Milo Strand

Westminster –Milo Strand, 80, husband of Sondra Ekhoff Strand, of 210 Doyle Street, passed away May 21, 2019, at his residence. A funeral service will be held at 2 pm, Sunday, May 26, 2019 at Westminster Wesleyan Church with burial to follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends 1-2 pm prior to the service. The family is […]

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Special announcement by Oconee Sheriff’s Office

“The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office would like to notify the public of a generalized threat made by a juvenile to inflict harm at a nonspecific church by the use of a firearm. The threat of violence was posted on the juvenile’s social media account last week, however the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office learned of this media post yesterday (5/21/19). At […]

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Easley man faces multiple charges in Oconee

A 40-year old Easley man has been arrested by Oconee sheriff’s officers on multiple charges—including allegations of burglary and theft during parts of this year and last. Arrest records identify the accused as Randall Kevin Roach. He’s accused in incidents that took place at the Clemson Elite Dance Center on the Clemson Boulevard and at three storage units on the […]

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Short pants inappropriate in courtroom setting

The Oconee General Sessions Court judge recessed a trial this afternoon when he spotted a witness approaching the stand wearing short pants. Judge Scott Sprouse ordered the trial of SC v. Aaron Catchings recessed until the witness returns in dress appropriate for a courtroom. The witness cited by the judge is identified as the victim of the burglary and larceny […]

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National distinction for Tech department head

The head of the Criminal Justice Department of Tri-County Technical College, Dr. Chris McFarlin, is the first and only law enforcement officer and criminal justice educator in South Carolina to earn a national industry certification from the Force Science Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. McFarlin recently earned a basic force science analyst certification before being accepted into the advanced specialist […]

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Sewer committee to meet a second time

A committee of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority has now scheduled a second meeting next week apparently in the hopes of finding a resolution to a complex issue that divides the JRSA and its member city Walhalla. An hour and a half of talks Monday failed to settle a proposal to return monies held in banks to the three cities—Walhalla, […]

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A plan to use the former Clemson Holiday Inn property

An application for a Planned Development at 894 Tiger Boulevard, Clemson—property that for many years was a Holiday Inn has been received by the city Planning and Codes Administration Department. The applicant, Clemson Dockside, LP, of Dallas, Texas, is proposing to build a mixed-use development that will include 322 residential units, approximately 22,000 square feet of commercial space, and associated […]

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Walhalla to get litter law of its own

The issue framed for the Walhalla City Council was this: “The City of Walhalla currently has no ordinance addressing, defining, and enforcing litter.” That’s now changing, with a vote last night by the council to pass a law that sets penalties and fines. Here’s the wording: “Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor […]

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Mayor puts his council on alert

A vote to set Walhalla’s new budgets is a few weeks away, but the mayor put the city council on alert last night that spending over the next 12 months is projected to increase by a half million dollars. After meeting earlier in the day with the city administrator, Mayor Edwards threw out a lot of figures last night at […]

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Trial avoided, defendant pleads guilty

An Oconee jury had been selected to sit in judgment of a drug charge against a Georgia man, but the trial was avoided yesterday when the defendant pleaded guilty. After pleading guilty to a methamphetamine charge, Clayton resident John Paul Parks was ordered by the judge to serve three years, suspended to five years probation. Parks was arrested in 2017 […]

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