Church ready with baseball bat to greet intruder

Oconee Sheriff’s Office has declared no immediate danger faces any church as the result of a social media post from last week. The Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday: “The individual who made social media threats toward nonspecific churches was located and interviewed extensively by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI. All agencies agreed after studying the social media post […]

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Economic development gain for Pickens County

U.S. Waffle Company will launch a new frozen food processing plant in Pickens County. According to an announcement from the state Department of Commerce, the company’s $22.1 million investment is projected to create approximately 114 new jobs. The company manufactures national brands and private-label products for worldwide distribution. U.S. Waffle Company will move to a 310,000-square-foot facility at the intersection […]

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Shooting threat update

The following statement was made this afternoon by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office:  “The individual who made social media threats toward nonspecific churches was located and interviewed extensively by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI. All agencies agreed after studying the social media post that it did not rise to the level of criminal prosecution. There is no immediate […]

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Oconeeans care about their county’s future

In a series of outreach meetings, Oconeeans have shown a willingness to speak their minds about what kind of a county they’d like in the next 10 years. The current series of meetings ended yesterday at the Ravenel Elementary School, but county planners say there’s still time for input into the 2030 Oconee County Comprehensive Plan. “You need a plan […]

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High Honor Academic Banquet is tonight

If you are a graduating Oconee high school senior–and your GPA is 4.25 or higher–you have a special seat tonight for a dinner at Seneca High School.  Tonight is the annual High Honor Academic Banquet to recognize all seniors who’ve attained the academic distinction.  Tonight, 153 seniors from the county’s three high schools will be recognized.  Often top academic students […]

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Walhalla to adjust its garbage pickup routes

The Memorial Day holiday means a change in the schedule for the Walhalla Public Works Department.  Those sanitation customers scheduled for Monday pickups should instead have their roll carts out by 7 o’clock the following morning–Tuesday, May 28.  Russ Price, department director, says all other routes should be on schedule.

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More on why Westminster is pursuing a youth curfew

The Westminster police have identified 40 children whom they suspect of portraying themselves as gang members, according to a posting on the city website. “Colors have been worn, and some symbolic ‘beatings’ for initiation into the gang have occurred. Both males and females have been identified.” The city council has given first reading to a youth curfew, with the final […]

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The libraries adjust their schedule for the holiday

Oconee’s air-conditioned libraries are a good place to escape when the thermometer jumps into the 90s, but not this weekend.  Oconee public libraries are on regular schedule today and tomorrow, but will close Saturday through Monday for the Memorial Day weekend.  The website will be available for certain services and the book returns will stay open at each branch.  All […]

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17-minute deliberation brings guilty verdicts

A court officer says an arrest warrant has been issued for a man found guilty yesterday in the Oconee General Sessions Court. In a 1-day trial, Aaron Catchings was found guilty of petty larceny and burglary second degree, but only his lawyer was present for the trial. The jury deliberated 17 minutes after hearing testimony in a case in which […]

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