Category: News

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 […]

A Westminster woman is accused of committing a crime against a federally chartered financial institution in Seneca. An arrest warrant announced by the Seneca police alleges Marletha Carleta Crista Baker is accused of intent to defraud the Oconee Federal Savings and Loan by cashing three checks that she knew to be fraudulently obtained and received $14,900 dollars between April 25 […]

The Walhalla police chief says he can’t blame a policeman for leaving for better pay. That’s what happened with Juan Hernandez who left the Walhalla department this week for a better paying job down the road in Seneca. Because the city paid the costs for Hernandez to take a 12-week, required course at the state police academy, Walhalla will be […]

There’s something new in the contract of Oconee County’s new administrator. After a closed-door session, the council added a clause to Amanda Brock’s contract that will subject her to penalties in the event she is fired for “whistleblower activities as discussed.” One definition of a whistleblower is a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit […]

Seneca and Westminster were waiting last night on Walhalla….and Walhalla gave its two fellow members of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority an answer. That answer came in a three-part motion authored by Councilman David Underwood. The councilman’s motion, which received a unanimous city council vote, calls on the JRSA to take the millions of dollars designated to be returned directly […]

In spite of a search that mobilized early yesterday afternoon, a Foothills Trail hiker in Oconee County remains missing. County Emergency Services says crews will resume their search this morning—this time to be augmented by teams from Anderson and Pickens counties and Haywood and Buncombe counties in North Carolina. Yesterday searchers from Oconee and Jackson and Translyvania counties in North […]

The manager of Pioneer Rural Water told his board this afternoon he has three “takeaways” from the new budget that is being developed for a new year of water district operations. Terry Pruitt’s first takeaway is there should be enough income realized to grant pay raises to the employees at the Oakway-based operation. Pruitt says, in year one of Pioneer’s […]

This statement this morning from Clemson:  “The City of Clemson website is currently down due to a hardware issue with the website host. The host is aware of the issue and has been working to fix it. We hope the site will be back up sometime today.”