Category: News

A 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 […]

Veterans 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.

The offices of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce are closed for Veterans Day.  The chamber staff will return to work for normal business hours tomorrow.

Clear 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.

Here’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 […]

If 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 […]

The state of South Carolina is willing to send $340 thousand to Westminster to replace antiquated sewer lines in the neighborhood of what was the city’s largest employer. The end to the textile era cost Westminster its Beacon manufacturing operation. In the aftermath of the homes in that vicinity are old lines in need of replacement. At its meeting Tuesday, […]

Atlanta law firm owner Grady “Jed” Morton will bring a distinguished military background when he speaks on Veterans Day Monday to the Walhalla Rotary Club.  Growing up in Walhalla, Morton was known to his friends as “Chip.”  He’s an Air Force Academy graduate and spent 12 years as an F-16 fighter pilot, instructor pilot, and mission commander on active duty […]

Sergeant Art Taylor, a 27 year veteran of the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, was selected and presented the 2019 Billy Wilkins Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement. The award was given during a ceremony Wednesday at the Pickens County Courthouse. The purpose, aside from honoring those who exhibit excellence in the performance of their duties, is to perpetuate the vision […]

Those who make up the organization “Celebrate Christmas with a Hero” hope that during the holiday shopping season that you will take time to remember a child in need. Partnering with the city of Seneca, Christmas with a Hero will undertake its annual new toy and clothing drive starting Thursday, November 21. Between then and Saturday, December 14, you can […]