COVID-19 data reports to be reduced to once a week

In what could be interpreted as further evidence of an improving COVID-19 picture, South Carolina DHEC will move from Monday through Friday case data reports to once a week, on Tuesdays.  Starting March 15, the data switches to weekly for cases, hospitalizations, deaths and vaccinations.  “Tracking daily case numbers is less useful, especially with the rise of non-reportable at-home tests,” […]

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Allen Green marker approved

A motion approved last night by the Oconee Arts and Historical Commission allows for a marker for Allen Green, a county prisoner shot dead in 1930 after a mob overpowered the sheriff and removed him from the jail.  The location for the marker will be the vicinity of the Oconee Courthouse, and the Arts and Historical commissioners were told last […]

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A missive from Matthew Durham to Thomas Alexander

An Oconee County councilman wants his state senator to give the motoring public in the state relief from the rising prices at the pump.  This morning Matthew Durham, the District Two councilman, released a letter to Sen. Thomas Alexander calling on the Oconee-Pickens lawmaker to use his influence as the Senate president to author a bill–or support a measure–to suspend […]

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Fair Play master plan unveiled

Fair Play residents drove to Oakway last night for the unveiling of a professionally-done master plan for their unincorporated community, a place that dates as far back as 1833.  For a number of reasons, including the odd story of how Fair Play got its name, the community is unique.  Drastic change came 60 years ago when Lake Hartwell was built […]

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Bail bonds company owner arrested

The owner of a bail bonds company in Walhalla is under arrest in a breach of trust investigation by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  Law enforcement records show the arrest Wednesday of Virginia Lea Driver, a 48-year old Fair Play resident identified as the owner of Tribal Bail Bonds in Walhalla, on the charge of breach of trust with fraudulent intent. […]

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Female stabbed in Westminster

The police in Westminster say a 20-year old female was stabbed in the back and taken by EMS to the hospital today.  The police say a 19-year old man, Joseph Bertich, was arrested and sent to jail, charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.  The police found the victim at the Johnson Street apartments.

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Drug and weapon charges from a Utica address

A 57-year old Oconeean faces drug and weapon charges — the result of a search warrant served Wednesday at 120 Goddard Avenue, Utica by the county sheriff’s office.  The warrant was served by members of the narcotics division and members of the “PACE” team–Pro Active Criminal Enforcement.  The man arrested, Steven Ashley Neal, is charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, possession […]

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Why Duncan’s early morning vote was no

The House on Wednesday approved measures to ban Russian energy products, provide billions in assistance to Ukraine and fund the government through the fall — but only after Democratic infighting forced party leaders to remove more than $15 billion in COVID aid from the package. With the federal government set to run out of funding as soon as Friday, the […]

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