Category: News

The three petition candidates for the Oconee Sheriff’s race came together at a forum Thursday night, and they all three agree… Oconee’s biggest problem is drugs. During the forum, sponsored by the Clemson Area League of women voters, each candidate offered his idea of how to address the county’s drug problem. Former Oconee Sheriff’s office captain, Mike Crenshaw, pointed out […]

The Oconee County Coroner’s office has released the autopsy findings conducted on a 7 month infant who died Monday night at the pediatric ICU at Greenville Memorial Hospital. According to a release from the Coroner’s office, the autopsy was performed Thursday morning at Anmed Medical Health Center by Dr. Brett Woodard.  The coroner’s office says the autopsy revealed  7 month […]

Two North Carolina campgrounds are closed due to ongoing encounters between humans and bears.  The US Forest service in North Carolina says Shining Rock Wilderness and Graveyard fields will be closed to disperse camping until further notice. The agency will monitor the areas to determine when it is safe to reopen the areas.  Last Monday night, a bear damaged a […]

  Westminster city council has given approved a request by the Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau to replace signs.  Ken Sloan, who is executive director of the bureau, had requested $20,000 from the city to replace signs which direct tourists to places recommended by the Westminster Chamber and the Visitors bureau.  The $20,000 from the city is a match […]

As the holiday season approaches, the highways usually become more dangerous with increased intoxication, earlier sunsets and the potential for ice and snow. However, the state highway patrol reports that the high travel 100 days of summer have been safer this year. And the overall traffic fatalities in South Carolina are down to 613 from 647 in mid October of […]

A unanimous vote by the Westminster City Council means the city’s Annual Mayberry Day Festival is a go for 2013.  At a council meeting Tuesday, festival organizer Tom Rusk told the council that the festival earlier this year drew an estimated 12,000 people to the city of Westminster.  Rusk says around 20 percent of those came from more than 50 […]

Via MJ Kneiser A family involved in a wreck on I-85 over the weekend found their puppy late Wednesday morning after asking the public for help. The 13-week old Shihtzu puppy was ejected from the Parks family van during the wreck on I-85 northbound Saturday between mile markers 154 and 155.  Frances Parks suffered a broken arm, but the worst […]

With Election Day just around the corner, and after 2 contentious presidential debates, some people may feel overwhelmed by the onslaught of political ads and media coverage.  Two Clemson Professors hope to clarify the issues and help voters understand exactly what stand the two parties are taking.  Dave Woodard, a Republican and Bruce Ransom, a democrat, both political science professors […]

Via MJ Kneiser. Police in Lavonia Georgia arrested a man on Wednesday, on charges of possession of methamphetamine.   Authorities say 30 year old Jeffery Wayne Cheek of Martin Georgia, returned to the bank where he had dropped the drugs.  WLHR’s MJ Kneiser reports Lavonia’ police chief Bruce Carlisle made the arrest Wednesday, when Cheek called the bank to speak about his […]

The decision whether or not to install a wheelchair lift to make the Westminster City pool compliant with federal regulations has been delayed.  The officials with the City of Westminster have delayed the decision, in anticipation of an estimate of other operational costs of the facility.  The facility is required to be compliant with the American’s with Disabilities Act by […]