Injured South Carolina running back Marcus Lattimore is finished with college football. How long it takes the Gamecocks junior to make his NFL debut is anyone’s guess. Lattimore announced Wednesday he was giving up his final season to enter the NFL draft. He was considered a can’t-miss, first-round talent after his first two seasons. However,…
The break down of the jaw crusher at the Rock Quarry forced Oconee County to rent a hydraulic crane to remove the disabled machinery, to allow the county to transport for repairs in the Atlanta area. The emergency repair bill of $73 thousand is being forwarded to next week’s County Council meeting. The inoperable jaw…
The public is invited for an oath of office ceremony 5 p-m Tuesday, January 8 at Oconee County Council Chambers in Walhalla. Three re-elected councilmen–Wayne McCall, Joel Thrift, and Reg Dexter–are to take the oath for their second, 4-year terms. Administering the oath will be Probate Judge Kenny Johns.
The Seneca police say they carried a search warrant on a drug raid during the 9 o’clock hour last night to 733 E. Main Street. That raid, according to Chief John Covington, resulted in four arrests and the confiscation of marijuana, methamphetamine, drug pipes, digital scales, and a handgun. A resident of the address and…
A 33-year old Oconee County man has been jailed in Walhalla, charged with attempted murder, the result of an incident early yesterday morning at a home near Westminster. Law enforcement reports identify the man charged as Jim Savage of Savage Lane, Seneca. A sheriff’s officer, responding to an address on Holbrooks Circle, Westminster, quoted the…
State authorities apparently will wait another month before taking a vote on the Sanctuary Pointe project in Oconee County. A spokeswoman for the State Budget and Control Board says the Columbia meeting adjourned this morning, before the item of business involving a proposed sublease between the state PRT and Sanctuary Pointe LLC. The spokeswoman said…
