Category: News

Work on Oconee County’s next shopping center–Hartwell Village near Clemson–also will mean major road work and other changes affecting traffic.  And the work, according to shopping center developer Casto, will start Monday and scheduled to be completed by March 2018.  Periodic road closures will take place Monday thru Friday between 9 am and 4 pm and otherwise as allowed by the […]

A 43-year old Walhalla man has been arrested and charged with what the Sheriff’s Office says are multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor third degree.  The Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Brian Douglas Feole and started the investigation with the Department of Homeland Security after Oconee Sgt. Tim Rice and other investigators went to Feole’s home on Peach Drive […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office announced today that a third person has been arrested and charged in a case that started in early September with the report of the theft of a motorcycle at Cooke Drive.  Tiffany Dawn Forshee, 23, was transferred from Pickens County jail to Oconee County jail and is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. Earlier the Sheriff’s Office […]

An assistant Walhalla High football coach has resigned his volunteer position, according to an announcement today by school district officials.  The former assistant, whose resignation was effective October 5, was not identified by name.  Dr. Michael Thorsland, district superintendent, said the school self-reported an incident to the South Carolina High School League that touches on paying players to perform.  According to Thorsland […]

At this hour, a disabled tractor-trail truck is blocking highway 107–the main road from Mountain Rest into North Carolina.  Word from the scene indicates the part of the vehicle has become detached.  The mishap scene is 107 near the Burrell’s Ford Road.

The 18-year old man found dead at an accident scene late last night near Seneca was Dalton Brice Evans of Fort Mill.  Coroner Karl Addis says Evans was attending Tri-County Technical College and was presumed to be the driver of a Chevy 1500 pickup that overturned on the Shiloh Road, east of Seneca near Clay Lane.  He was ejected from […]

The four men running for three Walhalla city council seats next month have been invited Monday night to speak on what they stand for.  The public is invited to the Depot at 6:30 pm to hear Lamar Bailes, Robbie Burrell, Dennis Owens, and Josh Roberts.  It’s a chamber of commerce-sponsored event.

Everyone is invited to an informal drop-in meeting this month to consider traffic changes in the College Avenue corridor in downtown Clemson.  The public input session will be 3 to 7 pm Monday, October 23 at the CAT bus office.  The city seeks feedback from the public on such ideas as prohibiting on-street parking, building a new parking deck, bicycle […]

It has been a difficult week for Walhalla’s Rachel and Morris Bible.  They’ve been unable to tend to their S. College Street upholstery business because of a roof collapse.  They have since found an alternate, nearby location to resume their business starting Monday.  Meantime, an accomplishment within their family serves as a diversion from the reality of the damage that […]

An 18-year old York County man died late last night at the scene of a traffic accident near Seneca.  Coroner Karl Addis said the name of the man will be released this morning once his family is located and notified.  Addis says the 18-year old was presumed to be the driver of a Chevy 1500 pickup truck that overturned.  He […]