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Sheriff Mike Crenshaw announces Oconee deputies are to be featured on the television program  The Cops, a documentary TV series now in its 38th season.  The series chronicles the lives of law enforcement officers and follows them during patrols, calls for service and other activities.  You can watch the Oconee deputies filmed on the following dates:  tomorrow, Friday, September 18; […]

The South Carolina Supreme Court makes an unusual appearance today on the campus of Clemson University in a program that promotes engagement with the court system.  In the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, the state’s justices take up a challenge to Governor McMaster’s deployment of National Guard members to Washington, DC.  The case is SC Public Interest Foundation v. […]

The town of Pendleton requests the motoring public show patience during a 90-day period during which traffic conditions are being monitored.  Of late, the Anderson County town adjoining Clemson is seeing heavier traffic.  The 90-day traffic trial (4-way stop) remains in effect, as the state DOT monitors traffic conditions and backups.  If you have an opinion about the current traffic […]

Recent complaints of brown or discolored water prompt the Anderson County town of Pendleton today to conduct a flushing of its water system town wide.  Customers may notice temporary changes in their water pressure or appearance. A normal part of the flushing process is water released from fire hydrants, — a normal part of the process and necessary to help […]

Summer rain has been beneficial, but not enough to completely recover from the impacts of the long-term drought, in the estimation of the statewide committee that monitors the conditions.  Oconee and its immediate neighbor counties are in moderate drought. Across the state, the drought lessened for nine counties and worsened for three.  Above normal temperatures are contributing to the drought […]

South Carolina Public Interest Foundation, Jim Mann, David Dial, Rachel Moore, Terri Meyerring, Carl Meyerring, Doug Muzik, Bruce Burrell, India Lancaster, John Wagner, Gwen McPhail, Lillian Lusk, and Linda Love, on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants-Respondents, v. Oconee County, Respondent-Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2025-000790 Appeal from Oconee County R. Lawton McIntosh, Circuit Court Judge Opinion No. 28352 Heard […]

In the Anderson County town of Pendleton, the town wishes to clear up a question involving state appropriations.  Specifically, Pendleton intends to request formal direction from its state lawmakers and the attorney general on whether it may transfer state monies to a private corporation to buy real estate in the corporation’s name. At issue, whether the monies may be passed […]

The police in Seneca confirm multiple charges against a 47-year-old man as part of an investigation by the police and the city’s building codes enforcement. The investigation was started July 9 at 106 Elm Street.  Arrest records show Guy Russell Phillips was arrested Sunday on charges of trespass after notice, theft of electric current, and burglary second degree.  The police […]

Seneca, Clemson University, and Greenville Water are sharing in “FEMA” money to recover from Hurricane Helene and other disasters.  City of Seneca gets $207 thousand for what’s called emergency protective measures; Clemson University approved for $198 thousand to repair campus fencing; and Greenville Water gets $30.7 million to repair the Table Rock and North Saluda reservoirs.