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WSPA.com
April 17, 2018
OCONEE COUNTY, SC (WSPA) - School board members in Oconee County met Monday night to discuss a plan that would allow certain school staff members to carry guns. As many as 50 school employees, with the proper training, could be armed if it were to pass. The meeting on Monday was an openÃâà...
WYFF Greenville
April 16, 2018
The woman's abandoned Jeep Cherokee was found about 12:30 p.m. Sunday by an Oconee County Sheriff's Office deputy on the roadside of Highway 183 near the Oconee Nuclear Station in Oconee County. Detectives are canvasing area businesses and residents for potential witnesses and anyÃâà...
Greenville News
April 16, 2018
The Pickens County Sheriff's Office is investigating an alleged kidnapping and seeking information about a suspect after a woman was found stranded near an Upstate highway on Sunday. Pickens County deputies were called around 12:30 p.m. Sunday by the Oconee County Sheriff's Office in reference toÃâà...
WYFF Greenville
April 16, 2018
Deputies said the alleged carjacking happened in Pickens County and the car drove into Oconee County. Deputies said security at the nuclear station alerted them to the vehicle around 11:51 a.m.; the driver's side door was open, the lights were on, and the vehicle was empty. During the investigation aÃâà...
Flagpole Magazine
April 10, 2018
Ann Stoneburner said she was motivated to help set up a program at the Oconee County Library late last month by a concern with the rewrite of the county's Comprehensive Plan and its impact on development in the county. The centerpiece of that program—sponsored by the Oconee County DemocraticÃâà...
WYFF Greenville
April 9, 2018
More school security may be on the way in Oconee County ... Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw and School Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland, want to arm as many as 50 school employees in the county's 19 schools. Advertisement. They would supplement 9 School Resource Officers in an activeÃâà...
Upstate Business Journal
April 3, 2018
“Oconee County has had strong momentum along the economic development front over the last few years, and this partnership with Santee Cooper will be a huge catalyst to ushering in a new wave of progress for the southern part of our community,” said Christine Tedesco, board chairwoman of theÃâà...
WSPA.com
December 31, 1999
OCONEE COUNTY, SC (WSPA) - Oconee County Sheriff's Office is warning community members to be mindful when picking up litter around their property. According to a news release, a deputy recently responded to Johnny Cox Road near Westminster and met with two people who were picking up trashÃâà...
Greenville News
December 31, 1999
The team of former Clemson football players behind a luxury condo and hotel development on Lake Hartwell will be keeping their tax dollars in the county. Oconee County Council on Tuesday voted 4-0 to give Lakeside Lodge investors a $2 million infrastructure rebate to keep the project from annexing intoÃâà...