Category: News

A new assistant principal has been secured for Walhalla’s James Brown Elementary School.  The hiring of Erin Franey is announced, the result of last night’s meeting of the Oconee school trustees.  She has 20 years in education at a number of stops along the East Coast in the capacities of English teacher, administrator and director.

A senior at Walhalla High, Logan Addis, is a finalist for a National Merit scholarship.  From more than 16 thousand finalists, Logan was one of 15,000 who’ve advanced to the finalist level.  Merit Scholar designees are selected based on their skills, accomplishments, and potential success in rigorous college studies.  At Walhalla High, Logan is Student Body President, Beta Club President, […]

Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent for Oconee schools, acknowledged last night that parents and grandparents of high school graduates frequently second guess simultaneous outdoor graduation ceremonies for the county’s three high schools.  Some of the grandparents wish the ceremonies could be staggered so that they could take in more than one ceremony when it involves more than one graduate in their […]

Oconee school administration expresses satisfaction and appreciation for what’s designated to be county support for local school spending in the next year.  The growth of county millage is being credited. From all sources, Oconee School District expects next year spending at $132.9 million. State aid, however, appears to be another matter.  According to the district finance director’s report to the […]

A 23-year-old Georgia woman remained in the Oconee jail after her weekend arrest on charges of trafficking in meth and trafficking in fentanyl.  The accused—Tiger, Georgia resident Makenna Leanna Ryan—is under a bond in excess of $225 thousand dollars.  She was also charged with accessory after the fact of a felony.  Ryan was taken into custody after a Saturday night […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of a 35-year-old man on multiple charges, including attempted murder.  Called Saturday to a home near S. Radio Station Road, Seneca, county deputies said they learned an adult female, wounded by gunfire in the torso, went to the hospital by private vehicle.  Deputies placed Alteno Jeroid Oglesby in custody after he came out of […]

In the interest of public discourse, four groups will jointly sponsor a candidate forum next week in Anderson for the men and women contesting for the South Carolina 3rd District seat in the U-S House of Representatives — the one that Jeff Duncan is relinquishing.  The candidate forum will run 5:30 to 7:15 pm. Wednesday, May 22 at the Anderson […]

Attorneys for Oconee County will argue next month in favor of dismissing a legal challenge to the county’s controversial $25 million dollar bond issue.  The attorneys — Lane Davis and William Wilkins — are due in court to make a motion to dismiss.  They’ll be opposed by James Carpenter of the South Carolina Public Interest Foundation, one of the plaintiffs.  […]

Two Oconee fire departments will hold important community meetings.  Corinth-Shiloh’s first of three public information meetings about its planned special tax district referendum takes place at 5:30 tomorrow evening at the fire station on the Old Seneca-Clemson Highway.  Mountain Rest Volunteer Fire Department invites all community members for open house from 11 to 3 on Saturday, when they’ll prepare 1,000 […]

Sheriff Crenshaw of Oconee County is greatly disappointed in one-half of the South Carolina Legislature — for failure to discuss and/or vote on Senate bill 1.  He’s referring to the state House of Representatives.  Senate bill 1 is  referred to as the drug-induced homicide legislation which Crenshaw and other South Carolina sheriffs believe would send to jail distributors of fentanyl […]