Volunteers sought in the fight against COVID-19

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced the agency is accepting grant applications from organizations to help expand awareness and information about the COVID-19 vaccines and help increase vaccination rates in South Carolina. Our goal is to vaccinate as many eligible South Carolinians as possible and help end the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing that South Carolina […]

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Traffic stop produces drug arrest in Walhalla

The police stopped a car last night at a Walhalla intersection, and that resulted in drug charges against a 30-year old woman.  The police say Whitney Peay of Sunshine Circle, Westminster was charged with trafficking methamphetamine more than 28 grams; possession of schedule II controlled substance; and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.  The stop occurred at WS Broad and […]

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Today’s South Carolina COVID-19 numbers

In the latest 24-hour period, cases of COVID-19 in South Carolina numbered 307.  Five of the new cases are Oconee County residents.  Over a three-day period, the number of new cases statewide increased by about 150.  Across the state, the death toll from the virus increased by five people. Of 5,624 test results received the positivity was 7.3%. The numbers […]

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Stabbing case under investigation

Deputies were sent to an address this morning in southern Oconee to investigate a report of a stabbing.  According to the sheriff’s office, a patient was found at an address on the Sam Brown Road and a medical transport helicopter was arranged to land and take off at a spot near highway 59.  Master Deputy Jimmy Watt says the case […]

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Salem to get $356k of street and sidewalk work

Sam Dickson and Dick Cottingham, in their capacity as members of Oconee’s state “C” Fund Committee, welcomed and approved the town of Salem request today to make street and sidewalk improvements.  A third committee member, Tally Grant, was absent from this morning’s meeting. Town Clerk Marti Jennings says the approval of $356 thousand, 300 dollars should be enough to repair […]

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State funds to re-pave pot-holed SC 107

  The condition of a state highway in northern Oconee that draws complaints from motorists will get attention next year, as the result of a vote this morning by Oconee’s state “C” Fund Committee.  The local DOT was approved for $1.6 million from the county’s pot of C fund money.  That’s the estimate for what it will take to re-surface […]

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Local nursing home misses report deadline

The Seneca Health and Rehabilitation Center was among 10 South Carolina nursing homes fined by the state for missing a reporting deadline.  South Carolina DHEC documents show that the facility near Seneca paid a $250 civil penalty to satisfy the state health agency for the failure to submit a weekly visitation report by the mandatory deadline.  Failure to submit such […]

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Ride to Work Ministry spreads to Anderson

The Oconee County-based program that provides rides for workers without transportation is spreading to Anderson.  Steve Finger and Ron Kaufman have announced that Anderson’s S. Main Chapel and Mercy Center has started a Ride to Work program.  Oconee County’s transportation ministry last month was providing rides to as many as 14 workers, most of whom work in good jobs at […]

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The Chamber welcomes a new leader

A woman who owned a small business has been selected to lead the interests of the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce at Seneca.  Crystal Romanyszyn on August 16 will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Brittany Kessler.  Romanyszyn has also served in various other capacities, including the chamber of commerce in Daytona Beach, Florida.  Darryl Broome, president of […]

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