Category: News

  The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations that June 19 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans in Oconee County, South Carolina as a result of the drought that began on Oct. 18, 2016. “This county is eligible because it is […]

It has been months in the making!  At 10 o’clock Monday morning, a ribbon will be cut to symbolize the opening of the Walhalla senior citizens center, a service of Senior Solutions of Oconee and Anderson counties.  The facility is using part of the former Walhalla Middle School on Razorback Lane.  Doug Wright, executive director, said exercise equipment is offered […]

  Items stolen in 2011 in Oconee County have been retrieved from two South Carolina counties, and the Oconee Sheriff’s Office arrested a Rock Hill man yesterday who is allegedly responsible.  The Sheriff’s Office today announced larceny charges against James Henry Richardson.  Investigators have been looking for Richardson for years.  The 38-year old Richardson was transported from the Chester County […]

An internet site entered by an Oconee County resident offered women looking for men.  That resident wound up sending thousands of dollars in what the Oconee Sheriff’s Office considers a scam.  The Oconeean sent a text to the site, only to receive one back accusing him of texting a minor female.  He later got another text from someone who claimed […]

Shooting enthusiasts may get re-united soon with their Cedar Creek rifle range in Oconee County.  According to the U-S Forest Service, Cedar Creek at Mountain Rest, closed for maintenance work since February, may be ready to re-open to the public in two weeks.

Tomorrow is graduation day for the seniors at Oconee County’s three high schools.  After an absence, the Oconee School District returns to Clemson’s Littlejohn Coliseum to stage the ceremonies.  They will be separate ceremonies tomorrow for the classes of Seneca, Walhalla, and West-Oak seniors.    

Two candidates next year for the South Carolina Third District seat in the U-S House are far apart in their views of President Trump’s decision to pull the country out of the global climate accord.  Republican Jeff Duncan, the incumbent, says, “The Paris Agreement would have been disastrous for the American economy, costing billions of dollars in economic losses and millions […]

Fire last night damaged the kitchen in a home on s. highway 11 near Parkway Campers. Rural Fire Control called it a stove fire.  Everyone inside the home got out without injury.    

  Over 40 years, Westminster’s population has varied only a little.  Census numbers show 2,539 Westminster residents during 2014, not much different than the number of city residents in 1970.  But the city now has a 104-page comprehensive plan adopted last night by the planning commission and recommended to the city council.  During a public hearing a staff member of […]

A small car was left wedged against a utility pole in Westminster.  Last evening’s accident occurred on SC 24/the West-Oak Highway, between Wood Street and the E. Main Street traffic lights.