Category: News

Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw will auction to the highest bidder drug-seized vehicles and equipment on Saturday May 18th. Prior to this auction, the county of Oconee will auction surplus property. The auction will take place at the Oconee County Vehicle Maintenance Facility, which is located at 15026 Wells Highway in Seneca. The surplus property auction will begin at 9am […]

This is National Travel and Tourism Week, and tomorrow there will be an event at the South Carolina Welcome Center on I-85 in Oconee County.  This is the 36th year to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of the travel industry.  This year’s theme is “Travel Matters,”–a recognition of the ways in which travel enriches lives and strengthens communities.

Someone likely fired a BB or pellet gun into a moving school bus yesterday afternoon in Six Mile. No one reported hurt, but the bus carried 21 students. Students heard window glass break, and the driver stopped the bus to allow the students to be transferred to another bus, as the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office started an investigation. At the […]

A male yellow lab is in line to be the new explosives and tracking canine for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. Trouble is that this lab needs a name. The Sheriff’s Office is sponsoring a contest open to all elementary students in grades K-5 in Oconee County. Homeschooled and privately-educated elementary age children are also eligible to participate. The contest is […]

A car reported stolen Monday in Anderson County was traced to Seneca, where the city police arrested Brianna Marie Fansler. The police say they acted on a tip and found a 2017 Honda Accord in a Maple Avenue driveway parked in plain view. A check with NCIC—the National Crime Information Center—indicated the Honda was a stolen car. Officers say they […]

In recent years, “FOLKS”—Friends of Lake Keowee—has documented bacterial contamination threats from feeder streams into Lake Keowee, but they report good news when it comes to public and private beaches and swimming areas. That bodes well for another season of fun in the sun. The latest samplings, from the year 2015, measured and reported water quality at selected swimming spots, […]

A hiker missing since yesterday on the Foothills Trail has been found and re-united with his family.  Charlie King of Oconee Emergency Services says the hiker, who became separated from his companion, was found around 1:30 this afternoon.  He is OK.  He was located on the trail south of the fish hatchery.

The police in Seneca went to an East North First Street address during the night to investigate a report of a home invasion and assault. But an occupant of that home wound up arrested. The police announced the arrest of Elnora Odessa Wright on the charge of filing a false police report. A warrant issued by the municipal court alleges […]

A lengthy section of U-S 123, from Seneca to Westminster, is in line for nearly six and a half miles of re-paving. From Richland Road thru the city of Westminster to the area of the highway 76 intersection, this will be one of the largest highway projects this summer in Oconee County. According to the DOT’s Alan Adams, the prime […]

The new Walhalla police chief, Sean Brinson, invites the public to meet and hear him explain his department’s goal in establishing a closer relationship with the community the police department services. The community meeting will take place at 6 o’clock Thursday night, May 16 in the Durham Hall event center on Main Street. Brinson told the mayor and council last […]