Category: News

Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has finished its investigation into the deaths of two children and their mother after their bodies were found in a parked Jeep at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway.  The July 13 incident was the tragic end of events that started hours earlier with the investigation of the death of a second woman who was found in a Greenville […]

The late night storm took down trees in both the Walhalla and Long Creek areas.  Earlier last evening Walhalla fire fighters discovered a car fire on S. Lovingood Avenue.

Seneca City Administrator Greg Dietterick wants city leaders to put on their thinking caps to come up with replacements for a pair of city servants who are departing.  Dietterick last night announced the resignation of Tony Williams as a representative to the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority.  The city council also faces filling a chair on its planning commission with […]

“Sustainable construction methods” associated with the two-year old renovations at the Seneca Water Treatment Plant have garnered the city an award and a glowing trade publication article.  That article was read aloud last night by Greg Dietterick, city administrator, during a city council meeting.  Seneca was awarded an “Envision Silver” award–the third such award received by a water plant.  The […]

“It is with regret to announce the sudden death of West Union Police Chief Charles Sanders.”  That is the statement last night from Coroner Karl Addis on the death of Sanders, 47 years old.  Addis says Sanders suffered cardiac arrest yesterday afternoon after arriving home from work.  He was pronounced dead at 5:51 pm at the hospital.  About 30 minutes […]

Three Oconee County projects have been included on a South Carolina DOT list of proposed re-surfacing projects in the 2018 Non-Federal Aid Pavement Program.  They are 0.46 miles of Freedom Drive; 1.36 miles of Old Station Road; and 3.04 miles of the Old Walhalla Highway.  State transportation money in the amount of $78 million is available for 319 miles of […]

Duke Energy has confirmed a power outage this morning grips the Town of Central in Pickens County and the campus of Southern Wesleyan University.  The fall of a tree on campus that took out a circuit is believed to have been the culprit.  About 500 Duke customers are affected.  A Duke spokesman says crews must replace three broken poles. Estimated […]

A Mexico City man has been identified as the fatality in last week’s pedestrian-train accident in Clemson.  Gary Duncan, deputy coroner in Pickens County, says the victim was Garcia-Cabrera Crisoforo. He was 33 years old.  According to Duncan, Crisoforo was sitting on the track and tried to get off.  The death occurred late at night July 20.  The case is […]

The Oconee County Attorney, David Root, wants more time to consider an issue involving an existing communications tower.  That was the explanation given last night for postponing for a second time Clemson Epoch’s application to vary from minimum setback rules as they apply to an existing communications tower and how it might impact the planned multi-student housing project.  According to […]

Seneca City Council’s July work session takes place at 6 this evening at City Hall.  On the agenda are CATbus contracts and appointments.  The public is invited.