Category: News

Sheriff Crenshaw’s plan for a new Oconee Jail will given during a 6:30 meeting tonight at Walhalla Depot. Jimmy Watt, spokesman for the Sheriff’s Department, said a large crowd is expected as the new sheriff, he said, is determined to avoid going forward until the proposal is first aired out publicly. And that’s why, he says, if you are interested […]

Walhalla High School students are expected to pack Davenport Funeral Home tonight, as the family of their late classmate, Alex Smith, receives friends from 5 until 8 p-m. Alex, at the age of 15, died Sunday after having been diagnosed with a brain tumor. At school, Alex was a band member. A recent hot dog sale in town raised around […]

Keowee Elementary is getting a new school principal. As the result of action by the school board, Josh Holliday succeeds Michelle Craddock, beginning July 1. Holliday, a Walhalla resident and city councilman, is in his third year as an assistant principal at Seneca’s Blue Ridge Elementary School.  

Some shuffling within Oconee School District administration could impact next year’s budget. Steve Hanvey has been designated as the next assistant superintendent for instruction. And county trustees were told last night that Hanvey’s old job, as director of federal programs and professional development, is one that must be re-filled, as well as the hiring of someone to instruct staff in […]

Crews from the state Department of Transportation are involved in two rural Oconee County bridge projects. When completed, one of those projects will allow for the lifting of a detour now several months old north of West Union. Mike Smith, resident maintenance engineer for the DOT, said the Burns Mill Road Bridge is being replaced. Near Westminster, crews are rehabilitating […]

Oconee School District still awaits the guaranteed maximum price for its first new high school construction in more than 20 years. Dr. Michael Thorsland, assistant superintendent for operations, told the county board of trustees to expect the guaranteed maximum price at its meeting early next month, to be followed in May by start of the actual construction of the new […]

A tractor-trailer accident near I-85 this morning deposited mulch all over an off-ramp at exit 4. Oconee County Dispatch reported no accident injuries, although assistance was required for a medical problem at the scene. State troopers reported the accident shortly before 4:45 this morning.

Oconee School District officials say three students sent to the hospital after yesterday’s bus accident suffered minor injuries. A fourth student and the driver are OK, according to Dr. Michael Thorsland, assistant superintendent for operations. Thorsland went to the scene late yesterday afternoon to gather evidence of what was the third bus accident within the last year and a half. […]

An Oconee School District official says a school bus has been involved in an accident this afternoon on the Unity Church Road. According to Dr. Michael Thorsland, it’s believed the bus carried four students and a driver—on a route home from the West-Oak middle and high schools. There is no confirmed word yet about injuries. Thorsland quoted the bus service […]

Westminster’s electric power supplier is uping the ante. PMPA has approved a 7.3% increase in the charge it makes to member city Westminster. What Westminster elected leaders decide to pass onto their retail customers could be decided during tomorrow night’s city council meeting. According to the city administrator, the city council has a number of options. It could decide to […]