Timeline to be provided for building new school

At their meeting Monday night, Oconee school trustees are to receive the latest timeline for the district’s top building priority—the replacement Seneca Middle School to be built on the Wells Highway.  A year and a half ago the trustees were told of a 2023 timeline, but that projection preceded the COVID-19 outbreak.  The county school district designated $1.7 million dollars […]

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By February 1, Oconee virus deaths reached 101

As the calendar turned from January to February, the state health agency had documented a total of 101 Oconeeans who’ve lost their lives since the declaration 11 months ago of the pandemic. DHEC’s expectations are that the numbers are going to increase, even though there is now a rollout of protective vaccines.  By yesterday, DHEC had counted a total of […]

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Graham laments the defeat of ‘Remain in Mexico’

Senator Lindsey Graham believes his colleagues have made a blunder by failing to keep  intact a Donald Trump policy that has eased the pressure on the U-S southern border.  There was a split vote of 50-50 on a Graham resolution that would restrict thousands of asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their applications are processed.  The Republican from Oconee […]

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The governor helps welcome Horton Manufacturing to Oconee

Something looked out of place this afternoon in Oconee County, as Governor Henry McMaster stood on an outdoor stage holding a hockey stick and a University of Minnesota jacket.  But there’s an easy explanation.  McMaster joined Chairman John Elliott of the Oconee County Council to officially welcome a Minnesota-based company and its first Oconee County manufacturing plant.  For several months, […]

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Prisma Health to offer organ transplants

Prisma Health is launching a solid organ transplantation program in response to rising community needs. The program, currently under development, will initially begin by performing kidney transplants, including living-related donors. It is being developed to provide critically ill patients with life-saving transplants in areas closer to where they live, in addition to responding to the increasing need for transplants.   […]

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Oconee’s percent positivity drops to 10.1%

A key indicator of South Carolina’s rate for infections dropped to 10.1%, according to the Thursday DHEC report.  The 10.1% reflected a total of more than 23.5 thousand test results received by DHEC to cover the latest 24-hour period.  Statewide, there were 1,649 new cases of COVID-19 and 75 deaths.  Of the 75 deaths, none was recorded among Oconee’s population, […]

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Twelve arrest warrants name one individual

Oconee sheriff’s officers continue to be on the lookout for a 37-year old man from the Pickens County city of Central.  According to the sheriff’s office, Jerrico Roshean Fruster is wanted on one dozen warrants related to three incidents.  He has been named in warrants alleging that he burglarized a home near Seneca and a building on Cedar Valley Lane.  […]

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Prescribed burn to start between 11am and noon

The Andrew Pickens Ranger District forecasts that the smoke from today’s prescribed burn is likely to drift northward, which means it could be a smoky afternoon in and around Highlands, North Carolina.  Today’s burn is to encompass 826 acres in the units called Rifle Range and Presbyterian Lake.  That acreage will be between Rich Mountain Road, Cedar Creek Road, and […]

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