Category: News

The real estate closing is in the books for Seneca’s purchase of 106 N. Walnut building and property.  Realtor John Adams says the $200 thousand deal involving the building and parking lot for the former Hometown Food Store closed yesterday. “Like anything this will probably be a longer term transition, but I think it’s a positive move certainly to improve […]

In the last full month of summer, no change was detected in Oconee County’s unemployment rate.  The 5.5% August jobless rate reported by the state represented no change from July.  In percentage comparisons, fewer Oconeeans are in the unemployment line than Pickens (5.6%,) but more than Anderson (5.2%.)  Both the state and the country, however, recorded lower jobless percentages.  The […]

A Columbia man remained in the Oconee jail over the weekend, having been charged in a case of shoplifting at the Wal-Mart three years ago.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office located Ontorio Cortez Waymyers (right) in a Myrtle Beach jail. He stands accused of taking 18 iPhones, worth nearly $11 thousand dollars, from the Seneca Wal-Mart. According to investigators, Waymyers spoke […]

A workshop meeting next month will give the public a chance to answer the question, “If you had to start from scratch, where and how would you provide bus service to meet the needs of today and the future?”  The question will be posed during the workshop 4 to 7 pm Tuesday, October 4 at the CATbus administration office, 200 […]

At 6 o’clock yesterday morning, the three reservoirs operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the upper Savannah River entered Drought Level 2 when the level of the J. Strom Thurmond Lake dipped to 323.97 feet above mean sea level (ft-msl). When one of the reservoirs enters a drought level the other two also enter that drought level. […]

Tri-County Technical College invites the public to the campus this month for a chance to meet the candidates who are running for the State House from Tri-County’s service area.  Wednesday, September 28 event will be a “Pizza & Politics” forum from 1:20 until 2:15 pm in the Marshall Parker Auditorium at Tech’s Pendleton campus.  So far, the incumbents and challengers […]

Earles Grove resident Larry Dickson has seen wreckage from some of the worst car accidents in recent years in southern parts of Oconee County.  The damage he saw yesterday to a convertible car on SC 24 at Tokeena/Crossroads left him without words to describe.  That 2 o’clock hour accident, in the vicinity of Jim’s Auto Service, sent two people to […]

An autopsy takes place today to assist in the investigation of the death of Steven Moore, 52-year old Walhalla resident found dead yesterday morning at his Highlands Highway home.  According to Coroner Karl Addis, it’s presumed Moore died on Friday.  He was discovered yesterday by a neighbor who made a welfare check. Addis says an external exam at the scene […]

Local law enforcement members and their families are invited to the athletic grounds of Walhalla High School this weekend for an event, sponsored by the Beaverdam Baptist Association. The Rev. Michael Welch says this is an event to say thank you to those who wear the blue and serve to protect. The appreciation event will be held 4 to 7 […]