State lawmakers deadline fast approaches

A deadline to sign up to directly address Oconee’s state lawmakers on matters of state business is fast approaching, but there’s still time to reserve a spot on the agenda for the annual constituents meeting held by the county’s state lawmakers.  The delegation will greet the public in a meeting at 7 o’clock Thursday night, January 23 at the Westminster […]

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Police seize shotgun, man arrested

A 24-year old resident of the Boone’s Creek Community near Salem has been arrested and charged with possession of a sawed off shotgun in Seneca. Kenneth Harold Miller Jr. of the Douglas Crowe Road was arrested by the police yesterday and charged in an incident that is alleged to have occurred Friday, December 27 in the yard of a home […]

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Homeless man shot in Utica

The man wounded in the Monday afternoon shooting in Utica is a homeless man, whose name is being held for safety and health privacy reasons. The Oconee Sheriff’s Office requests the public to pass on any information that can help solve the shooting.  The Sheriff’s Office E-911 Communications Center received a phone call yesterday afternoon around 5:12pm in regards to […]

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It’s time to register for spring volleyball

We’re barely a month into winter, but it’s already time to think spring…and to register to play volleyball in the Westminster Recreation Department programs.  Volleyball registration will take place next week between Tuesday and Friday.  Participants should be between 7 and 17 years old, based on your age September 1.  Registration takes place at the M-D Cleveland Civic Center.  First […]

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Drone gives panoramic view of new school

Hard-hat tours of a new building are one thing, but you get a comprehensive look at a new construction from above. The Oconee school trustees were treated last night to a drone video look of the progress far on the new Hamilton Career and Technology Center on n. highway 11. Steve Hanvey, associate superintendent, served as narrator and remarked that […]

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School trustees had football on their minds

The trustees of Oconee public schools made quick work of their meeting last night. They moved along quickly on discussion of a new school calendar and a report on the construction of the new career center. And they decided there would be no closed session. All of this to ensure that they and those in the audience would get home […]

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Shooting in the Utica Community

One person was wounded by gunfire late yesterday afternoon in the Utica Community near Seneca.  Deputies were called shortly after 5 o’clock to an address on Utica’s “D” Street.  An airlift was arranged to fly the wounded for medical treatment.  An investigation was in progress.  By late last night, the sheriff’s spokesman had nothing further to report.

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