding. Law enforcement reports show three charges of grand larceny against Michael Jacob Zaagman.  The 43-year old Zaagman was arrested Wednesday evening and taken to the Oconee jail.   The police were alerted […]

A Seneca man has been arrested on multiple charges that arose from a night time incident last spring in which a policeman spotted a car moving in reverse without lights on off the Old Salem Road.  James Sebastian Hunter Jr., 32, faces five charges including littering or prowling.  On the night of March 30, the city patrolman tracked his suspect […]

Oconee’s Humane Society says over 50 years it has given tens of thousands of dogs and cats a second chance through adoptions, along with helping thousands more with low-cost spay and neuter vouchers, free vaccination clinics and pet food giveaways.  To mark the 50 years, the humane society announces a fund-raising goal of $50 thousand to help more pets.  A […]

By late September, a new and upgraded COVID-19  booster will arrive.  And officials say it is intended to protect against the current circulating strains of the virus.  Current strains are a reality, as Westminster’s only general physician, Dr. Billy Campbell, says last week his office saw three new COVID cases, one severe enough to admit the patient.  The new booster […]

The legal provision called the South Carolina Long-Arm Statute is in play in civil lawsuits filed yesterday in Oconee County, arising from a Pickens County car accident three years ago. That accident, on  Old Cherry Road , left the driver dead along with two passengers.  The damage lawsuits were filed for representatives of the deceased.  Among the four named defendants […]