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Recovery efforts continue this morning in the search for the body of Thomas Hill, 50, who fell from a raft last week as part of a Sherwin-Williams corporate trip. “The team continues to work in dangerous conditions today to find Mr. Hill,” said Incident Commander Scott Loftis. “Safety has been our number one objective throughout the mission and it’s a credit […]

Two Walhallans were arrested by the police Friday and charged with abuse or neglect with great bodily injury of a vulnerable adult, according to Captain Curtis Rogers. Law enforcement records identify the two people arrested as Kristin Sarah Orr and Mitchell David Orr, both of Wagener Circle. Rogers says the police received an anonymous request to conduct a welfare check […]

The Oconee County zoning administrator confirmed this morning that a company seeking permission to put up a cell phone tower in Long Creek has withdrawn its application. Josh Stephens, the zoning administrator, said his office was informed late last week by the SCI legal representative that the company will pursue other properties for the tower. SCI’s withdrawal comes in the […]

A woman near Walhalla picked up the phone last week and thought she heard her grandson say he had been involved in a car accident in South America and needed money. The caller sounded like her grandson and knew certain things about their family. Later she realized he was not her grandson, and when she called his cell phone she […]

Attorneys representing Oconee County are scheduled next month to ask a circuit judge to throw out a lawsuit that attacks the agricultural residential classification provision in the county’s zoning enabling law. According to a court officer, a motion to dismiss or grant summary judgment is to be heard at noon Monday, July 29 in Common Pleas Court at Walhalla. The […]

Campus police at Clemson have released video and still images of a pickup truck suspected to be connected to the vandalism to Howard’s Rock. Videos show the truck arriving and leaving the east side of Clemson Memorial Stadium Sunday, June 2—the period during which the rock was damaged. There are also photographs of the truck that were captured by city […]

The Simpsonville man who died after his boat capsized Saturday afternoon in the Martin Creek area of Lake Hartwell has been identified as Carl Dickerson. Coroner Karl Addis says an autopsy showed Dickerson died of a coronary event. He was 58 years old. The boat capsized about 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Another boater helped Dickerson reach the shoreline at Twin Lakes […]

A recovery crew spent more than six hours yesterday ruling out several locations on the Chattooga River for the body of Thomas Hill. According to Keith Wilbanks, incident commander, operations continue at 7 o’clock this morning. Oconee, Anderson, Pickens, Rabun and White counties supported yesterday’s effort as well as commercial whitewater guides and the U-S Forest Service. The Long Creek […]

Four divers from Oconee and Pickens counties have joined the recovery crew on the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River. The team is searching for the body of Thomas Hill, a Florida resident who fell from a raft last Wednesday and is presumed drowned. Incident Commander Keith Wilbanks says eighteen trained responders joined the effort Sunday from Anderson, Pickens, Oconee, Rabun and […]

A fire last week near Walhalla has been termed suspicious by the Oconee Sheriff’s Department. And the department is asking the public to help with information that can help determine why Thursday’s fire started in two sections of the home at 122 Warner Mill Road. Fire fighters said they spotted fire in the garage and basement and determined no one […]