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On 40 acres at Fair Play there’s evidence of Cherokee and American Revolutionary War history, so Oconee County will ask for state money to preserve the property as historic and significant. Amanda Brock, county administrator, said it’ll be a $225 thousand project, of which $45 thousand of Oconee County money will be invested. The purpose is to establish an historic […]
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In northeast Georgia’s Franklin County, officials are looking at ways to solve a truck noise problem in the vicinity of the Georgia Renewable Power Plant at highway 59 and 198. County commissioner Elizabeth Busby says she has received complaints from nearby residents about the noise when truck drivers apply their compression release brakes, called jake brakes. Residents say the noise […]
Read moreA contract to pipe sewer through Fair Play to the interstate may be just a signature away, but that didn’t stop supporters of county agriculture from pressing the county’s fathers that, without safeguards, the livelihoods of farmers are jeopardized and the flow of food products weakened. Gwen McPhail, part of a Pine Grove Road farm family, led the comments of […]
Read moreA final vote on an inducement agreement with an apartment builder was taken off last night’s agenda of the Oconee County Council, at the county attorney’s request. The attorney, David Root, gave no explanation why. Nevertheless, this did not curtail one member of the audience from questioning the appropriateness of allowing any new, major development from being built in the […]
Read moreBetween Lake Keowee and the Ebenezer Road a singlewide mobile home went up into flames yesterday afternoon. A home, fully engulfed, is the situation that West Union fire fighters encountered on Rose Drive. No injuries reported. Chris Smith, county fire chief, said last night a cause had yet to be determined.
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The pantry at Walhalla’s St. Luke Methodist will open for a one-hour giveaway this afternoon. From 4:30 to 5:30 food commodities will be given away at the E. Main Street church.
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Agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Patrick Cowan Henry, Jr., 46, of Anderson, SC, on March 6, 2023, with Ill Treatment of Animals – 1st Offense. Henry was booked at Anderson County Detention Center. Henry was a deputy with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) at the time of the investigation. ACSO Animal Control deputies observed […]
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The bag that a fisherman’s hook snared last week in Lake Hartwell turned into a case for law enforcement. The angler pulled in a bag of firearms from beneath a bridge on Hartwell. Master Deputy Jimmy Watt, P-I-O, said, “The person who discovered the guns brought them to the Sheriff’s Office. At this time, the firearms have been checked and […]
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The New Year (2023) ushered in this week the first drug round-up conducted by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. By 11 this morning, 19 people had been arrested, based on controlled buys by undercover operatives working at the direction of the sheriff’s office. Among the narcotics purchased during the buys: cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, and prescription meds. In […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Patsy Earline McCrackin, 84, wife of Horace Clifton McCrackin, of Walhalla, passed away on Sunday, March 5, 2023, at her home. A native of Greenville County, SC, Mrs. McCrackin was the daughter of the late Lake and Stella Moss Wilbanks. She retired from textiles and attended Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. McCrackin loved her […]
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