Category: News

Oconee’s Fair-Oak Elementary School will show off its major additions and improvements during an open house event next week at the school which sits near the far southern end of the county.  The school is celebrating “Love for Literacy” and invites the public for tours of the building during the day Thursday, February 16 until 5 o’clock.  An $8 million […]

According to a court officer, there has been agreement to a confidential settlement of a lawsuit in the case of a dentist against the Oconee hospital and two of its officials.  The lawsuit was filed in 2015 for Dr. Robert Strum against Greenville Hospital System, as successor to Oconee Medical Center; Heather Goss; and Jeanne Ward.  Strum directed the hospital […]

Chief Mark Keel of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division keynoted the annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner sponsored last night by Seneca American Legion Post 120.  The legion’s Carlton Patterson credited State Senator Thomas Alexander with making arrangements for Keel to speak to a crowd of 125 people that included several high school law enforcement cadets.  Keel delivered an upbeat […]

Judge Scott Sprouse declared the Oconee General Sessions Court in recess after calling a halt to a proceeding in which a man attempting to plead guilty admitted that he was under the influence of crack cocaine.  The admission by Reginald Bernard Smith came under routine questioning after Smith told Sprouse he wanted to plead guilty to charges of resisting arrest […]

The Tenth Circuit’s incoming Public Defender got her first look yesterday at the Oconee County Courthouse.  Jennifer Johnson was escorted on her visit by Deputy Public Defender Danny Day.

A circuit judge from York and Union counties will decide the damages that a Seneca woman receives to compensate for the loss of her adopted daughter in a double-fatality accident more than four years ago in Oconee County.  Sixteenth Circuit Judge John Hayes was told today the 2012 accident on highway 24 involved a pickup truck driven by Johnny Alvin […]

A man who was judged not guilty by reason of insanity in an Oconee County homicide case is bidding for release from the custody of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health.  Jason Mark Carter appeared today in an Oconee courtroom as his attorney argued that doctors now say his client no longer requires Department of Mental Health treatment.  Carter […]

Two parties are no longer defendants in a lawsuit alleging that a Walhalla High soccer player was the victim of an initiation ritual.  Judge John Hayes today approved the request of an attorney for the boy’s parents to settle their case against the Oconee School District and one other defendant.  The total settlement amount is $75 thousand—of which the school […]

Walhalla Fire Department responded to the Oconee Detention Center when the sprinklers activated yesterday morning.  According to the fire department, the jail was placed on a temporary lockdown.

The Clemson University board of trustees approved an extension of President James P. Clements’ contract through Feb. 2, 2022. The original contract for Clements was set to expire at the end of 2018. According to the university, the financial terms of the contract have not changed. Clements currently draws an annual salary of $801,330.  The state of South Carolina pays […]