Accused sex offender surrenders

For 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 […]

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Car overturns, driver runs — police say

The 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 […]

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Prison sentenced meted out in General Sessions

A 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, […]

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Zoning appeal denied in a 6-0 vote

The 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 […]

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Large Clemson employer to build anew

The 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 […]

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Paving plans open for public comment

The 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 […]

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Two West-Oak athletes are bound for all star games

Two 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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