How well he does the job

The board governing the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority will conduct the annual review of the employee at the top.  The review of Chris Eleazer, JRSA executive director, takes place during the July meeting and is reserved as an executive session matter.

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Prevention guidelines for K-12 schools

The CDC issued its COVID-19 prevention guidelines for K-12 schools ahead of the 2021-2022 academic year. The guidelines were released two weeks before some of South Carolina schools begin their fall semester, and as the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is preparing its guidance for public schools across the state.   The CDC’s guidelines in clude: […]

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Janice Wilbanks

Easley, South Carolina – Janice Elizabeth Wilbanks, 57, passed away Friday July 9th, 2021 at her residence, surrounded by her love ones.   Born in Toccoa, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late William Alfred and Mary Grace Dooley Wilbanks.  Janice was employed in the manufacturing industry as a laborer.   Janice is survived by her son, Anthony Fling […]

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Discolored Clemson water

Clemson utility customers are experiencing discolored water, but the city says there are no health risks.  The problem is traced by the city’s water supplier to the chemical manganese, but the discolored water is said to be working its way through all of the systems supplied by the Anderson Regional Joint Water System. According to Clemson, the supplier has corrected […]

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Oconee suspect caught in the low state

The man who eluded a traffic stop and then allegedly fired a gun at a deputy has been captured in rural Hampton County in the South Carolina low state.  According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Lee O’Donald was taken into custody Friday afternoon by the U-S Marshal’s Service and the fugitive task force of the South Carolina Law Enforcement […]

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Pickens woman charged with Anderson County murder

A 33-year old Pickens woman has been arrested and charged with murder in Anderson County.  The accused, Amber Christine Fernandez Cruz, is charged with murder and the possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.  According to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Cleveland Jennings Sanders III was found in a make-shift structure in a wooded area of  […]

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Rosa Driver

Westminster – Rosa Carter Driver, 90, wife of the late Patrick “Pat” Henry Driver, passed away on Friday, July 9th, 2021 at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House surrounded by her loving and devoted family.   Rosa was born in Oconee County, on April 28th, 1931, and was the daughter of the late Arthur Franklin Carter and Carrie Blackwell Carter. Rosa […]

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Arrest made at welfare check scene

An Oconee sheriff’s deputy answered a call for welfare check yesterday at a West-Oak Highway business and wound up arresting a Pickens County man on two criminal charges.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office today announced charges of trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime were placed against Paul William Leroy, a 41-year old […]

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