Category: News

The police in Walhalla foiled a break-in attempt early yesterday at a city laundromat. Chief Brinson says the crime occurred in the early morning hours at the Tiger Wash at W. Main and S. Poplar. To catch their suspect, the police applied their taser equipment. We expect further details later today.

The outside auditor for the Oconee public schools recommends the county district create a telephone hot line to allow persons to report fraud. Don Estep made that recommendation as he presented his firm’s audit of the district’s financial records for the year that ended June 30. Estep gave a clean, or unmodified, opinion of the district’s revenues and expenses. But […]

A resident at the house fire scene Saturday on Utica’s Powell Street has been arrested. Law enforcement records released today show Julie Ann Lanning charged with interference with fire fighting operations and spitting in the face of a deputy sheriff while the deputy performed his duties. The allegation contained in the interference warrant accuses Lanning of entering the property at […]

Westminster’s Recreation Director Herb Poole has received Professional of the Year by the South Carolina Parks and Recreation Association. The award was given Friday at the Sports Institute at Hilton Head. Poole was recognized by fellow recreation professionals for his dedication to the profession and service to youth team sports. The City of Westminster is grateful to Poole’s counterparts in […]

Tri-County Technical College officials like what they see in enrollment numbers, even though this is a time of low jobless rates. The latest numbers reported by the state show two percent jobless in Tech’s three-county service area–Oconee, Anderson and Pickens.  Although most people who are part of the workforce have jobs, Tech’s Dan Cooper says the college is concentrating on […]

A pre-dawn accident in Anderson County took the life of a bicycle rider.  The state patrol says the accident occurred shortly before 6 this morning on SC 28 near the Anderson city limit and involved a bicyclist, an SUV driver, and another person who operated an unknown vehicle.  State troopers are appealing to the public for any details about what […]

Blue Ridge Bank has extended a welcome to its newest employees.  They are Tina Gainey and Linda Torres.  With 23 years banking experience, Torres joins Blue Ridge as a loan operations specialist.  Gainey is the new senior vice president and deposit operations manager.  She counts 30 years previous bank experience.

The chairman of the Oconee school trustees, Jerry Lee, was among those who took part in an “exit” interview with the district’s outside auditors who tonight officially report the results of the latest audit.  According to Lee, all seems to be in order.  The audit is to reflect the spending and the revenues of the public schools for the government […]

Utica near Seneca remains beset by house fires—two of them in the last three days. The latest was during the 4 o’clock hour this morning at 12 Humbert Street. Fire Chief Caudill says the causes for recent Utica fires are undetermined and left to further investigation. This morning Sheriff Crenshaw told us: “Our fire service partners will determine the cause […]

A road is being prepared to access the only rail-served industrial park in Oconee County.  The contractor, J-Davis, has the job to build the road for access to the Seneca Rail Park alongside the Shiloh Road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad.