Category: News

A stray cat confirmed to have rabies bit one person in Toccoa, Georgia and tried to attack a second person.  Problems of this nature often occur when people try to feed or rescue stray domesticated dogs and cats.  If you have such animals on your property, you should call animal control.  Feral cats, unlike domesticated cats, are born in the […]

Participants in South Carolina’s WIC – the Women, Infant and Children Nutrition Program – should soon find easier their ability to buy more healthy produce with the temporary increase in the (CVB) cash value benefit for fruit and vegetable purchases.  Starting June 1, all CVBs for eligible women and children will increase from $9-11 a month to $35 a month […]

Here’s a new announcement from the South Carolina DHEC issued yesterday evening: “Today, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued nationwide recommendations for the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as a safe and effective measure for protecting young people ages 12 and older from COVID-19. Immediately after this federal […]

Pickens County detectives are said to be working around the clock to solve the homicide of Easley resident Heyward “Trey” Delno Price III.  Price’s body was found at his home Monday morning on Shade Tree Circle.  The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has developed a vehicle of interest and requests the public’s help to locate what’s believed to be an orange […]

Notwithstanding Governor McMaster’s order, the city of Clemson vows to continue to require all who enter government buildings, facilities, vehicles, and buses to wear a facemask.  And the city government encourages everyone to adhere to the CDC guidelines for face coverings and social distancing.

Oconee Sheriff’s Office made this announcement this afternoon: “The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man yesterday on two counts of Kidnapping in regards to a weekend incident.   44 year old Jason Bradley Hughes of Sandifer Boulevard was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 11:46pm Tuesday.  Hughes was also charged with one count of Assault and […]

Here are first of the week world pandemic numbers pertaining to South Carolina and Oconee County.  New cases statewide:  182, eight of them are in Oconee.  Four people have been added to the virus death toll.  Of 5,854 test results, the new positivity:  4.7%. These numbers reflect the data available by 11:59 on Monday night.

Here’s a change in the requirements for school children to wear masks, as announced this afternoon by Oconee public schools: “On May 12th, Governor McMaster released an executive order immediately allowing parents to decide if students wear face masks in classrooms.  The governor implemented the executive order without prior communication or consultation with school districts or without having the waiver […]

In wet road conditions, a car went of control and overturned this morning in Oconee County after crossing one side of the highway to the other. The highway patrol reported the accident at 8:15 this morning on 123 between Seneca and Clemson near Union Station Drive.  Troopers say the 2015 Honda driver and a four-year old passenger were taken to […]

West Union’s only sanitation truck is in need of transmission fix. The town has two quotes from repairmen, but the mayor hopes to get answers to questions by the end of the day. Meantime, Mayor Oliver says neighboring Walhalla has graciously provided a truck so that the pickup routes are run.