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The execution of a search warrant Thursday by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in Fair Play led to the arrest of two subjects and the seizure of approximately 885 grams of Methamphetamine. The search warrant was executed by Narcotics Agents and the Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. team at 326 Rebel Holler Drive. The search warrant was obtained as a result of […]
Read moreIf you like to follow the dollar signs associated with county services, Oconee Council chambers the place to be this morning. Amanda Brock, the county administrator, proposed a balanced budget of $67 million for the government year to start July 1. As he’s done in previous years, Council Chairman Elliott started the budget hearing with a flat statement: growth in […]
Read moreThe Fair-Town Times extends congratulations to Aubrey Smith, a first grader at Fair-Oak Elementary School, as a winner in the Western Region Youth Art Month Exhibit. Aubrey Smith’s mixed media collage, entitled “Alligator”, was first place out of 116 elementary entries from 38 schools across the Upstate. The Fair-Town Times quotes Fair-Oak art teacher Stan Dubose as saying, “Aubrey is […]
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A new grant program called “Uniquely Walhalla” offers incentives to encourage new business, expansion of existing businesses – all directed, the city says, to create high-paying jobs compatible with the climate in today’s Walhalla. The city’s Economic Development and Community Vibrancy Initiative includes the façade grant program, started in 2017. Uniquely Walhalla will offer up to four matching grants, each […]
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The field to succeed the late Al Gaines on the Seneca City Council expanded to five candidates yesterday with the qualifications of a man named Jim Sites. He joins the following four persons as ballot candidates May 30: Kyle Nicholson, Ernest Riley, Donna Peppers, and Delanio Taylor. Seneca residents interested in making the ballot face a Monday noon deadline to […]
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Three arrestees, two men and one woman, remain in jail yesterday, pending bond hearings, after their arrest Wednesday during the execution of a search warrant in an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. The search warrant was executed Wednesday at 1547 Clearmont Road near Westminster and was conducted by Narcotics Agents along with the S.W.A.T. team. Agents say they discovered a quantity […]
Read moreSeneca – Shirley Mae Dickerson Madsen, 76, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Born in Colonial Heights, Virginia, Shirley was the daughter of the late Charles Monroe Dickerson and Annie Mae Dickerson. Shirley was a former babysitter who enjoyed bowling. Shirley is survived by her son, Charles Williams; daughters, Candace Tedder, Lisa Stagall; brother, Donnie Dickerson; grandchildren, […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing a $1,000.00 reward is being offered for information on the whereabouts of a missing Salem woman. $500.00 of the reward money is being offered by the family of 33 year old Tonya Marie Cannon, who was reported missing by a family member on February 11th of this year. The family member told deputies, […]
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An ongoing investigation into the thefts of Telecom Wire has led to the arrest of seven individuals, which include charges of theft of metals that disrupted service to customers in parts of Oconee County, and various other charges related to the thefts. The Sheriff’s Office has been contacted in regards to reports of thefts of Telecom Wire after responding to […]
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A mid-day hearing on Seneca transit service produced new numbers on what it’ll take to operate a new year of free bus service in the city and surrounding areas. But the riding public and general public apparently are just not interested, as no one showed up. Yet it’s not too late to ask a question or make a comment about […]
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