Tech marks 60 years

A birthday party this afternoon for Tri-County Tech’s 60th year.  In the Student Success Center, there’s to be a gathering of faculty, staff, and students to form the shape of the number 60.  Same time Tech President Galen DeHay will unveil a new logo for the college.  On April 7, 1962 Tri-County College made South Carolina history by becoming the […]

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Fugitive gone missing

Lake Hartwell Radio WLHR in Lavonia, Georgia is following the story of a fugitive who went missing in Franklin County late Tuesday afternoon.  Sheriff Stevie Thomas reports that around 5:00pm, 911 received a call about a suspicious vehicle near the Echo Truck Stop off of Interstate 85.  When deputies arrived, they found a male passenger with the vehicle.  The passenger […]

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A warning from the county coroner

This announcement late yesterday from Karl Addis, Oconee coroner: “This press release is being issued to create public awareness for the Citizens of Oconee County, Upstate South Carolina, Northeast Georgia and Western North Carolina.  A drug new to this region has been identified as having contributed to three (3) deaths in Oconee County during the time frame of February 12th […]

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Unofficial winners: Dunn, Reese, and Snipes

Announced outside Westminster Fire Department tonight:  the following three city council candidates are the unofficial winners today of city council seats:  Adam Dunn, 126 votes; Audrey Reese, 120; and Daby Snipes, 114.  Others who finished were Jerry Sanders, 96; Wendy Golten, 78; and Susan Ramey, 63.  About 200 voters cast ballots.  A few of the voters cast absentee ballots, and […]

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Attempted murder suspect arrested in Tamassee

A subject wanted on an Attempted Murder charge was arrested early this morning in the Cheohee Valley area of Tamassee.   The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that 47 year old Nathan Fred McCall was arrested around 4am today on Kimberly Drive.  McCall was taken into custody by Fugitive Task Force agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. […]

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