Vapes, an alarming concern for the schools

Alarming is how the Oconee School District newsletter describes vaping by middle and high school students.  Although vapes are primarily an issue with students of an older age, vapes have been confiscated from students in Oconee’s elementary schools.  The newsletter defines a vape as an electronic cigarette, a device that heats up a liquid to create a vapor that is […]

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How a neighboring county is dealing with growth

The Pickens County Planning Department wishes to engage the citizenry in meetings about population growth in a county that sits between Oconee and Greenville counties.  It’s the planning department’s hope that any concerned county resident participates in future meetings, including 6 to 7 pm Thursday, June 1 at the Capt. Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library at Easley.  At this meeting, they […]

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Seneca grows to $64M government

Seneca’s elected officials are contemplating new budgets, for all purposes, that top $64 million.  Scott Moulder, city administrator, introduced the budget proposals last night at first reading.  The highlights include no property tax increase, a 3% pay increase for city workers, a sewer rate increase of $2 to $3 dollars a month to offset what the Joint Regional Sewer Authority […]

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Charges filed in sex crime case

A Seneca man remained jail yesterday, at the Oconee County Detention Center, after his arrest on charges related to a Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor investigation. 27 year old James Arthur Davis, Jr., of Overbrook Drive, was given a combined $203,000 dollar surety bond during a bond hearing. According to the sheriff’s office, Davis has been charged with 10 […]

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18 new charges against defendant Simpson

An Investigator with the Violent Crimes Unit, of the Criminal Investigations Bureau with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, charged a Seneca man with 18 additional charges yesterday in an ongoing Child Sexual Abuse Material Investigation. 30 year old Cory Donavan Simpson was charged yesterday with 18 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor – First Degree. Simpson, who was arrested […]

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2nd phase approach for Oconee’s YMCA

A busy Foothills Y is approaching a second phase expansion.  The CEO, Christle Ross, confirms that a legal ad for a request for qualifications is aimed, in part, in finding a construction manager at risk for a new phase that might include a gymnasium as well as a second swimming pool.  Often the YMCA parking lot on the grounds of […]

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Summertime staple returns Monday, June 5

Free summertime meals will be offered once again to Oconee’s youngest population.  The school district’s no-charge lunch meals will be distributed at five locations across the county Monday through Friday, June 5-July 21.  Meals will be available to any Oconee child under the age of 18 and any child with disabilities under 21.  The distribution places will be the Westminster […]

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