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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 […]
Read moreThe Dream Center of Easley and its ministry invite Oconee County residents to an open house and a public information meeting to demonstrate the good it believes it ca do for Oconeeans in need, provided it is able to acquire the current Seneca Middle School buildings, once they are vacated for a new school under construction nearby. Two open houses […]
Read moreLindsey 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 […]
Read moreClemson 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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Oconee high schoolers enrolled in the culinary arts program offered by the Fred P. Hamilton Career and Technology Center are said to be learning skills to prepare for the adult world. The culinary students prepare food at the career center’s Considerate Cafe. What they learn, they can add to their resumes, and ultimately get work in the community. The career […]
Read moreClemson City Council will devote part of its February meeting next week to add to the recognition given a driver for “CAT”–Clemson Area Transit. For a humanitarian reaction on New Year’s Day, Sawyer Gambrell spotted something wrong as he wheeled his bus into the apartment complex Clemson Reserve. He saw a truck with a trailer halfway onto the sidewalk, and […]
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Clemson’s elected leaders are primed to act next week on phase one of a regional greenway. The Pickens County municipality received interest from at least five contractors. The idea to connect the trail west into Oconee County a year ago was met with division on the part of Oconee’s (then) five-member county council. In a vote of 3-2 on February […]
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A 35-year old Easley man is accused in Oconee arrest warrants of luring a teenager from home using sex and illicit drugs as a decoy. Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of Jeremy David Barnes on charges of kidnapping and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. According to investigators, the teenager was located this week and is safe. The […]
Read moreA year after they arrived, some 50 refugees from Afghanistan are said to have adjusted well to their new lives in Clemson, according to a statement by Mayor Robert Halfacre. He says Afghanis have landed well-paying jobs which allow them to support themselves and their families. Many of the refugees, however, are single men who directly supported U-S operations in […]
Read moreThe state’s chief justice has opened the way for a Charleston housing court pilot project to all 46 South Carolina counties, and Oconee’s magistrates will consider the possibility. An order by Chief Justice Donald Beatty noted that the South Carolina Access to Justice Commission recognized the Charleston program for securing additional funds through the Eviction Protection Grant Program of Housing […]
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