Category: News

Museum professionals from across South Carolina convene next week in Oconee County for their annual conference, and the Oconee Heritage Center’s Jennifer Moss says these museum workers will experience Oconee as never before. The theme of the conference is “Small Museums…Large Impact.” And Moss says, “For a small county, Oconee County has many quality museums and important historic sites that […]

A circuit judge agreed yesterday to lower the bond for a Seneca woman charged with reckless vehicular homicide in the death this winter of her husband in Seneca. Judge Scott Sprouse reduced from $100 thousand to $75 thousand the bail bond for Taylor Louise Bright. She was arrested by the Seneca police after the death of her husband, John Taylor […]

Two Bi-Lo stores in Seneca and Clemson are on the list to be closed as Bi-Lo’s parent company confirms it will seek protection under the bankruptcy protection law. On the closing list are the Bi-Los on the Rochester Highway, Seneca and the Old Greenville Highway, Clemson.

A late night tragedy in Oconee County. A car hit a tree on the Old Station Road and burst into flames. According to Rural Fire dispatch, the driver was the lone occupant of the car and suffered extensive injuries. He was sent to a Greenville hospital. The accident was reported shortly before 10:15 inside the service district of the Keowee-Ebenezer […]

A woman from the Pickens County town of Central has been arrested on the charge of failing to report child abuse or neglect while working as a guidance counselor at the Oconee School District’s Fair-Oak Elementary School. The arrest of Amy Maria Millspaugh was made by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. Officer Tim Rice signed an arrest warrant alleging that “…on […]

The Seneca voting results from Tuesday are now official, by action of the county elections board. Four challenged ballots were added to the totals during a certification meeting today of the board, chaired by Flo Riley. But those additions made no change in the order of finish announced on Tuesday night. Meaning W-C Honeycutt Jr. is the official winner of […]

A former Seneca church worker has been sent to prison for two years and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $27 thousand dollars. An Oconee jury found Stan Dimitroff guilty of breach of trust with fraudulent intent, a case in which the church the Life Changing Ministries lost money that was intended to help pay the bills of […]

This is the morning for the men and women who make up the Oconee Registration and Elections Commission to evaluate as many as five challenged ballots from the voting in Tuesday—before those commissioners certify the results. Meantime, city of Seneca has announced the swearing-in of the four city council winners will take place at 6 o’clock Tuesday night at City […]

There’s an explanation for some of the activity seen in and around an old Walhalla building that is to meet its fate with a wrecking ball. JKATT LLC, according to Jared Ketterman, is nearly finished with asbestos removal from the Arthur Brown Square building and hopes to start the demolition process as earlier as next week.

Oconee County has a 21st century courthouse. But apparently there’s no heat in the building. Rlief may be on the way. County Council next week will consider spending nearly $364 thousand dollars to replace the chiller, the boiler, and the controls. The council agenda item reads: “The Oconee County Courthouse’s chiller unit was installed when the building was constructed in […]