Category: News

Although more expensive than first estimated, a new bookmobile will hit the roads of Oconee County within the year.  County Council last night approved paying Bookmobile Farber Specialty Vehicles of Columbus, Ohio $215 thousand dollars for a bookmobile that replaces the county libraries’ 1997 model with 96 thousand miles.    

The West Union mayor, Linda Oliver, would like to try it again.  Oliver yesterday signed up to run for mayor in her town’s April 5 election.  So far, she has no opposition.  With Friday’s qualifying deadline looming, West Union has only one candidate for its four council seats:  David Scealf.  

Oconee County Council agreed last night to the dismissal of a lawsuit that divides the council in whether the county should go forward with a claim for taxes allegedly owed by the owners of a corporate airplane.  In the second of three required readings, the council voted for a “release or order of dismissal” of the county’s 2014 claim titled, […]

Water samples taken in Clemson were found to be safe, and the city has repealed a boil water advisory that covered customers in four areas of the city.  Those water customers who live on Berkeley Court, Hill Pine Court, Evergreen, and Berkeley Drive between Evergreen and Hill Pine Court no longer need to vigorously boil their water prior to drinking […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office requests the public’s help to identify two people as part of a shoplifting investigation late last month at the Seneca Wal-Mart.  A deputy quotes a Wal-Mart employee as saying two people, a black male and a white female, pushed a shopping cart full of laundry detergent out of the store around 7:30 Thursday morning, January 28—past all […]

A vehicle identification number helped Oconee County officers determine that a stolen 4-wheeler turned up at a home near Walhalla.  A 26-year old man, Johnny Matthew Robinson, was arrested near Walhalla Monday and charged with receiving stolen goods.  On December 29, a 2003 Yamaha Grizzly 4-wheeler was reported by its owner to be missing.  As part of the Oconee Sheriff’s […]

Tom Hendricks is returning to Pickens County government as interim county administrator.  101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned that Hendricks was the choice last night of the Pickens County Council as interim county administrator.  A Liberty resident, Hendricks worked as county administrator in both Oconee and Pickens counties and is a former Oconee County Planning Commission executive director.

Campus police at Clemson have arrested an Anderson woman on charges arising from thefts of personal property from two university buildings.  Shawanna Christina Wright was charged Monday with three felony counts of financial transaction card theft, six misdemeanor petty larceny counts, and trespassing after notice.  The 26-year old Wright is neither a Clemson student, nor employee.  Police say debit and […]

Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says a state police investigation into the death of an inmate has cleared his office and the county Detention Center of any criminal wrongdoing.  Crenshaw further says the office of the 10th Circuit Solicitor has issued a letter stating that the investigation into the death of Ernest Lee Smalley Jr. should be closed.  To avoid a […]

Trash at the curb in West Union will sit today while repairs are made to the town’s sanitation truck.  Mayor Linda Oliver says the hope is that those repairs can be made by 3:30 this afternoon, which would allow at least a partial day of pick-ups.