Category: News

The weekend weather will gradually improve, and that’s going to fit nicely with a group of female outdoor adventurers who are assembling in the area for active outdoor recreation. Palmetto Conservation has organized the weekend to empower and inspire women to head into the great outdoors and enjoy trails and parks.  Trails and parks such as those at the state’s […]

Walhalla and county fire personnel used a small rope system to help rescue a stranded person yesterday afternoon at the Stumphouse Mountain Park.  The individual had strayed from the trail and became stranded on the ledge above the falls. It’s an incident that causes Brandon Burton, the fire chief, to point out that outdoor enthusiasts should always keep in mind […]

The death yesterday morning in a long-term re-hab center in Spartanburg of a gunshot victim from Seneca is classified as a case of homicide. And it leaves Oconee County authorities to plead to the public for information to help solve what happened last summer to Timothy Wade Phillips. One arrest has already been made in the case. Deputies July 10 […]

Seventeen-year-old Jesse Osborne was sentenced Thursday to life in prison on two charges of murder, plus an additional 30 years for two counts of attempted murder in connection with the 2016 murder of his father and shootings at the Townville Elementary School that left six-year-old first-grader Jacob Hall dead and a teacher and another student wounded. The sentences will be […]

A hunter from Liberty was wounded by gunfire, as his group deer-hunted this morning in Oconee County. The wounding of the hunter, not identified by name, is being investigated by the DNR, and one of its officers indicates there’s the possibility charges will be filed. The hunting mishap is believed to have occurred this morning in an area in the […]

The grandfather testified today that Jesse Osborne became increasingly withdrawn after his earlier expulsion from an Oconee County school, but the abuse the boy faced was ongoing up until the time the then 14-year-old Jesse killed his father. Tommy Osborne was the leadoff witness on the third day of Jesse Osborne’s sentencing hearing. Tommy Osborne testified that his son Jeff […]

For the residents of a Westminster home, their fire-damaged home is considered unlivable–the result of a fire yesterday.  At the time, those who lived at the 204 Butler Street doublewide mobile home were away, according to Fire Chief Michael Smith. Fire damage was confined to the attic and ceiling and, according to Smith, originated near the chimney.

A select number of Clemson neighborhoods could see discolored  water temporarily on Monday, when city utilities tests for hydrant flow near the downtown.  The discoloration could affect those customers on SC 93, N. Clemson, and Strawberry Lane.  City utilities says the water will remain safe to drink and use.  If you have questions, you may call 864-653-2046.

Further details are likely to be made known today in Toccoa, Georgia as to a Tuesday night incident in which a Stephens County man drove his truck off a boat ramp into Lake Hartwell—moments after deputies arrived at his home to investigate a domestic dispute call. Two deputies then discovered the truck submerged and dove into frigid water to attempt […]

The Junior ROTC at West-Oak High School helped Schneider Electric workers this week send care packages to South Carolina military service men and women deployed as part of “Operation Inherent Rescue.”  They donated items and prepared more than 100 care packages for the 118th Combined Arms Battalion of the SC Army National Guard.  That battalion is now on a nine-month […]