Category: News

Two Oconee County women missing since last winter remain a concern of law enforcement, as well as to their loved ones. Pamela Faith Roach and Laura Ann Anders were reported missing the first week in February. Today Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said, “Our investigators continue to follow up on leads on a daily basis. We are concerned that no cell phone […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office is announcing three available spots for families to register their loved ones with Project Life saver. The program is designed for those with a tendency to wander. Participants are given tracking bracelets to be worn at all times, so that in the event they get lost and require rescue, they can be found by paramedics and law […]

Pickens County detectives have charged two children in the incident Wednesday involving a school bus in Six Mile. The children are 11 and 15 years old. The two were identified  after interviewing Bridwell Road neighbors. Information collected corroborates that the bus window was damaged after being shot by an air gun that uses compressed air cartridges as the propellant for […]

In spite of damage from a December snowfall and the effects of wicked rain storms, the hiking trail that connects the Table Rock and Oconee state parks is primed for a new season of hikers. Heyward Douglass of the Foothills Trail Conference and other volunteers were engaged as late as this week in maintenance. The size of some of the […]

Clemson commencement ceremonies continue today at Littlejohn Coliseum. The 9:30 a.m. ceremony will recognize graduates in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences and College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences and the 2:30 p.m. ceremony will be for students in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities and College of Science.

Family and friends of the late Jackye Murphy gathered last weekend at Tri-County Technical College to honor the life of a loved one and to celebrate the endowment of a new scholarship that honors her life’s mission. Murphy, who was a Hartwell, Georgia resident and an Early Care and Education instructor at the College, lost her battle with cancer in […]

Students at the latest school shootings in the U-S could be heard to chant: “Mental health, mental health….” Those shootings occurred Tuesday at a Colorado school. The Walhalla area member of Oconee School Board, Joe Rukat, has been vocal in questioning and pressing the local district to hire more mental health counselors. Through cooperation from the state’s regional mental health […]

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 […]