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A grant is going to pay for fencing at the Oconee Courthouse, but Sheriff Crenshaw explains the public courthouse is not going to be turned into a fortress. Mainly, as Crenshaw told 101.7/WGOG NEWS, security officers are going to benefit from separating anyone from the general public interfering with the transport and movement of criminal court defendants as they are […]
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Applause rang out during the Oconee County Council meeting at the presentation of a large, framed certificate denoting that the county sheriff’s office has met South Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation. The chairman of evaluating committee, Rock Hill Police Chief Chris Watts, rendered high accolades to the personnel of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office and singled out Oconee’s third-term Sheriff Mike Crenshaw […]
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The organizers of this year’s South Carolina Hemlock Festival promise festival goers can expect an array of musical entertainment from the stage at Mountain Rest. The lineup of musical entertainers features a number of local groups in the following order April 20: Cade Vissage; Carolina Backroads; Conservation Theory; Cannon Cohen Trio; Wheeler; Euphrates Benz; Modern Mammals; and Binge. The overall […]
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The designation of a scenic highway – and the protections it affords – could be salvation for those alarmed by the prospects of a near one-thousand unit home development proposed for two-lane SC 130 in Oconee County. John Elliott, District One councilman, announced last night he’s aware of some individuals who are looking into the possibility. During public comment, the […]
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Walhalla’s Mountain View Baptist Church invites the community for its Sunday morning, April 21 service at 11 o’clock. The purpose: to honor local law enforcement, EMS, fire, and First Responder. Sheriff Crenshaw will speak and update the recovery of wounded Deputy Lucas Watts. A love offering will be taken for the Watts family. Afterward a meal, catered by Sherry Lay, […]
Read moreLast Sunday night the Seneca police suspected someone was cutting down bamboo trees in woods off N. Walnut Street and EN 2nd Street. Their investigation resulted in the arrest of a 39-year-old man on multiple charges. The police say after Brian Christopher Melero was sent for a hospital evaluation, the McAlister Road resident was charged with assault and battery second […]
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Here’s an advisory from South Carolina severe weather specialist Frank Strait: “We remain on track for potentially severe thunderstorms to hit South Carolina through midday Wednesday. The only significant change to the forecast is timing, which has shifted a few hours earlier….All of South Carolina will be at risk at some point. Arrival time in the western part of the […]
Read moreThe members of the Oconee task force responding to the opioid epidemic received a pleasant surprise today. They found out that their $1.6 million budget has been enhanced by an extra $1.2 million. Which bring to nearly $3 million the war chest that the Oconee Opioid Response Task Force may use locally to combat misuse of the pain-relieving medicine. According […]
Read moreFire damage in Westminster made a home on Cass Street unlivable for the occupants. Two of them were home at the time this morning when fire broke out in the back of the wood-frame house. Chief Smith of the Westminster Fire Department said one of the occupants went to the hospital to be checked for some inhalation. The Cass Street […]
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A controversy on (LNG) liquified natural gas exports that divides Democratic and Republican leaders will play out next week during a congressional hearing in Texas, organized in part by the South Carolina’s 3rd District representative, Jeff Duncan. Republican Duncan, along with West Virginia’s Cathy McMorris Rodgers, announces a field hearing Monday, April 8 in Port Arthur, Texas, titled, “Biden’s LNG […]
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