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The victim died at the scene, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. — Deputies in Oconee County held a prayer vigil along with the community to remember the law enforcement officers who wereshot and killed in Charlotte earlier this week. The vigil was held at around 7 p.m. in front of the Oconee County Law Enforcement Center. It...

OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) -The Oconee County Coroner’s Office said a 73-year-old woman is dead following a crash in Oconee County Monday morning. The coroner said the crash happened at around 11 a.m. at the intersection of SC 183 and Wolf Stake Church Road. According to Highway Patrol,...

On its Facebook page, the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office reports that Wednesday night, May 1, 2024, Corporal Dills responded to assist Clayton Police at an apartment complex on Shadyside Drive. As Cpl Dills, other Rabun County Sheriff’s Office, and Clayton Police Department units arrived, a fire was observed at the front window of an apartment. The fire was beginning to proceed to the interior of the building where a person was asleep. Thinking and acting fast, Cpl Dills retrieved his fire extinguisher and doused the fire before personal injury and further property damage occurred. Please help the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office thank Cpl Dills for his dedication, bravery, and willingness to help.

Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw would like to inform citizens that the SC Sheriff’s Association recently started their annual spring Honorary Membership mailings, and this is not a scam. There are four different types of mailings that are sent out by the Sheriff’s Office Association each year, including Membership Renewals, New Member Acquisitions, Special Appeals and Newsletters. The Honorary Membership Program allows citizens to become Honorary Members of the Sheriff’s Association as an Honorary Individual, Family or Business Member. The SCSA program is a direct mail campaign that consists of several mailings over the year that are sent to citizens across the entire state of South Carolina. The SC Sheriff’s Association does not use telemarketers to solicit for contributions but does solicit donations via direct mail throughout the year. The letters that are sent out are normally signed by either by the current director of the South Carolina Sheriff’s Association or the Sheriff who is the current President of the Association. The money raised through the Sheriff’s Association is used for Critical Training and Education Programs, Research and Assistance in regards to researching various issues that the 46 Sheriff’s throughout South Carolina are facing as well as Legislative Advocacy with the South Carolina General Assembly for stronger laws and the rights of victims of crime and witnesses who assist in prosecuting criminals.

Extreme heat is deadly, especially for kids and pets that are left in cars, says Rabun County Assistant Fire Chief Justin Upchurch. “We all know how hot a parked car can get. A car’s interior temperature can rise 20 degrees in just 10 minutes. People think leaving the windows cracked is going to slow the heating of the car and it does to a certain degree but not much. We should never leave a child or a pet closed up in a parked car at any time. When it gets hot outside it does become deadly. As far as a pet goes, they cool differently than us, they cool by panting and everything, so they don’t cool like we do. A child’s body can heat up 3-5 times more quickly than that of an adult. Children have fewer sweat glands so they can’t handle these increases in heat like an adult can, so a body temperature of 107 degrees can be lethal. So, we always need to make sure that we don’t leave any kids or pets in cars. If you are used to doing one thing, like going straight to work and then something changes and you have to take the kids somewhere, just make it a habit to always check the backseat. An average of 37 children die in hot cars every year. So, being forgetful can turn tragic very quickly. If you need to do something like putting something in your backseat, like your cellphone or purse, you are always checking in the backseat to make sure that you are not leaving anyone back there. You need to make sure that you take the keys out, don’t let kids have the ability to get inside the car and lock themselves inside to where anything like that could happen. Just be mindful of how hot it can get inside a car and leave the pets at home.” The temperature inside a car can be 30 to 40 degrees hotter than outside. In just five minutes, that heat can cause serious health problems for kids and pets.