Coordinated approach to filling summer jobs

Employers in general need workers.  And in Oconee, employers can also use teenagers when schools are out this summer.  Dari McBride, executive director of the chamber of commerce, says there’s a coordinated approach underway to connect Oconee teens with summertime work.  Guidance counselors at Oconee’s three high schools are spreading the word about this summer’s opportunities.  This will lead to […]

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A promise to those lacking internet access

Upcountry Fiber, the partnership between Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative and WC Fiber, is making a promise to under-served sections of Pickens County, when it comes to access to broadband internet.  With a federal grant, Upcountry Fiber pledges to attack the digital divide by providing internet access to the following under-served Pickens County areas:  parts of Liberty, Dacusville, and Six Mile.  […]

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Human trafficking training seminar held in Oconee

A Crimestoppers’ seminar last week in Oconee highlighted a wave of crime that is present in all 50 states and amounts to $150 billion for the perpetrators.  A Columbia-based private investigator, Dr. Chandra Cleveland, imparted tips and tools to classes of Oconee law enforcement personnel, local school workers, and members of non-profit groups as to how to recognize human trafficking.  […]

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Melinda Dianne Marcengill

Westminster – Melinda Dianne Marcengill, 67, passed away on Wednesday, March, 20th, 2024, at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital.   Born May 1st, 1956, in Oconee County, South Carolina, Dianne was the daughter of Gladys Suttles Marcengill Dover and the late Gilbert N. Marcengill. Dainne was a graduate of Southern Wesleyan University, and later received her Masters from Clemson University, she […]

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Two arrested in a state line traffic stop

It happened Friday morning last week off 123 near the Georgia-South Carolina line.  Oconee K-9 officer Zeke searched a car and, in the end, multiple charges were placed against driver and passenger.  According to the sheriff’s office, heroin and fentanyl were found in a Chevy Equinox and passenger Martin Acosta Jr. was arrested.  The following charges were placed against the […]

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Elderly woman victim in camper fire

The coroner has identified Mary F. Sanford the fatality in the early morning camper fire yesterday near Walhalla.  She was 69 years old.  Coroner Addis says after the fire was extinguished at 463 Zion Road, Sanford was found inside the camper.  An autopsy takes place today.  The cause and origin of the fire is under investigation by Oconee Fire, Oconee […]

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“The fire is under investigation”

Word from this morning’s tragic fire scene near Walhalla is that the state police have been called to investigate.  It was a small camper that caught fire and took one life early today on the Zion Road.  The identity of the deceased had not been publicly released by the 2:30 hour this afternoon.  A passerby is said to have alerted […]

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A new RFP for a Lake Hartwell peninsula

At the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism in Columbia, it is back to work on the future of a valuable Lake Hartwell peninsula inside Oconee County.  A spokeswoman for the PRT, Samantha Queen, says, “We are working on a new RFP (Request for Proposals) now and we anticipate it being out in late spring or early summer.”  The […]

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