Straightening the record

The last part of our earlier post on last night’s meeting of Oconee County Council cast the wrong impression of the tax bite — resulting from the $25 million bond issue.  Christy Hubbard, county auditor, in an interview this morning sets the record straight as she sees going forward the financial considerations of the bond sale.  Her comments are being […]

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Brighter light shone on Oconee’s taxpayer-backed bond issue

Rumors that sewer lines will gobble up valuable farm property, combined with a heretofore lack of transparency on the part of Oconee government, produced a standing-room-only audience for last night’s special county council meeting, much of which was citizen participation.  And, after two-and-one-half hours dialogue, it fell to the council’s newest member, Don Mize to put a bow and a […]

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Prosecutor withdraws offer

The charges against a young man resulting from a summertime 2021 traffic accident in Oconee County will remain unresolved for at least three more weeks.  A proceeding this afternoon at which defendant Bradley Thomas Barnett was expected to plead to charges of felony driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident involving great bodily injury fell apart […]

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Two Pickens County men face child sex charges

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Logan Tyler Smith, 20, of Central, S.C., and Sergio Eduardo Salinas Maradiaga, 20, of Easley, S.C., on 13 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office made the arrests in these unrelated cases. Investigators with […]

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