Category: News

A 7-year old mid-sized boxer named “Gus” carries the distinction of the longest-kept dog at the Oconee Animal Shelter.  If there’s room in your home and heart for Gus, please call the adoption center at 882-4719 by Wednesday, May 31.  Gus would prefer to be the only dog in the house, but a female roommate might work.

The “CAT” bus drivers are taking annual training.  As the result, a Clemson-Central two routes of the free passenger service are in hiatus.  The Walmart/SWU and Red Route buses will start running again at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon, June 3.

A section of a Westminster area road is closed this morning, as 1313 Greenfield Road remains a home fire scene.  Traffic is being diverted in the vicinity of Greenfield Road and Louie Street.

On the very day Oconee Sheriff’s Office put out its annual reminder of safe driving trips for Memorial Day weekend, accidents marked busy 123 between Clemson and Seneca.  Two Sandifer Boulevard accidents kept the cross-trained Seneca Fire Department busy.  At Sandifer and Boggs Road, a vehicle rolled over, although no one was hurt.  In front of Applewood Shopping Center near […]

Fire fighters are trying to put out a fully involved home fire this morning near Westminster.  They were called at 5:19 this morning to 1313 Greenfield Road.

The report of a domestic violence incident last weekend in the Ebenezer Community area was referred to the Violent Crimes Unit of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office.  An arrest has been made.  According to the sheriff’s office, 49-year old Carl Frank Crane was jailed Wednesday on charges of kidnapping, domestic violence first degree; and possession of a weapon during the commission […]

It happened during the noon hour.  Apparently a cable or power line has fallen on West Union’s Main Street near Action Foods.  Mayor Oliver requests, for the time being, for motorists to avoid that area, if possible.

A controversial bill that divides pro-life and pro-choice advocates is now South Carolina law.  Governor McMaster’s office announced this morning the state’s chief executive signed S. 474, the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act into law.  Prohibited are abortions after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, with exceptions for the life of the mother, medical emergencies, fatal fetal anomalies, […]

If you are a Walhalla sanitation customer whose trash is picked up on Mondays, your pickup will either be Tuesday or Wednesday next week.  Russ Price, public works director, announces that Memorial Day trash pickup on Monday instead will be collected on Tuesday and Wednesday.  He requests that customers have their roll carts out by 7 am Tuesday morning.  All […]

A Dollar General store worker, riding his bicycle and headed home after work, sustained serious enough injuries to require a medical helicopter flight from Walhalla to Greenville.  The man, we’ve confirmed with a responding public safety worker, was injured late Sunday night at SC 28 and Corey Road.  The highway patrol investigated.