True to a campaign promise, Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw begins to apply some heat to his department’s file of cold cases—cases of homicide or missing persons that have never been solved. Jimmy Watt, department spokesman, says starting this afternoon details will be available on the department website and thru its social media links on the…
Oconeeans next week get their annual chance to speak directly to the county trustees regarding what is to be spent during the next year on local public education. At their 6 p-m Monday meeting, the school board members will accept comments and questions as part of their annual budget hearing. At last report, the board’s…
Army Pvt. Brian Hawker Jr. has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson. He’s the son of Hannah Garcia of West Union and a 2012 Walhalla High graduate.
A state agency’s evaluation finds logic in Pioneer Water District’s intent to build its first treatment plant. As required by legislation signed into law by Governor Haley last year, Pioneer Water authorized an accountant to conduct an independent audit. In turn, as required by law, that audit was forwarded for review by the South Carolina…
An Oconee planning commissioner helps lead an education webcast arranged today by the South Carolina Association of Counties. The part played by commissioner Gwen McPhail, an Oconee agriculture businesswoman, centers on agricultural issues in land use: “All of South Carolina is developing rapidly, the population is growing, and there is no more land out there,…
Big-ticket spending items await action during next week’s meeting of the Oconee County Council. County staff recommends the approval of a second, 5-year renewal of a deal to haul waste to a transfer station at a landfill in Homer, Georgia. The contract amount to be paid Waste Management is estimated at $1.1 million. And the…
A man in a home near Salem required a medical helicopter transport last night for injuries in a crushing-type accident. Those injuries are said to have been suffered when a granite counter cover fell on the man at a home on Quarter Mile Road near north highway 11. He was flown to a Greenville hospital.…
The South Carolina House once again passed a bill to re-structure government. Today’s 91-23 vote went along party lines. Oconee’s two members, Republicans Bill Whitmire and Bill Sandifer, voted with the majority. Supporters of the bill claim it places Executive Branch functions directly under the Governor’s control, breaks up the quasi-Executive/Legislative Budget and Control Board,…
A Relay for Life cancer event will close a two-block section of Walhalla’s Main Street between the hours 9 o’clock Friday morning and 9 o’clock Saturday morning. City Administrator Nancy Goehle says the two blocks affected are Main Street, from Ann to Katherine streets. The police will direct motorists to the detour.
A celebration is planned this weekend in a section of Oconee County known for its tradition and history. A 100-year event to mark both the school and the community takes place 1 to 4 Saturday afternoon at Keowee Elementary School on SC 188. Among the highlights of the party will be documents and memorabilia from…
