Category: News

Andrew Evatt may be stationed in the army across the country, but he still considers Oconee County his home. Sgt. Evatt and his wife, Abby, are counting their blessings. Identical twins Brody and Jackson Evatt were born to the Evatts last Thursday at Fort Lewis, Washington. Sgt. Evatt’s father, Mike Evatt, is the proud grandfather in Oconee County’s Keowee community.

The Seneca micropolitan area, which takes in all of Oconee County, was recently ranked the top performing micropolitan in South Carolina and eighth overall in the country. There are 576 micropolitan areas and those are defined by having an urban core of at least 10,000 residents but no more than 50 thousand in population. Site Selection Magazine is an economic […]

The police in Clemson are ramping up their search for the individual who spray painted graffiti on several downtown buildings.  A camera caught an image of the suspect.  If you can help the Clemson police solve this crime, contact officer C. Chancellor at 864/624-2000.  You may remain anonymous.

From time to time, questions arise as to just what purpose Oconee public school credit cards are being used. But the district’s top officials say the use of the credit cards by individual schools and individual school personnel is carefully monitored. District policy allows the cards to be used for purchases under $2,500 dollars. Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, told the […]

A house fire early this morning in Westminster. 96.3/WGOG NEWS has been told the fire occurred around 2:30 this morning in a home at 112 Oak Street in the vicinity of E. Main Street.  Lt. Michael Smith says the city police are helping the fire department in the investigation of the fire, and he said that just about everything about […]

 Oconee County deputy sheriffs Colby Mize and Jordei Jameson are the seventh and eighth graduates of a basic law enforcement program, since Mike Crenshaw became Sheriff in 2013. Mize and Jameson graduated Friday from the basic law enforcement program of the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. Mize was hired by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office in September of last year. He […]

Money has poured in as the result of last year’s golf classic, sponsored by the Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation. Each of the following causes received checks for $25,500: Safe Kids Upstate, Lifeline Services, the Mountain Lakes AccessHealth Dental Clinic, and equipment needs at Oconee Memorial Hospital. The committee also announced plans for its golf ball drop and evening reception. The […]

Plans to renovate Oconee’s Fair-Oak Elementary School were detailed last night to the county school trustees. In a presentation by members of the Columbia architect firm Jumper Carter Sease, the trustees were told they can expect new classrooms, a cafeteria, and a gymnasium to be among the improvements undertaken by Trehel Corporation, the district’s construction management company. Although trustees have […]

Still “up in the air” is the issue of the extent to which Oconee public schools will be required to make-up for class days lost to this winter’s severe weather. During a meeting of county trustees last night, Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland relayed a message from Senator Thomas Alexander in which the Oconee-Pickens lawmaker indicated the state likely will take […]

Crews with Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative worked early Sunday afternoon to restore power to a number of residents in NorthernOconeeCounty. Officials say four stations in the Walhalla area went offline due to a problem with a Duke Energy transmission line. The cause of the problem is being investigated.