Category: News

The new general store in Newry has been doing business for two weeks, but the ribbon-cutting was today. The Newry General Store offering dairy items, meats, and baked goods is one of the M-Peters Group’s building renovations is one component of the transformation that has been in the works for four years in a community that once sported a long […]

South Carolina “HEART” — the state’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team — dropped a line to help effect a Memorial Day rescue at the scenic but, at times, dangerous Yellow Branch Falls near Walhalla.  A member of a visiting family party apparently sustained a lower leg injury at the base of the waterfall.  Walhalla Fire Department and others started their rescue […]

The key number heard in a Walhalla auditorium was 210.  That number represents Oconeeans who went abroad to war or conflicts and were killed.  Their names are etched on a statue that is part of the county’s military park in front of the courthouse.  Several of their names were called during yesterday’s memorial ceremony at the Center for the Performing […]

In-person balloting takes place tomorrow in Seneca to fill one vacant seat on the city council.  There are five candidates Kyle Nicholson, Donna Peppers, Ernest Riley, Delanio Taylor, and Jim Sites.  The place to vote between 7 am and 7 pm tomorrow in Seneca is the middle school gymnasium, 810 WS 4th Street.

After returning from his trip to Ukraine, Senator Graham finds himself the subject of a Russian arrest warrant…and the South Carolina Republican welcomes it.  Graham said in a statement from Washington:  “I will wear the arrest warrant issued by Putin’s corrupt and immoral government as a Badge of Honor.” It’s Graham’s response to the Russian Interior Ministry issuing the warrant. […]

An Investigator with the Violent Crimes Unit, of the Criminal Investigations Bureau with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, obtained additional arrest warrants against a Seneca man in an ongoing Child Sexual Abuse Material Investigation. 35 additional arrest warrants, for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor – 1 st Degree, were obtained Wednesday against 30 year old Cory Donavan Simpson.  Simpson has […]

To comply with EPA, city of Clemson is introducing a Lead Service Line Management Program to reduce the risk of lead in drinking water.  A federal mandate now requires all water systems to verify the material of every water service in their systems.  Once the investigation is complete, it is the hope of the Pickens County municipality that the city […]

A Seneca man arrested on a drug charge in Oconee may face trouble from the federal government.  Oconee Sheriff’s Office early Thursday arrested Efren Montes-Contreras on the charge of possession of one gram of meth or cocaine base second offense.  A hold has been placed on 44-year old Montes-Contreras by the “ICE” – Immigration and Customs.

The preamble from a new State Supreme Court order to the General Sessions courts reads:  “In an efficient criminal justice system, cases should be disposed of within months instead of years, regardless of whether defendants go to trial, plead guilty, enter into a diversion program, or have their cases dismissed.”  In Oconee and Anderson, the directive applies to the office […]

Visit Oconee is excited at the prospect next week to host the return of Major League Fishing to Lake Hartwell.  May 31-June 2 are the days for the 40th Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American Championship and will take place at Oconee’s new Seneca Creek Boat Ramp.  The competition showcases the best weekend anglers and offers the winning boater a top […]