Category: News

The chase of a suspect wanted in an arrest warrant, according to the Oconee Sheriff, led to a traffic wreck just south of the Walhalla corporate limits.  And by the 2 o’clock hour, SWAT negotiations with an armed man inside the wrecked vehicle were aimed at achieving a peaceful surrender, according to Sheriff Crenshaw.  It started, he said, in a […]

After being sentenced to an excess of 180 years, having been convicted last month of the attempted murder of law enforcement officers in Oconee County, a 52-year-old man – Gregory Wayne Maxwell – is believed to have exercised his right to appeal – within in 10 days of conviction and sentencing.   The appeal would go to the state Court of […]

A 62-year-old Oconee County man, Mark McBride — just days after Tuesday’s primary – is announcing a petition drive to land him on the ballot this November as an independent candidate for the U-S Senate.  It would pit McBride opposite the Democratic and Republican nominees – Annie Andrews and the incumbent Lindsey Graham.  Seated next to his wife, Laura, Mark […]

The following announcement this morning by Oconee Coroner Karl Addis: “This press release is to announce that human remains discovered in 2004 near Westminster, have been identified through DNA analysis. The remains were initially discovered on February 14, 2004 on private property adjacent to Well Mountain Road near Westminster.  Additional remains were found on February 16, 2004.  The remains were […]

The public is invited for a public hearing Monday evening at Clemson city hall on developer’s plans for a new student-focused living complex, in place of the existing Best Western at 123 and 76, the Anderson Highway. This project is proposed as a planned development for about 226 units, 752 beds, in a structure six stories high.  City council has […]

Calling the new moratorium “arbitrary and capricious”, East Shore South entered federal court this week with a lawsuit against Oconee County directed at the county’s recently enacted 8-month moratorium against new subdivisions of 10 lots and more. The plaintiff seeks to protect its rights to develop more than 600 acres that it owns in the Newry community.  East Shore South […]

A defense attorney at the pre-trial level asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit from a fight that allegedly occurred at swimming pool party five years at an Oconee County apartment complex.  Attorneys on both sides of Christian Shockley versus Brandon Richards and others argued in front of Judge Vernon Dunbar about the proper name of one of the […]

The board of canvassers of Oconee County certified the results of Tuesday’s voting in Oconee County.  Of 21 provisional votes cast, the board today counted 17 and rejected four. Adding the 17 did not change any Oconee County outcomes, according to an official.  Tomorrow there is likely to be an announcement from the state election office whether any recounts will […]

The federal government has included Oconee County on a list of notable projects that FEMA will provide millions of dollars in funds to recover and mitigate damage caused by two storms – Helene and Debby.  For Oconee County, $413 thousand has been approved to repair parks and recreation facilities damaged by tropical storm Debby in summer 2024.  Debby was described […]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will waive day use fees at its more than 2,800 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of its birthday, June 16, 2026. The waiver covers day use fees at Hartwell and J. Strom Thurmond Lake recreation areas (operated by the Savannah District). The waived fees are for boat launch ramps and swimming beaches. The […]