Name released in Salem traffic death
January 15, 2021
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Sabra Coward Lott died at the scene of a car wreck on Wednesday afternoon, the first traffic death in Oconee County in 2021.
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Prisma Health creating high-volume vaccine sites
January 15, 2021
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Prisma Health announced Thursday it is setting up dedicated high-volume community COVID-19 vaccine centers in Greenville and Columbia starting as soon as next week and will further expand access as more supply becomes available in South Carolina.
DHEC now providing updates on hospital bed occupancy
January 15, 2021
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Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital had just two intensive care unit beds available late Wednesday night.
Man charged in three Seneca thefts
January 15, 2021
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Eric Devon Brooks, 23, of East South 6th Street, was charged by Seneca police with petit larceny, two counts of financial identity fraud and breaking into a motor vehicle where fuel is stored. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office deputies also charged Brooks with obtaining property under false pretense.
Filing for vacant council seat opens today
January 15, 2021
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Filing for the Clemson City Council seat vacated by Robert Halfacre, who is now mayor, will begin at noon today and end at noon Jan. 29.
Graham signs on to idea of independent riot commission
January 15, 2021
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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has joined with fellow Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin to call for the U.S. Congress to form an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.
Local resident, national radio host talks Trump, Biden, riot
January 15, 2021
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After a “strange and troubling” political season, national radio host and Oconee County resident Jim Bohannon says he hopes the national political climate will calm down in the coming weeks and months.
Sheriff says no contact from feds after Capitol riot
January 15, 2021
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More than a week after a riot that resulted in the death of five people in Washington, D.C., Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said he hasn’t received any information from federal law agencies about Oconee County residents involved in the event.