Deputy sheriffs and jail guards recognized

Oconee County deputies and jail guards were recognized at a promotions ceremony this week, conducted by the sheriff’s office. Promoted to the rank of corporal were master patrol deputies Chris Johnson of the Delta Shift and Andrew Marcengill of the Alpha Shift.  Recognized were the following patrol deputies:  Brandon Justice of the Charlie Shift, Brandon Collins of the Bravo Shift, […]

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No weekend hours for the libraries

All branches of the Oconee Public Library are closed tomorrow through Monday for the Memorial Day weekend.  Book return drops will be open, so will the virtual branch, oconeelibrary.org which can accommodate e-books, streaming movies through Kanopy; and magazines through Flipster.  Summer reading events start next week.  All library branches re-open at normal time Tuesday.

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Smokey Bear needs your help more than ever

Because of the lack of rain, South Carolina is experiencing dried out conditions that lead to high fire conditions in some areas of the state.  The little rain is not enough to make a significant change to near-drought conditions.  Most often, inside the Sumter National Forest, fires will start in the leaf litter from an abandoned campfire or from someone […]

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State urges vaccine for youngsters 12 and up

With Memorial Day just a few days away and summer break on the horizon, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is encouraging parents to get their children, ages 12 and up, vaccinated as soon as possible to protect against COVID-19. Getting children vaccinated is important because they can spread the virus to vulnerable people, such as […]

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Caps and gowns tomorrow morning

Caps and gowns will be worn tomorrow in Oconee’s three high school stadiums.  The football fields are the settings for the 2021 graduations for the senior classes of Seneca, Walhalla, and West-Oak.  In all, 620 seniors will say farewell to their schools.  Walhalla has the largest graduating class, 256; next is Seneca with 200; and West-Oak with 164. Of the […]

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Oconee and Pickens unemployment rates

Oconee and Pickens counties enjoy some of the lowest unemployment rates in South Carolina, with adjoining Anderson County not much higher.  The April jobless percentages for Oconee County of 3.7% and Pickens County at 3.8% come at a time when many employers continue to scour the ranks of job seekers to fill necessary service positions to meet customer demand.  Anderson […]

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Memorial Day closings

All Oconee County Solid Waste facilities will be closed Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day.  Offices of the city of Seneca and its Light and Water Plant will be closed Monday.  For the convenience of utility bill payers, the night deposit is open 24 hours.  If you have a utility emergency, call 885-2723.

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Graham meets with officer’s loved ones

Senator Lindsey Graham met with loves ones of fallen Capitol policeman Brian Sicknick, and late last night the Senate was expected to vote on whether to create a national commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol.  Despite in-person pleas from Sicknick’s mother and his girlfriend and others, Graham and other Senate Republicans indicate they’ll block the idea […]

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Gates to be tested at Hartwell Dam June 3

A spectacle that proves popular to the public returns next week at the Hartwell Dam near Hartwell, Georgia and Anderson, South Carolina.  Safety officials will test the spillway gates at the Hartwell Dam starting at 9:30 Thursday morning, June 3.  The test is required to ensure the gates work properly in the event that high water events require an emergency […]

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Wallace Lee Spoon

Seneca – Wallace Lee Spoon, 86, husband of the late Esther Lee Freeman Spoon, passed away Thursday, May 27th, 2021 at his residence.   Born in Westminster, he was the son of the Lee Spoon and Effie Lee Sullivan Spoon. Wallace retired from the textile industry, a member of the Masonic Lodge #92, a Hejaz Shriner, a member of the […]

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