Category: News

The Hon. Scott Sprouse, in his role this week as Oconee Common Pleas judge, ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a case alleging breach of contract. Sprouse’s ruling came in the case of Patricia Ford against John C. Pulliam. The judge directed Ford’s attorney to prepare for his signature an order spelling out details.  

Forty years ago the company that originally developed what today is Keowee Key brought in Eddie Albert, star of a popular TV show called “Green Acres” to help promote living on the new Lake Keowee. Since then, a story has developed of a gated community that changed Oconee County. Part of that story will be told this week when Kevin […]

Magistrates Will Derrick of Westminster and Todd Simmons of Seneca are seeing their duties increase as the result of the creation of the county’s drug court. Derrick tells 96.3/WGOG NEWS he will preside over the Adult Drug Court, while Simmons will handle the Juvenile Drug Court. Derrick got to work Monday taking over the case of one offender, for whom […]

A total of 677 Oconee public school students are approaching what, for them, is apt to be a memorable weekend. They make up the county’s 2015 graduating class. Of that number, 635 will line up for high school diplomas from the four high schools. At 216, Walhalla’s is the largest class in the county, with Seneca second at 195. West-Oak […]

Everybody is OK after a distress call yesterday on the Georgia side of Lake Hartwell. According to the Stephens County Sheriff, one person aboard a boat somehow ended up in the water and needed help in making it back to the shore safely. It happened yesterday in the vicinity of Jenkins Ferry.

Three Blue Ridge Bank employees have been promoted to the positions of bank managers. Chase Todd will manage the bank’s main Walhalla office. Todd also serves as assistant vice president and customer service representative. Donna Martuccio will manage the Walhalla branch office, while Kay Moore will manage the Bountyland office.

Details are being made known about Tuesday’s chase on I-85 from Oconee County to Anderson County. The chase ended with the arrest of two Anderson residents. According to the Oconee Sheriff’s Office, Kizzie Lynette Roebuck and Thaddeus Antonio Thompson are facing drug charges. Identified as the driver, Roebuck also faces traffic citations. An improper lane change during the noon hour […]

The body of a woman, fitting the description of a missing Mountain Rest woman, was found yesterday afternoon about two miles from her home near the Ross Mountain Road. Coroner Karl Addis said the preliminary scene investigation suggests that Mandy Nicole Brewer died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. An autopsy has been ordered. The Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate. The […]

Major road construction work is scheduled to start Monday on South Carolina 130 south of the North Carolina line. The work, to be performed by crews from King Asphalt of Liberty, will take place on 130 from N. Little River Road to the state line. Projected date to complete the project is September 30. King Asphalt hopes all motorists using […]

Oconee County is getting ready to send out hundreds of young adults into the world beyond high school. Ceremonies are planned Friday for the seniors of Seneca, West-Oak, and Tamassee-Salem, while Walhalla seniors get their diplomas Saturday. Most of the schools are holding graduation in their football stadiums. If there is rain Saturday morning, Walhalla will move its ceremony into […]