Category: News

A Townville man has been arrested in the Sheriff’s Office investigation of an attempt to steal a bicycle. The Sheriff’s Office released a warrant which charges Tristan Michael Young with assault and battery second degree. A warrant, signed by officer Clay Sheriff, alleges 21-year old Young pulled a folding pocket knife yesterday afternoon and approached the victim in a menacing […]

City of Clemson announces the elevator at the Keith Street parking deck has been repaired and is now properly working.

An Oconee church and a local organization that works to lift people up are coming together this month for an event that will stress fun and fellowship.  Megan Luzzi, member of the Harvest Church on the Critter Road, says  September 29 will also serve as a day to further introduce her one-year old church to the community.  From 11 to […]

If you are not bothered by the prospect of mingling with 80 thousand football fans Saturday afternoon in Clemson, you probably won’t be bothered a parade through the campus streets the night before. Each year on what’s considered “First Friday” the Clemson community comes together with a parade that features community groups, university employees, sororities, and other student groups. This […]

Long time chamber of commerce leader Vanessa Penton will leave her post at the end of November, according to Nathan Farrar, chairman of the board of the Oconee Chamber of Commerce.  Farrar says Penton is retiring and, as he put it, “She’s done a great job.  We will miss her.”  Three years ago, Penton became the first executive director of […]

By the numbers, Oconee County is one of the safer counties in the upstate, Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said Tuesday. Its crime rates in all areas are trending downward, Crenshaw said, and the current rates compare to Abbeville County, south of Anderson County, which has roughly one-third the population of Oconee County. “That’s something we can all be proud of,” Crenshaw […]

Another county-operated free health clinic would be expensive and duplicate already existing services County Council members argued Tuesday. A proposal to the Oconee County Council’s Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday by committee chairman District 2 Councilmember Wayne McCall that the county install a grant-funded free health clinic in the now empty county health department building […]

A committee of the Walhalla City Council will recommend the hiring of an additional full-time meter reader to help over-burdened staff churn out water bills quicker. And that, believes Mayor Danny Edwards, will help get bills into the hands of customers sooner before late penalties apply. But that’s not the entire solution, as explained during city’s utilities committee meeting. Scott […]

Could the waste in Oconee’s construction and demolition landfill be used to generate power, potentially producing a revenue stream and prolonging its landfill life? One Oconeean thinks so and the County Council is interested. Matt Durham, of Mountain Rest, floated the idea yesterday to the Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee, that much of the landfill’s waste intake […]

With the approach of Hurricane Dorian, the South Carolina Forestry Commission will issue a State Forester’s Burning Ban for all counties, effective at 7 o’clock this morning. A State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits all outdoor burning, including yard debris burning, campfires and burning for forestry, wildlife or agricultural purposes in unincorporated areas. While open-fire cooking is not included in the […]