Oconee sheriff’s deputies report a missing boat motor has been recovered and an arrest made in a case classified as stolen property. According to law enforcement reports, 29-year old Nicholas James Crawford of Stormy Lane, Seneca was arrested yesterday and charged with receiving stolen goods. Deputies say they were alerted by the owner of a…
Eight Clemson students presented their research results at the annual ACC Meeting of the Minds Undergraduate Research Conference held at Wake Forest University. Students’ research projects included turtle mortality, education in rural Guatemala and bio-fuel production. The students included two from Pickens County: Nathaniel Weaver, senior wildlife and fisheries biology major from Pickens; and Matthew…
The rainfall which Oconee County has enjoyed courtesy of Andrea and earlier rains prove too much for storm drains—such as this one on Walhalla’s S. College Street between Main and Broad.
“Pretty coincidental, isn’t it?” That’s a remark from a spokeswoman at Oconee Medical Center about the hospital’s birth rate for the last two years. In both 2011 and 2012, last year, exactly 582 babies were born in the hospital both years.
Oconee’s appointed and elected leaders are busy in meetings this afternoon and tonight. The county Planning Commission has scheduled a 2 to 5 o’clock meeting in Council Chambers for ordinance review. County Council’s law enforcement, public safety, health and welfare committee meets at 6 to take up several items—including texting while driving and drug paraphernalia.…
A 43-year old man surrendered to Oconee deputies last night and a barricade situation at a home near Walhalla ended peacefully at 8:41 p-m. Once, Timothy Scott Blackwell was in custody, authorities re-opened a closed section of SC 183, the Walhalla-Pickens Highway, between Fowler Road and Freedom Drive. Deputies went to Blackwell’s home at 103…
Authorities say a 54-year old man drowned on the Georgia side of Lake Hartwell Saturday while trying to swim back from a buoy. WLHR in Lavonia said Hartwell resident Dennis Baker died at the Old Reed Creek Boat Ramp near the Sara John Road. Officer Craig Fulgum of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources says…
Walhalla’s Oconee County Council representative went up against heavy odds when he helped start an effort to restore the municipal swimming pool. District Two’s Wayne McCall today speaks glowingly of a largely-volunteer effort to re-work the pool and, perhaps, have it open by this summer. The councilman urges everyone to lay aside any notion that…
“Not yet hopefully shortly.” Is the last word we have from Seneca Fire Department spokesman Chris Cartee about a structure fire this morning on N. Debra Street–north of ByPass 123.
Salem took its new budgets to a public hearing this week, and the clerk-treasurer says the hearing went well. The small Oconee town anticipates expenses and revenues to balance over the next 12 months, with total budget projections between $1.2 and $1.3 million, according to Kim Alexander, clerk-treasurer. Because wholesale water provider Seneca has announced…
