Category: News

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office has identified the suspect in an incident last week of disturbing school.  An arrest warrant alleges Quorius Bekiyus Nicholson of Greenville “did willfully and unnecessarily disturb the students and teacher of Ravenel Elementary School by attempting to evade and elude the South Carolina Highway Patrol in the vicinity of the School, causing a lockdown and interruption […]

There’s now a price tag for raising the starting pay for Oconee County deputies.  At a committee meeting, County Administrator Scott Moulder announced almost $1 million will be needed to boost the starting pay for deputies by $4 thousand a year.  Sheriff Mike Crenshaw has complained to County Council that his office is losing officers to nearby municipal police departments […]

Pioneer Rural Water District has no date for which to request contractor bids for its treatment plant.  But board members and their outside consultants feel progress is being made.  According to Design South, authority to bid is still awaited from Pioneer’s lending agency—the Rural Development Division of the U-S Department of Agriculture.  Design South’s Donald Phillips gave a progress report […]

Vice President Joe Biden may not be running for a higher office, but he has accepted the call to do something about the problem of violence against women—especially on the nation’s college campuses.  Biden visited Clemson University to promote the campaign “It’s On Us.”  Among those who pledge to do what they can to prevent sexual assault are Clemson’s president, […]

In last week’s election, all incumbent candidates in Westminster lost re-election.  It means a new mayor and three new council members for the Oconee municipality.  A transition has already begun.  Mayor-elect Brian Ramey met for about four hours yesterday with Mayor Rick McCormick, City Administrator Jeff Lord, and Councilman and Mayor Pro-tem Bill Brockington.  Before the start of last night’s […]

Congressman Jeff Duncan speaks at 9 o’clock this morning at a Walhalla Middle School assembly to honor veterans on this holiday.  Oconee’s annual Veterans Day parade will take place at 4:30 this afternoon in Westminster.  Like most county offices, Oconee public libraries are closed today.  The book returns and the website are available.  The library branches will re-open at their […]

Vice President Joe Biden is speaking at this hour at Clemson.  He’s speaking at college campuses to launch a campaign to engage college students, and all members of campus communities, in preventing sexual assault.    

A speaker during last night’s meeting of the Oconee school trustees said there’s a rumor that the roof leaks at the new Walhalla High School.  And today a district administrator said, “There have been a few issues as you have with any new building.”  But Steve Hanvey said the roofing company has taken care of the leaking roof flashing—pieces of […]