Category: News

A guilty plea in Anderson has resulted in a 30-year prison term for a man who admitted guilt in the death of a Pendleton man in 2017. Judge Sprouse ordered the prison sentence be served by Ahmad Neely, who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, criminal conspiracy, and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. An account […]

Democrats won a House vote yesterday to advance their Save the Interact Act, but Republicans vow to kill the legislation when it arrives in the Senate. The House vote was 232-190 in favor of restoring rules from the Obama era that forbade internet service providers from blocking access to the internet. In opposition was South Carolina 3rd District Rep. Jeff […]

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help to find a stolen white, enclosed 16 foot utility trailer and identifying the vehicle of interest; a 2002-2006 burgundy Cadillac Escalade. The utility trailer was stolen around 4 o’clock this morning at 420 Sitton Shoals Road near Seneca. If you or anyone you know saw any suspicious vehicles or persons in the […]

Have you seen the mobile health clinic make its way into Oconee County of late? A county councilman says those opportunities are dwindling—the result of a cutback in state funds. District Two’s Wayne McCall says budget cuts on the state level have led Clemson University’s Joseph Sullivan Center to cut back from four to two days a month the days […]

Fifth graders from the Walhalla Elementary School are enjoying a class trip to Washington, D-C–the nation’s capital.  The students left Monday morning and are scheduled to return tomorrow evening.  Amanda Brock, the newly-appointed Oconee County administrator, is serving as a trip chaperone.

Oconeeans can have influence in what goes into the new comprehensive plan for the county.  The first in a series of community meetings takes place from 4 to 6 this evening in the chambers of the County Council in Walhalla.  This is an attempt by the county planning commission to reach out to the general public.

To the chagrin of upstate South Carolina TV stations, the FCC will allow two northeast Georgia counties entry into the Atlanta designated market area, which means that TV viewers in both Elbert and Stephens counties can watch news and other shows programmed by Atlanta stations. Hart and Franklin counties earlier were approved for the Atlanta market area. The change would […]

Thanks to the proximity of Clemson University, there’s a good supply of brain talent in Oconee County, but Paul Cain says the problem is Oconee will lose those smart minds unless the county becomes more conducive to a younger generation. Cain took time last night to push for support of a $1.5 million request in the new county budget to […]

A home near 123 between Seneca and Clemson was searched for a second time in nine months yesterday, and the searched produced two arrests. The Oconee Sheriff’s Office reports Brookwood Drive resident Candace Michelle McMahan was charged with possession of a schedule III controlled substance, possession with intent to distribute heroin, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. A second […]

When you factor in what it costs for salaries and employee insurance costs, there’s relatively little left to pay the remainder of the bills for operating Oconee County public schools. Last night Gloria Moore, the district finance director, reminded the County Council that personnel costs eat up nearly 90% of the budget. Moore presented bottom line numbers for the council […]