Category: News

Walhalla resident Scott Sprouse became a 10th Circuit judge last month, but the formal recognition of that achievement is taking place during the 4 o’clock hour this afternoon at the Oconee Courthouse.  The event is an investiture ceremony.

A Wal-Mart worker at Seneca has been arrested on the charge of breach of trust. An announcement by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office states that Cathy Dial, 50 years old, was arrested yesterday at her Goddard Avenue address near Seneca, as the result of an investigation that began early Wednesday after the Wal-Mart manager spoke to a deputy sheriff. According to […]

A $350 thousand gift from Duke Energy will soon allow visitors access to South Carolina’s highest peak—Pickens County’s Sassafras Mountain. The funds will allow construction of an observation platform to begin. The donation was formally presented at today’s meeting of the South Carolina Natural Resources Board in Columbia. Funding was committed as part of the Relicening Agreement for Duke’s Keowee-Toxaway […]

A national insurance company that writes coverage in South Carolina experienced a cyber-security attack in which the personal information of policyholders—including names, birthdays, addresses and other personally-identifiable information—has been exposed. Anthem Insurance offers insurance services through the following three companies: Anthem Life Insurance Company, Unicare Life and Health Insurance Company and Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company. South Carolina consumers who […]

Not far from the corporate limits of Walhalla someone apparently tried to break into a home on the 300 block of South Boundary Street. It’s a crime being investigated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. After someone tried to kick in the door to the home, a male subject was seen running on nearby S. Spring Street.  

Members of the Pendleton District Commission, serving the tri-county area, are learning of the death of their chairman, Dr. Bill Steirer. He died yesterday, leaving his wife, Ada Lou, two children, and their families. For more than 20 years, William Steirer Jr. served as a commissioner representing Pickens County on the Pendleton District Historical, Recreational, and Tourism Commission. He had […]

A 33-year old man was arrested yesterday afternoon at the scene of what the Oconee Sheriff’s Office described as a burglary in progress near Seneca. At 29 Sirrine Street, Utica, two deputies placed Robert William Thompson of Boggs Drive, Seneca into custody and eventually charged Thompson with possession of drug paraphernalia. At the Sirrine Street house, the deputies found evidence […]

In the tight knit Anderson County town of Belton, one its residents is keeping quiet about a $200 thousand secret. A Beltonian, who declined to release his name, cashed in a top prize winning ticket for Saturday’s Palmetto Cash 5 drawing. He picked all five winning numbers and said, “I’m putting the money in the bank.”

Everyone is invited to a meeting at Clemson this month to hear David Dreher speak on changes in immigration law. Dreher’s background includes 25 years in the U-S foreign service and teacher of immigration issues at Clemson’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The presentation, sponsored by the Clemson Area League of Women Voters, takes place 7:30 Tuesday night, February 17 in […]

Word from Columbia is that state lawmakers are scaling down an idea to require counties to take over the complete maintenance of some roads under state control. Like the state, county leaders say their budgets can’t accommodate the costs involved. Joel Thrift, chairman of Oconee County’s road and transportation committee, reacted yesterday to the news that House members are revising […]