Category: News

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office confirmed the arrest this afternoon of a student accused of threatening a “Columbine style shooting” at West-Oak High School.  Amy McKenzie Faust, 18-year old Seneca resident, was arrested yesterday on the charge of disturbing school March 28.  An affidavit to an arrest warrant, signed by Magistrate Blake Norton, reads, “The defendant did on 3-28-17 willfully and […]

A vote this week by the Oconee school board made official a partnership between the public schools and the organization that is raising money to build the county’s first YMCA.  The board approved a $3 million commitment, to be payable over a 20-year period.  Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, explained the district’s interest is to have access to an indoor swimming […]

Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw will auction to the highest bidder drug seized vehicles and equipment.  The auction Saturday, April 29 will take place at the county Vehicle Maintenance Facility on Wells Highway, Seneca from 9am until all everything is sold. The vehicles and equipment were seized by the Sheriff’s Office during drug investigations.  All vehicles and equipment have been searched to […]

Four applicants to become the next Walhalla city administrator are to be interviewed today by Mayor Edwards and other city officials.  The mayor and council have the responsibility to choose the next administrator.  Long-time administrator Nancy Goehle’s retirement takes effect at the end of next week.

In advance of “The Great Oconee Cleanup,” first graders in Westminster are raising awareness about the problem of litter, with the hope that everyone will do their part to keep the county’s roadsides clean.  Students from Mrs. Nelson’s 1st grade class at Orchard Park Elementary School performed four skits at the start of last night’s city council meeting.    

More than 1,100 Duke Energy customers in Walhalla will be asked next month to participate in a voluntary energy saver program designed to conserve energy and lower the electric power bills of Walhallans.  The program will be available at no cost to Duke’s Walhalla customers.  Crews of Duke representatives will fan out across the city’s service territory and target homes […]

Oconee County will welcome a developer and his plans to build a housing development designed for college students at the eastern end of the county near the Clemson campus.  County Council approved on first reading an ordinance and passed a resolution last night for a fee-in-place-of tax agreement and special source credits for the developer who has yet to be […]

The creation of a pair of zoning districts designed to protect farm land failed during last night’s meeting of the Oconee County Council.  Edda Cammick, the chairwoman, joined the side of Glenn Hart and Wayne McCall to make for a one-vote margin.  In the 3 to 2 vote, Paul Cain and Julian Davis voted in favor.  The agriculture zoning districts […]

Clemson holds a symposium on deadly drugs in South Carolina at 5:30 today in the Hendrix Center’s McKissick Theatre. “Deadly Drugs in the Palmetto State: Opiates—an Epidemic?” will explore the effects of opiate drugs and what campuses and communities can do to respond. Faculty and student speakers will join health care professionals and recovery therapists to address the rising death toll in […]

Oconee deputies have now been equipped with a drug that can help counter-act someone who has overdosed on opioids.  The deputies trained April 7 how to administer Narcan.  The medication was provided at no cost to the Oconee County taxpayer.  Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says, “The distribution of Narcan to our deputies will not totally reverse the effect of […]