Elderly woman perished in house fire

A late night home fire in Anderson County’s Centerville Community took the life of a 77-year old woman.  Coroner Greg Shore says the body of Shirley Blanche Campbell was found in the living room of the Old Denver Road home.  A call to 9-1-1 came just before 11 Wednesday night.  Preliminary investigation indicates three people were inside the home.  Campbell, […]

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National Missing Persons Day

Today is National Missing Persons Day.  According to the NamUs database, there are approximately 600,000 people declared missing every year across the world.  In recognition of National Missing Persons Day, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to draw attention to investigations into Missing Persons cases inside of the county.   The Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating five missing person […]

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Senator Scott’s committee assignments

In the 118th Congress, South Carolina’s junior senator Tim Scott will serve on five committees. Scott’s office says those committee include Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on which he is the ranking member, along with committees on Foreign Relations and Finance.  Additionally, Scott assignments are the Special Committee on Aging and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Cruelty to child alleged at child care center

A Mountain Rest woman, arrested Wednesday, is accused in a warrant released by Oconee Sheriff’s Office of cruelty to a child.  The accused, Annette Waldrep James, 55, of Mountain Rest, while in charge of a child at the Homestead Academy near Westminster, is accused of taping a child’s fingers together with masking tape.  An Oconee deputy on January 20 investigated […]

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A privilege that should be denied an illegal immigrant — Graham says

Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today said he opposes a District of Columbia Council decision which allows illegal immigrants to vote in local elections and signed onto a Senate resolution to block the measure from taking effect.   “Nothing should be more offensive to the American people than allowing illegal immigrants to participate in our elections,” said Graham.  “Just when you […]

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Clemson named in police-involved shooting death

Clemson has been named the defendant in a civil lawsuit for the personal representative of a man shot dead in a police-involved shooting in 2021 outside a College Avenue convenience store.   The suit, for Jamie Williams, personal representative of the estate of Gregory Chandler Metz, was filed against the city of Clemson yesterday morning in the Pickens County Common Pleas […]

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