Red Cross workers deploy to disasters

American Red Cross volunteers from South Carolina are responding to two massive disasters in the East and West, helping people who have lost everything to the raging wildfires in California and the devastating flooding in West Virginia. Sixteen volunteers are deployed outside of South Carolina, including three who are still assisting in Texas from the Memorial Day Weekend flooding. “Our […]

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“Oh, it’s nice–nice and cool”

  In spite of 90-degree temperatures, the water in an in-ground swimming pool in Westminster felt just fine on Saturday—whether you were an adult or a child.  Saturday marked the opening of the city’s municipal swimming pool.  And Mayor Brian Ramey is hopeful that the crowd that took advantage of a free day of swimming and free hot dogs will […]

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Water respite from the heat!

There’s free swimming this afternoon, courtesy of Westminster.  The city has set aside today as the grand opening of the municipal pool.  The pool is located off Lucky Street.  From 5 to 8 this eveing there will be hot dogs and snow cones.  All Westminster residnets are urged to turn out to celebrate and support their pool.

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Walhalla/Westminster Pass City Budgets

The city councils of both Westminster and Walhalla gave final approval to the cities’s 2016-2017 budgets this week, with neither city’s spending plan including a tax increase. Westminster residents, however, will have an opportunity under the city’s 2016-2017 budget to cut their electric power rate by 5 percent. The Walhalla city budget for general operations includes neither a tax hike nor an […]

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Police say woman stole IDs of local residents

An Upstate woman stole the identities of numerous Oconee County residents, and others in South Carolina, according to police. Seneca police went to the Bank of America on May 26 to investigate a forged personal check given to a teller. They were able to make contact with Christie Smith, alias Christie Leann Manley. Police say Manley had, on her person, credit […]

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SALEM MAN AND WOMAN CHARGED IN WALMART SHOPLIFTING AND FRAUDULENT RETURN CASE

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Salem man and woman in relation to a recent shoplifting and a fraudulent return case at the Walmart in Seneca. On Tuesday, deputies booked 44-year-old Jerry Leon Gambrell, Jr. and 25-year-old Jessie Lynn McClellan into the Oconee County Detention Center. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release seeking […]

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Council Passes County Operation Budget

The Oconee County Council on Tuesday by a vote of 3-2 passed, on its third reading, the 2016-2017 county operations budget without the 1.5 mill hike in the property tax rate that had passed a previous vote. Council members Joel Thrift and Reg Dexter cast the dissenting votes. The $44.3 million operations budget will go into effect July 1. Before the final vote, […]

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Police seek public help in Walmart larceny

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for you help regarding a recent Seneca area Walmart larceny case and in identifying a male (pictured left) in relation to that case. Police spoke with an employee of the Sandifer Boulevard store on June 15th in regard to the theft of money. According to the employee, a Hispanic male went to a checkout line with […]

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