Category: News

The Red Cross lent assistance to an adult and a child as the result of a weekend fire near Seneca.  Oconee Fire Chief Charlie King said the fire was reported at 2 o’clock Saturday morning underneath a mobile home on the Harbin Lane near the Shiloh Road, inside the Corinth-Shiloh district.  According to King, smoke damage and the need to […]

The record keeping of Walhalla’s Wilson and Brandt families which date back to the First World War period show that 2016 was the driest.  Somewhat oddly just three years prior, 2013 was the wettest.  Official Observer Barbara Wilson is hopeful that in 2017 the drought will be no more.  And the first three days of the New Year make for […]

A South Carolina group against gun violence invites churches across the state to take part this month in the second “Stand Up” event for those of all faiths to memorialize the victims of gun violence.  Scheduled for the weekend of January 28-29 the event will honor those who died in the Emanuel AME tragedy in Charleston and the death of […]

Six and a half hours into the year came Oconee Memorial Hospital’s first newborn of 2017.  Jaxson Looper arrived at 6:31 a.m. New Year’s Day.  He was pictured with his mom, Bethany Looper, and Elisha Jackson.

  A total of 90 years in the Oconee County legal profession came to an end Saturday night in Walhalla, as an attorney and his paralegal said farewell to their many friends, clients, and colleagues.  Julian Stoudemire is retiring after 50 years as an attorney in Oconee County.  His paralegal, Gloria Prater, is also stepping down after having worked for […]

Friday’s motor vehicle-pedestrian accident in Seneca claimed the life of a 27 year-old Beaufort County woman, a former Seneca resident.  Oconee Coroner Karl Addis said Toni Smith Marcello died Friday afternoon at Greenville Memorial Hospital.  She died of multiple blunt force traumatic injuries sustained after being struck by a car in Seneca.  Addis said the incident occurred at approximately 1:40 pm […]

A woman was hurt this afternoon in a pedestrian accident in Seneca.  Police Major Jeremy Rothell says the accident occurred on E-N 1st Street in front of the Crystal Clear Car Wash, across from the Hampton Inn and Suites.  The woman was being taken to a hospital.  According to Rothell, a sanitation truck was involved in the accident and the […]

Late word from the Oconee Sheriff’s Office:  “The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has received word that 37 year old William James Wood of Fair Play, who was wanted on a charge of Strong Arm Robbery in connection with the Wednesday evening incident at the Bountyland Quik Stop location near Fair Play on south Highway 11, was taken into custody today […]

The Landfill and Manned Recycle Centers in Oconee are open today and tomorrow during regular hours, but will be closed Monday for the New Year’s holiday. Office manager Amy Woody says everything will be back to regular schedule on Tuesday.    

At the end of February this year came the sad realization in Oconee County that vacant industrial park property would not get its first tenant.  Michelin decided to build a distribution center in Spartanburg County, after a once-extended option at Oconee’s Golden Corner Commerce Park expired. This story is part of the Year in Review, to be presented three times […]