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A 46-year old Walhalla man was arrested Saturday and charged with the theft of copper from Clemson University property in Oconee County. According to the university, James L. Chastain was charged by campus police with committing injury to real property, or fixtures or improvements to obtain nonferrous metals, damage of $5 thousand or more. Chastain was arrested Saturday by Oconee […]

The police in Seneca report four people detained as part of the investigation into the discovery of a methamphetamine lab inside two rooms at a By-Pass 123 motel. According to Chief John Covington, suspicious activity led the police yesterday morning to the Town ‘n Country Motel. A meth lab cleanup crew was summoned from Columbia, and Seneca Major Jeremy Rothell […]

Two Oconee County officials will be presenters during this week’s conference in Myrtle Beach of the South Carolina Emergency Management Association. Wayne Garland, paramedic, and Lisa Simmering, Oconee GIS analyst, will present “A Special Needs Success” during a break out session tomorrow morning.  

The police in Seneca have announced a second arrest in the investigation of the theft of a moped. The moped was reported stolen in June last year from a carport on Mountain View Drive. The theft of the moped originally led city police to the Westminster area. A second arrest was made in the case Saturday when the police served […]

A driver found slumped over a vehicle stopped in the middle of a road near Seneca led the Oconee Sheriff’s Department to file charges alleging drug and gun violations. Law enforcement reports reveal Richard Estee Nicholson was discovered around 5:30 Saturday morning inside a vehicle stopped on the Davis Creek Road at Ravenel Elementary School. Officers say they confiscated plastic […]

Plans are falling in place for the second annual Oconee Forever rally to be held this year at Calyx Farms, n. highway 11. According to Oconee Forever supporter Shea Airey, the day of Saturday, May 18 is being formatted in a way to allow those interested to take part in the barbecue and bluegrass or bicycle rides, or both. Ticket […]

Oconee’s Conservation Bank Board will continue its formative steps during a meeting at 9 o’clock Thursday morning  in County Council Chambers in Walhalla, and the public may attend. So far, it’s a board without funding, and Chairman Shea Airey says that’s a matter to be discussed. Airey will announce Glenn Buddin as one of the board’s new members. The agenda […]

All Walhallans are invited to this month to a meeting, at which Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw will address his plan to build the replacement jail at an alternate location. The meeting takes place 7:30 Tuesday night, March 12 at the Walhalla Depot. An aerial drawing will also be displayed to depict how the new detention center would sit between the […]

A jury in Pickens convicted a 41-year old man Friday of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. For Rusell Edward Nix’s crime committed against a 59-year old Vietnam combat veteran, Nix was ordered to prison for 11 years, 8 months. And according to the office of the 13th Circuit Solicitor, Nix will be required to serve 85% […]

From this day forward, Oconee Sheriff’s Department policy will be to ask the courts for the maximum fines and sentences for all domestic violence cases. Third-month Sheriff Mike Crenshaw says, “Domestic violence in Oconee County has a bad history.” He spoke on Friday, the day that Oconeeans were challenged to donate to a capital campaign to raise $990 thousand to […]