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The police in Seneca say a construction worker has been charged with burglary and grand larceny at a work site on W. Quincy Road. The crimes were reported Wednesday last week after the homeowner returned after having taken a friend to a Columbia doctor’s appointment. Law enforcement authorities today listed the arrest and grand larceny charges against Westminster area resident […]

Oconee School District identified property last winter as its first choice for a new Seneca middle school. But there are obstacles in the way of a property buy involving multiple owners. That has district officials considering other properties, in the event property on Wells Highway at Garrison Road proves unsuitable to the DOT conditions for entrance ways. Still, according to […]

The name of a rural Oconee County policeman from the early 20th century has been added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, according to an announcement this morning by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. It’s the name of William Henry Talley, a rural county policeman, who died in 1928 one day after trying to quell a church service disruption. […]

A car driver received an early morning trip to the hospital after his car left highway 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard near Seneca and struck a tree.  Seneca Fire Department reported the accident at 1:30 this morning in the vicinity of Strickland Marine.

If you like quiet, you’d like Fair Play. Even though the Oconee-Anderson community has an interstate running through it, life in the farm community is often quiet. Not so quiet Saturday. Businesswoman Hope Parker staged the Fair-Town Times annual yard sale in front of her home on the E. Fair Play Boulevard. The event featured a lot of what’s typical […]

A question that’s likely to be addressed when Walhalla city fathers gather tomorrow evening is whether political signs on city property are legal until two weeks before an election. At the least, another question raised over social media during the weekend is whether roadside signs are something Walhalla wants visitors to Oktoberfest to see three weekends from now. Several candidate […]

Plans are coming together for an event to showcase the nine men and one woman who aspire for Walhalla public office in the November 5 election.  The four mayoral candidates and the six candidates for three city council seats have been sent invitations by the Partners for Progress to appear at the Walhalla Depot from 6:30 to 8:30 Tuesday night, […]

The 47-year old woman killed in Saturday night’s rollover accident on highway 76 near Westminster has been identified as Crystal Gail Holbrooks. The driver of the SUV, Jason Scott Holbrooks, was flown by a medical helicopter to Greenville. The highway patrol reported the accident occurred around 7 Saturday night on US 76 near the Cobb Bridge Road when the 2001 […]

A 47-year old female front seat passenger died around 7 pm Saturday when the vehicle she was riding in, flipped on Highway 76, two miles from Westminster. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis, hopes to release her name on Sunday. According to the SCHP, the 39-year old SUV driver, Jason Scott Holbrooks, was also ejected and was flown by helicopter to […]

A Walhalla area woods fire yesterday afternoon spread to burn one structure and threaten others, according to Walhalla Fire Department.  The fire scene was Remus Drive near the Rock Crusher Road.  Chief Brandon Burton urges the public to be careful as we have entered drought stages and this fall’s fire season could be difficult.