Category: News

There may be something moving with the building that sits idle and in disrepair that served for about 50 years as the Oconee County Courthouse.  In recent years, the county has given two developers time to pursue their plan to convert the 1956 building into a boutique-style hotel.  On the agenda for next week’s Oconee County Council meeting is an […]

In recent days, test samples indicate bacteria levels have returned to normal levels in Coneross Creek near Seneca. Sampling was extended through Monday to confirm that the levels have remained low. And yesterday the Joint Regional Sewer Authority announced that South Carolina DHEC approved the removal of the precautionary advisory that alerted people and their pets to avoid contact with […]

A brother carried a knife into the home. The second brother went for a gun. But the Walhalla police and the office of the solicitor have decided that Ezequiel Rodriguez acted in self defense Tuesday morning during a squabble involving family members at his apartment on Stoudemire Street. Chief Sean Brinson announced last evening there will be no charges brought […]

Fire heavily damaged an unoccupied house last evening on Dean Road not far from South Carolina 59. Several Oconee County fire departments responded to the fire around 6:45 pm. Earlier yesterday three people escaped a burning home near Seneca. One of those three people was reported to have suffered minor burns to one arm. According to Chief Kevin Christenbury of […]

In front of the State House at Columbia, it was a see of red this morning–teachers dressed in red to let their lawmakers know they are unhappy about today’s educational conditions in South Carolina.  Some 18 Oconee teachers have exercised classroom leave today, but it’s not known if any of them have joined today’s rally.  Dr. Michael Thorsland, district superintendent, […]

A blood drive this month at the Oconee Sheriff’s Office in Walhalla will take place as part of National Police Week. For each person who donates blood between the noon hour and 5 o’clock on Thursday, May 16, there will be a free, commemorative T-shirt and a $10 dollar donation to the Sheriff’s Office Foundation to help purchase another K9.

Clemson University will confer more than 3,000 degrees during Commencement ceremonies Thursday and Friday, May 9 and 10, in Littlejohn Coliseum. The spring 2019 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony will be at 7 p.m. May 9 in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. Visitors should note a clear bag policy has been implemented for the Littlejohn Coliseum graduation ceremonies and should […]

Here’s a question being asked by the city of Clemson: “What do speed bumps, traffic, Highway 123, the Crescent Trail, sidewalks, student housing, changing how council members are elected, small cell nodes, Nettles Park enhancements, an electric power relay station, short term rental standards, student fellowships, CAT bus service, town & gown relations, capital projects, the proposed Keowee Trail project, […]

Yesterday’s shooting in an apartment not far from the Oconee public school headquarters is a now a case of homicide.  This just in from Coroner Karl Addis: “A 31 year-old Walhalla man died early Wednesday (May 1st) from gunshot injuries. Angel Rodriguez Jr. died at 12:10 am in the intensive care unit at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mr. Rodriguez was injured […]

Biologists with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) are reporting increased black bear activity throughout the state, and they urge people who live in the areas of bear activity to go ahead and remove their birdfeeders. Black bear breeding season has bears on the move, and bears are hungry and looking for an easy meal. On the door […]