Category: News

SLED has called off the alert for an elderly man last seen yesterday in Allendale County.  The state police say Ralph Payne was found and is safe.

Oconee Sheriff’s Office reports details of a Monday arrest near Walhalla in which officers set up a perimeter near Robinhood Drive.  Participating also in the arrest of Zackary Edwin Sterling Fiskeaux were a K-9 handler and K-9 officer Grizzly.  Thirty-six-year-old Fiskeaux had been wanted on multiple charges since October and, as the result of what happened Monday near Walhalla, he […]

More than 100 people watched last night as the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative gave light to its Christmas tree in Pickens.  Eddie Welmaker, a retired judge and a former Blue Ridge employee, served as the honorary tree lighter.  Second and third graders from Liberty Primary School sang carols.  Pastor Bart Turner of Oolenoy Baptist delivered the devotional.  Taking part in […]

Offices of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative in Oconee and Pickens will be closed tomorrow and Friday.  Drop-off payment boxes remain open for members to pay bills.  Payments can be transacted also online at blueridge.coop.

The inmates at the Oconee Law Enforcement Center are in line for a traditional holiday meal.  According to Lt. Shadae Cobb, here’s the menu:  turkey breast, mashed potatoes, gravy, homemade stuffing, green beans, yams, cranberry sauce, dinner roll, spice cake, whip topping, and beverage.

Sheriff Crenshaw says meals donated yesterday will ensure that about 700 Oconeeans will have traditional Thanksgiving meals, in a partnership of his office, the Isaiah Foundation and Publix.  The 96 meals are made possible by an anonymous donor, as part of an effort to help others in the county.  They consist of pre-cooked ham, potatoes, macaroni and cheese, canned veggies, […]

A Royston, Georgia animal hospital closed yesterday after a woman, suspected victim of gunfire, was found at the facility.  According to WLHR Lavonia, the woman was rushed to a hospital, but was dead-on-arrival.  Her identity has not been released.  The police say there was no threat to the general public.  WLHR quotes Scott O’Barr, the Franklin County coroner, as saying […]

On this Thanksgiving Eve, a Walhalla church pantry will empty its shelves.  The St. Luke UMC pantry will open today at 4:30, for one hour.  Last time the pantry served 240 families.

All South Carolina disaster recovery centers will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving.  Most will re-open Friday.  According to FEMA, the quickest way to apply is online at DisasterAssistance.gov.

An adult male was stabbed Sunday, and Oconee Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca area man on multiple charges.  According to the sheriff’s office, Jeremiah Buster Head of the Snow Creek Road was charged with assault and battery high and aggravated, domestic violence second degree, and the possession of a weapon during a violent crime.  Deputies say an adult male victim […]