Category: News

Two Pill Take Back Days are set for the final two Saturdays of April.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Office has scheduled the first for this Saturday from 10 am until 2 pm in the parking lot of Seneca High School on Wells Highway.  A second collection day takes place Saturday, April 30th from 10am until 2pm in Walhalla at the Law […]

An altercation between an Oconee inmate and correctional officers prompted a lockdown late yesterday afternoon of the entire jail population. The incident occurred in one of the male units housing 16 pre-sentenced inmates, but was de-escalated in about 30 minutes and all inmates were secure and back in their cells within a half hour.  By the 8 o’clock hour last […]

Two horseback riders injured last evening in a remote part of Oconee County were sent to the hospital after a search and rescue in which public safety responders applied special equipment.  Scott Krein of Oconee Emergency Services said the two persons were hurt when they were thrown by their horses who became spooked in the Earles Ford horse trail area […]

State troopers report a traffic fatality this morning in Pickens County.  The fatal accident occurred shortly before 2:15 on Gladiola Lane at Connelly Road.  No other details immediately available.

Prom season is here, and the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office urges parents to talk safety with their high school-age children.  This is the weekend for the Daniel and Liberty high school proms.  The “Community Action Team” of Sheriff Rick Clark will monitor the roads throughout Pickens County to deter and detect impaired drives on the Six Mile Highway/Twelve Mile Park […]

After a week in which what is said on social media is called into question, Westminster will consider a policy that is proper for city government.  Under new business, city council Tuesday will consider a social media policy.  The subject is one of five items proposed for an executive session, to follow council’s regular April meeting.  The council will meet […]

Congressman Jeff Duncan has announced a schedule of community office hours for constituents to get help in dealing with federal agencies.  The schedule will bring members of the Third District representative’s staff to Westminster from 9 to 11 a-m, Thursday, April 28 at the Westminster Depot on E. Main Street.  According to Duncan’s office, staff will be prepared during the […]

Troopers report SC 28 at Pineland Street in front of Tanglewood subdivision blocked this hour because of an accident.  And they say there are injuries.  Word to 101/7/WGOG NEWS from the scene the accident involved  an SUV and a pickup truck.  One vehicle may have been pulling a trailer.

Three grant opportunities have been identified by the point man for the potential to expand bus service from Seneca into other parts of Oconee County—including the municipalities of Walhalla and Westminster.  Seneca’s Ed Halbig addressed a meeting this afternoon to encourage a letter-writing campaign among bus service supporters.  Those letters would be part of an application, due next month, to […]

The interim suspension from office that applies to Kenny Johns, the Oconee Probate Judge, is a suspension with pay—-pending the outcome of the matter involving South Carolina’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel.  It means that Johns will continue to draw from his salary, in excess of $65 and a half thousand dollars a year.  Scott Moulder, Oconee County administrator, says county […]