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A body found yesterday in Lake Hartwell, the coroner reports, is that of the young man who was the subject of a missing person’s report in Clemson. Oconee Coroner Karl Addis says Andruw Noel Earnhardt’s body was found by DNR officials yestereday morning around 10 o’clock in a cove near the 123 bridge and the railroad trestle that spans the […]
Read moreThomas Alexander, Oconee-Pickens Republican, supports a senate bill to break-up DHEC and split is responsibilities to a couple of newly-named departments. The senator and his medical affairs committee colleagues Thursday agreed to move the bill to the senate floor. Alexander acknowledges long-running complaints that DHEC has grown to large and, for the benefit of all, the duties can be re-assigned […]
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A child that was missing in a rural part of Oconee near Westminster has been found. The spokesman for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that, with deputies on the scene, the 3-year old child was found on Unity Church Road.
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The threat by Seneca to go forward with a legal challenge to the sewer board makeup will send two of the potential defendants into closed meetings on Monday for legal advice. Both the Walhalla City Council and the board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, in separate special meetings, are scheduled to hear from their legal advisers. As the result […]
Read moreIn a traffic stop, the Westminster police detained and jailed a 40-year old woman wanted as a fugitive from justice in Georgia. Matt Patterson, Westminster chief, says Jessica Marie Dubroc of Royston is wanted on the charge of burglary. The traffic stop occurred Tuesday on Westminster’s E. Main Street.
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The board of zoning appeals in Oconee County will sit in judgment later this month of an application for a special exception near Keowee Key. The applicant, Keowee Animal Hospital, is requesting an exception to allow the former Wells Fargo bank on the Rochester Highway to be converted to a veterinary hospital. The animal hospital seeks to keep the current […]
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A new building at Hartwell Village shopping center is being reserved for a stand-alone Starbucks restaurant. A sketch of the current layout of Hartwell Village by shopping center developer Casto shows a parcel fronting 123 near Popeye’s will be the new Starbucks. One Starbucks user this week said she was pleased to hear that news, considering how difficult it is […]
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“This thing here, I hope it works”. That was one of the expressions yesterday in Fair Play where the DOT trotted out drawings to show a fix for the intersection–SC 59, 182 and 243. At times, motorists contort their necks to ensure no one is headed their way. Of the estimated $2.5 million fix, sight improvements are a major component. […]
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The first 2022 drug roundup across Oconee is in progress. By 5 pm yesterday, sheriff’s personnel had corralled 10 people. In some instances, warrants were served on suspects already jailed. In all, 33 people are targeted. Arrest warrants allege undercover operatives were able to make buys that included marijuana, fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and prescription drugs.
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Senator Lindsey Graham will be at the White House this afternoon for a bill signing–“Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021.” The Graham office says the South Carolina Republican, along with New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, worked to pass the legislation. The aim of the new law is to prevent perpetrators from being able to […]
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