Category: News

The still new, expanded Oconee jail in Walhalla is home to a total of 182 inmates. Eight of those individuals sit in the jail, charged with murder and await court disposition of their cases.

A maker of engine cooling systems for trucks has chosen Oconee County for its fourth location. The announcement was made this morning at a meeting of the board of the county Economic Alliance. Janet Hartman, the interim director of the alliance, said a second reading of an ordinance facilitating the Midwest company’s expansion into Oconee County is before county council […]

Two people are in the custody of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office after a stabbing victim was discovered Wednesday night at the front of the Seneca Lowe’s Store at the BiLo Plaza. The Sheriff’s Office identified the arrested as Timothy Dale Glauner, 50, and Terry L. Quinn, 52. Quinn is charged with attempted murder; Glauner is charged with attempted murder, public […]

United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon has announced that a 37-year old Seneca woman, Tabitha A. Hammond, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty to possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. United States District Judge Donald C. Coggins of Spartanburg ordered a sentence of Hammond amounting to 18 years in federal prison. The U-S Attorney’s Office gave this […]

A prosecutor is non-committal on whether the circuit solicitor’s office will seek the death penalty against two Oconee County men who are being held on charges that they murdered an elderly woman last week at a Seneca home. When asked yesterday if the prosecution will pursue a death penalty, deputy solicitor Lindsey Simmons said, “The investigation is ongoing, so I […]

A candlelight prayer has been announced for a Walhalla area woman missing since February 5. Those who’ve thought about and prayed for Faith Roach are invited to the Old St. John’s Meeting House at 7 o’clock tomorrow night. Candles will be provided if you can’t bring your own. Roach has been described as a daughter, mother, and friend by those […]

Westminster doesn’t have the money needed to replace the water line that was a casualty of the recent washout on US 123/the Westminster-Toccoa Highway, according to Mayor Brian Ramey. The mayor says his city has an estimate of $250 thousand which, according to Ramey, Westminster just doesn’t have. It’s believed today is pre-construction conference day for the various parties involved […]

Stephen Sperry has succeeded Paulette Keffas-Chassin as chairperson of the Oconee Democratic Party. The change came after Keffas-Chassin resigned in December to move out of Oconee County. Her new home is a Charlotte, North Carolina suburb.

The Oconee Probate Court became a player in the long-running legal dispute between the city of Seneca and the estate of the Rev. E. Haynes. The two parties have been at odds over the last several years over the Haynes family-owned building on N. 1st Street across from City Hall. In September last year, Probate Judge Kenny Johns issued an […]

The founder of a manufacturer near West Union says, thanks to new orders from the federal government, his manufacturing business will expand. For HeliBasket on n. highway 11, West Union, John Tollenaere says two new contracts will allow his business to add four or five new workers. Tollenaere, a pilot and ex-army mechanic, runs a company that makes products for […]