The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested Sara Joyce Powell, a former detention deputy, on Jan. 30 for furnishing contraband to inmates and misconduct in office. Powell, a 34 year old of Westminster,...

A nine-year-old girl has been found after being kidnapped by her uncle in Salem, South Carolina, in the early morning of Jan. 19. Braelynn Ann Blaire was taken from her home in Oconee County by 28-year-old...

Christopher Mathis McConnell, a 35-year-old man, was imprisoned on Wednesday on a first-degree criminal sexual conduct charge in the Oconee County Detention Center. McConnell is from Westminster, South...