Category: News

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man wounded in a shooting near Westminster. According to investigators, Bradley Scott Cantrell is believed to have sustained a gun shot wound to the leg, possibly upper thigh, during a domestic incident around 6 p-m yesterday at 1445 Greenfield Road. Authorities say Cantrell fled the scene and could be seeking medical help, […]

The coffers of the BackPack Program that provides food for students in need over the weekends has been infused with a $500 dollar donation from the Oconee Education Association. Sherry More, OCEA president, presented the check to the Oconee Education Foundation. The foundation this summer will continue to raise funds for the food program. The program works this way: Once […]

Flags of all 50 states are flying up and down Walhalla’s main thoroughfare, as the city prepares for Mayfest, its official  spring celebration and welcome to summer. Vanessa Penton of the chamber of commerce says the credit goes to Walhalla resident Betsy Comiskey.  Mayfest starts tomorrow!

Third District Congressman Jeff Duncan, Laurens Republican, cast his vote with the majority, as the House narrowly approved a bill that would allow private sector workers the option of trading over time pay for extra time off. The bill was approved 223-204, but its prospects are poor in both the Democratic Senate and with Democratic President Barack Obama. Duncan and […]

There’s something you can give your mail carrier for a good cause. The National Association of Letter Carriers on Saturday will collect non-perishable food donations as they deliver mail along their postal routes. The country’s largest one-day food drive is held each year on the second Saturday in May in 10 thousand cities and towns in all 50 states, the […]

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Sebastian Holcombe has graduated from the Navy’s Nuclear Power School in Goose Creek. The school trains officers and enlisted students in the science and engineering fundamental to the design, operation and maintenance of nuclear propulsion plants. He’s the son of Douglas Holcombe of Walhalla and Shelia Kaiser of Anderson. Petty Officer Holcombe is a 2008 […]

Friday night is still considered a date night. And the joke going around at this week’s meeting of the board of directors of the Pioneer Rural Water District followed this line. If you need a place to take your date this Friday night, consider a meeting at the water district headquarters in Oakway. To meet the requirements of a one-year […]

Oconee officers are at the scene of what Sheriff Crenshaw called an active meth lab between Westminster and Long Creek. In their take-down of that lab, Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says officers have discovered what they believe are stolen goods—-various pieces of antique farm equipment. According to Crenshaw, it’s possible that the rightful owners of these antiques are unaware they may […]

Dr. Ronnie Booth, Tri-County Technical College president, has been elected to a pair of national boards. Booth will serve as a member of the board of trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. It’s the regional accrediting board for higher education degree-granting institutions across the 11 southernmost states. He’s also to serve on the board […]

Long-time Tri-County Tech instructor Ted Stokes won this year’s Adjunct Faculty Presidential Award. The award goes to the faculty member recognized for excellence in teaching, who has consistently high student evaluations and who supports the philosophy and goals of the college. Stokes, an Anderson resident, is an engineering manager at Schneider Electric near Seneca. He has taught evening classes for […]