Missing teen found and is safe
Oconee sheriff’s officers say a missing 15-year old Fair Play girl has been located and is safe. The missing person alert Amarylis Lilly Rodriguez has been cancelled.
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Oconee sheriff’s officers say a missing 15-year old Fair Play girl has been located and is safe. The missing person alert Amarylis Lilly Rodriguez has been cancelled.
Read moreFree food day at a Walhalla church. Boxes of various packaged foods plus frozen meat and fresh fruit from the pantry of St Luke United Methodist Church, 607 E. Main St Walhalla 4:30-5:30 today.
Read moreTim Rice, the Walhalla police chief, announces that a 19-year-old Seneca man, Gilbert Nava, is being held in jail on a temporary custody order as the investigation continues into the homicide last night of a 54-year old Walhalla woman, Cruz Cantero-Rojas, at her 303 Pitchford Street home. Authorities say Cantero-Rojas died of blunt-force head trauma. An autopsy is tomorrow. […]
Read moreKevin Bronson, the Westminster administrator, explained last night that the best benefit of his city’s membership in “SCAMPS”–the South Carolina Association of Municipal Power Systems — is that, in the event of a utility disaster, Westminster can count on help from utility workers from throughout the membership of the power group. But the city will pay more to keep its […]
Read moreHere’s a premise that Westminster is using on its way to ridding Oconee’s third largest municipality of vacant structures: “Vacant buildings are an impediment to neighborhood redevelopment and rehabilitation, decrease property values, and prevent neighborhood stabilization.” The city council agreed with City Administrator Kevin Bronson’s recommendation last night to create a registry for vacant and abandoned buildings. Mayor Ramey says […]
Read moreA 54 year-old Walhalla woman was discovered dead at her home on Tuesday night (August 8th) and her death is being investigated by the Walhalla Police and Oconee County Coroner Office as a homicide. SLED Crime Scene agents are assisting with the death investigation. This incident occurred at 303 Pitchford Street in Walhalla. She has died from blunt force […]
Read moreWestminster rejected a zoning change that would have allowed a local non-profit to build three small, single-family homes for individuals and families who are homeless but are in the process of finding permanent housing. Only two Westminster city council members last night voted in favor of an MFR–a multi-family residential zone requested by Westminster Hope ComeUnity at 115 Riley Street. […]
Read moreThe new mobile medical van belonging to the Rosa Clark Health Center at Seneca is stationed this morning in the parking lot of Walhalla’s St. Luke Methodist Church. The van is equipped with two exam rooms and a registration area for new patients. Besides, St. Luke’s food pantry the medical van has made stops this year at Dot’s Soup Kitchen […]
Read moreThe Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing Fair Play teenager. 15 year old Amarylis Lilly Rodriguez was reported missing by a family member this evening. Amarylis left her residence at the Thousand Trails Campground, which is located on Carolina Landing Drive. Dispatch received the initial call from the family member around 7:28 last […]
Read moreAn Oconee jury is being asked to decide whether a man arrested on the charge of indecent exposure met the elements of willfulness and malicious on the day in question, June 7, 2021. Testimony in South Carolina vs. Kristopher Lamar Jenkins started this afternoon in the county General Sessions courtroom. During the testimony of the state’s first witness, sheriff’s officer […]
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