Courts have re-opened
Tennis anyone? In Clemson, the re-surfacing of the Nettles Park tennis courts has been completed, and those courts are now open for use.
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Tennis anyone? In Clemson, the re-surfacing of the Nettles Park tennis courts has been completed, and those courts are now open for use.
Read moreThe office of the 10th Circuit Solicitor is prepared for a new term of Oconee General Sessions Court with a trial docket containing nine cases. Court week will be Monday thru Friday, November 18-22, with Judge Lawton McIntosh presiding. The prosecutors are focusing on cases involving a variety of alleged offenses—including carjacking armed robbery, drugs, and the ill treatment of […]
Read moreA weekend fire burned a mobile home residence in Seneca. Chief Richie Caudill says the fire occurred during the 5 o’clock hour Saturday afternoon at 506 Hunter Street. A hospital ambulance and personnel responded and checked one resident. Caudill says both the city police and fire departments investigated the fire, and that investigation continues this morning.
Read moreA lot of times you don’t appreciate something, until you miss it. That could well apply yesterday to Walhalla and West Union electric power customers who lost service between the hours of 2:30 and 8:45 am. According to information received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, the problem appeared to center on a transmission line on SC 11 near the 28 interchange.
Read moreA 50-year old Oconee County man has been arrested and charged in an investigation of stolen materials at a plastics business near Halfway Branch. Law enforcement records on Friday showed Steven Vancelle Lunceford of the Bruce Road near Westminster charged with grand larceny in the theft of rolls of membrane plastic valued at $12 thousand belonging to Carolina Plastics. The […]
Read moreVeterans and their families are invited for breakfast at 8:30 this morning at the Walhalla Middle School. After the meal, the school holds an assembly of all students to honor veterans on their day.
Read moreThe offices of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce are closed for Veterans Day. The chamber staff will return to work for normal business hours tomorrow.
Read moreClear conditions are in store for this evening’s Veterans Day parade. This year’s Oconee County event will be staged in Westminster, and everyone is invited to show their support for veterans by lining the city streets. Parade time is 5 o’clock this afternoon.
Read moreHere’s an announcement from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office: “In June of 2018, agents with Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, along with numerous Upstate Law Enforcement Agencies, the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and the State Grand Jury Division of the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, initiated a State Grand Jury investigation into a large scale drug trafficking operation in the […]
Read moreIf the sign that appears is correct, a Philadelphia area-based restaurant chain intends to enter the Oconee County restaurant market. There’s a sign to indicate that Rita’s Italian Ice chain will move into an empty space on 123 near the Sheep Farm Road. Rita’s apparently has its sights set on the space that Little Caesar’s vacated for the pizza restaurant’s […]
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