Category: News

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man on a Fugitive from Justice charge after a traffic stop this week. 38 year old William Charles Cox, Jr. of Country Place Lane was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 4:04am Wednesday morning. Cox, Jr. has also been charged with Driving under Suspension, Operating an Unregistered Vehicle and Operating an […]

A partnership between Oconee public schools and OneTone Telecom has created locations to offer additional Wi-Fi to the community–especially to students who live where there is no access.  Oconee School District devices may get access at schools and the following parking lot locations:  Calvary Church of God, Mountain Rest Baptist Church, Fair-Oak Youth Center, Fair-Oak Community Center, Long Creek Community […]

Another downtown Seneca building has been sold, and it’s another that will likely see renovation to be placed back into service at some point. The address is 114 N. Townville, last used as a headquarters for the Oconee Republican Party. At least before the health crisis, two other buildings within a one-block section of N. Townville, between Main and N. […]

At the Tamassee DAR, they are following the guidelines and recommendations from the CDC and the health agencies, and others. Jon Holland, the interim administrator, says they have in place contingency plans to handle any student and staff, how they would handle if anyone is diagnosed. The concern there is not just students. According to Holland, several members of the […]

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is transitioning to fully remote processing for all licensing, boat titling and registration transactions. Beginning at 5 p.m., SCDNR offices statewide will no longer accommodate in-person transactions at the customer service counters until further notice. In the interim, operations at SCDNR offices will continue, with processing for all boat titling and registration and […]

Even though the Oconee County Public Library is closed to the public until further notice, the library is still working to provide assistance. Staff has been working at the branches to answer the phones and help with online offerings and answer questions. They have been available during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., to […]

A meeting planned by Oconee County officials tonight in Fair Play has been cancelled. County Administrator Brock and county planner Chapman were to have met with interested members of Fair Play to talk about the future for that rural community, including the plans for the first piped sewer in that area. The meeting had been planned for 6 o’clock tonight […]

In an emergency meeting at the noon hour, Clemson City Council will consider establishing a voluntary curfew starting tomorrow that would be in effect between the hours of 11 at night and 6 in the morning.  The voluntary curfew idea will be presented to the mayor and council by the city administrator, Andy Blondeau.  Interested members of the public may […]

Georgia police want closure to a Toccoa homicide that occurred six years ago and they’d like the public to chime in with helpful information. At his home on Toccoa’s Pageland Drive March 18, 2014 Mantavious Flentall was found shot dead. Several persons were seen leaving the vicinity of that home in a gray Ford Edge, and the car was reported […]

A classified legal ad carried this week by The Journal affords the public the opportunity to have a say in whether a small hydro-electric project near Seneca should receive a new, 30-year license from the federal government. The project is the Coneross Hydroelectric on SC 59 just south of the city at the Coneross Creek. In recent years, a lightning […]