Police change in Salem
The town of Salem has announced the resignation of Police Chief Brian Lusk. He had held the job nearly three years. Officer Scott Peterson will serve as interim chief.
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The town of Salem has announced the resignation of Police Chief Brian Lusk. He had held the job nearly three years. Officer Scott Peterson will serve as interim chief.
Read moreFor an approximate one and a half year period, it’s alleged, a Long Creek woman engaged in sexual relations with a minor, according to an announcement by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. Janice Allen, 37 years old, turned herself over to authorities yesterday and was booked into the county jail. There, according to the sheriff’s office, Allen faces 17 counts of […]
Read moreThe Seneca police late yesterday afternoon had developed and were pursuing a lead into why the driver of a wrecked car left the scene before they arrived to investigate. The wreck, involving a blue 2003 Chevy Tahoe, was reported at 6:50 yesterday morning around 200 WN 1st Street. According to Capt. Shuler, the car was headed east, ran off the […]
Read moreAcross South Carolina, for the latest 24-hour count, the state broke its long-running triple digits of new cases of COVID-19. On today’s report that reflects data from Sunday, there were 97 new South Carolina cases, three of them in Oconee County. However, 15 people were added to the death toll. Of 5,552 test results, the positivity was 3.2%.
Read moreA defendant changed his mind in the Oconee General Sessions Court and pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine. Judge Sprouse handed down a 15-year prison term to Derek Wayne Gibson. A jury was sworn yesterday to start taking testimony this morning, but their services were no longer required when Gibson entered the guilty plea. On the first day of court yesterday, […]
Read moreThe owners of a home on a Lake Hartwell peninsula at Fair Play were denied last night in a bid to win an appeal of Oconee County’s setback requirements. The home owners on Inlet Point Road sought a variance to the 10’ setback line to allow for a deck. Chairman Jim Codner of the county board of zoning appeals indicated […]
Read moreThe Quarter Pounder will be served from a new building in Clemson. The Tiger Boulevard McDonald’s is getting a makeover from the ground up. The 1976 building was demolished this month and the replacement McDonald’s, at the same location, is being built in time for an August opening. Restaurant owner James Partridge says, “The modernized restaurant will focus on our […]
Read moreAn event tomorrow by Walhalla Methodists should take a chunk of out of the problem of hunger. From 4:30 to 5:30 tomorrow afternoon, food will be given away at the St. Luke Methodist Church on E. Main Street.
Read moreThe entire, proposed pavement improvement work over the next year in South Carolina is open for public comment. The DOT wants to hear from you on what you think about what’s in the plan to pave nearly one thousand miles roadway across the state at a cost of $472 million. It’s part of South Carolina’s Ten-Year Plan for rebuilding state […]
Read moreTwo spring sport athletes at West-Oak High School will take part in state all-star competition. They are baseball pitcher Kurt Rogers and softball pitcher Kalen ‘Tate’ Sosby. Kurt is only the seventh Warrior in West-Oak’s approximate 40-year history to make the roster for the North/South All Star game. Tate is the sixth softballer from her school chosen as a North/South […]
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