Category: News

Oconee school trustees are going to delay their first meeting of 2019, so that they, district administrators, and staff are free to watch the college football final between Clemson and Alabama. District One’s Jerry says he’s using his prerogative as chairman to move the planned Monday, January 7 work session to the night of Tuesday, January 14.

The conditions around 6 this morning in Walhalla were light fog and drizzle, and they may have played into a pedestrian accident in the downtown. Public safety responders say a man, apparently jogging, sustained apparent minor injuries in an accident involving a car at Main and Spring streets. EMS responded.

One of the jewels of the South Carolina state parks system, Oconee’s Devil’s Fork State Park, will bring in 2019 tomorrow with tradition. Which means the public may take part in a number of activities—including a 5K run on the park grounds. And, for those with a hearty disposition, there will be the annual Loon Lunge into the chilly Jocassee […]

The prospects appear bright for Julian Davis to rise to the chairmanship of the Oconee County Council. Davis’s colleague, Paul Cain, says at Davis’s request, he is supporting Davis to chair the council in 2019. The chair position is to be decided by a council vote during the re-organization meeting Tuesday, January 8. Current council chair Edda Cammick leaves office […]

Walhalla has reached no agreement yet to hire a new police chief. A special Friday night city council meeting broke up without a decision, and the city administrator says there will be a follow-up meeting at 7 Wednesday night, January 2.

A vote taken tonight by Westminster City Council could be a sign that the city will eventually free itself of its long-running PMPA wholesale power arrangement. In a 7-0 vote, the council served notice that it will withdraw in 10 years from a supplemental power purchase from the consortium of Upstate cities. As explained by Administrator Chris Carter, the city’s […]

A Crimestoppers Alert has been posted for information on a shoplifting incident last week near Seneca. The crime occurred during the morning hours Saturday, December 22 at the J and Z Food Mart on Shiloh Road. A deputy has pieced together what happened: A black male wearing a black wool hat, a gray camo short sleeve T-shirt, and jeans swiped […]

Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw has the welcome mat extended for a new spokesman for his office. The resignation of Jimmy Watt takes effect next week, and Crenshaw has begun to advertise for a new public information officer. He told us: “I would like to replace him if I can find the right person. If not, I may consider combining (the […]

Oconee Federal Savings and Loan, with locations in Oconee County and parts of northeast Georgia, is looking toward expanding to the Pickens County city of Clemson. On the agenda of the Clemson Board of Architectural Review January 8 is a request by Oconee Federal for a preliminary review of a proposed bank to be located at 208 Kelly Road.

The rain has been failing so hard that sections of Oconee roads, streets and highways can’t handle all the water. Case in point is SC 183/the Walhalla-Westminster Highway leading into Walhalla. Sections of that two-lane road are beginning to cover in pools water. Especially the College Street-S. Broad Street intersection in front of the Visit Oconee offices.