June 15 is Train Day in Toccoa, Georgia

You can’t catch an Amtrak passenger anywhere in Oconee County, but one nearby depot where you can catch one is Toccoa, Georgia. Once again, Toccoa will stage Toccoa Train Day, with this year’s event to be Saturday, June 15. The day will start at 6:15 in the morning, with the arrival of the Amtrak Crescent Line, which draws a small, […]

Read more

Police cuff man at Walhalla intersection

A vehicle accident this morning led the Walhalla police to arrest and charge a Pickens man with three offenses. Chief Sean Brinson says Dennis Isbell was charged with driving under suspension second offense, providing false information, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The arrest scene was the busy traffic light intersection of SC 28 and Kenneth Street. Isbell’s mode […]

Read more

Child support system changes August 1

Major change is ahead this summer to South Carolina’s system of collecting child support payments, and the staff at the Oconee Clerk of Court’s office will get ready with three weeks of training next month. As explained by Beverly Whitfield, clerk of court, starting August 1 all child support payments are to be mailed to one South Carolina disbursement center […]

Read more

Hydroplane car accident near West Union

A car apparently hydroplaned on the Burns Mill Road near West Union this morning, left the road, and came in contact with a large steel power pole belonging to the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative.  West Union Fire Department reports no one hurt and minor damage to the car and the power pole.  The accident was reported shortly before 7 this […]

Read more

Two men arrested in unrelated Seneca drug cases

Two Seneca men are under the arrest of the city police on drug charges. Chief John Covington says the arrests of Donnie Ray Clark and Earle Michael Wilkes II are separate cases. In each instance, the arrest warrants allege, Clark and Wilkes are accused of distributing drugs to “a reliable undercover operative working at the directions of the Seneca Police […]

Read more

One hurt when car hits Seneca restaurant

A car banged into the Seneca Bojangles restaurant last night on the 123 By-Pass.  Responders extricated one individual from an SUV and sent the injured person to a Greenville hospital for treatment.  No immediate word on the extent of injuries.  Oconee EMS, along with Seneca police and fire personnel, answered the call shortly after 8:30 pm.

Read more

Oconee now in incipient level drought

The S.C. Drought Response Committee, meeting via conference call on June 6, upgraded the drought status of all 46 counties in the state. Conditions have deteriorated rapidly over the past 21 days due to extreme heat and little to no precipitation across the state resulting in much of the Upstate, including Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, York, Lancaster […]

Read more
1 1,096 1,097 1,098 1,099 1,100 2,697