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Private property taken in thefts at a housing complex near Clemson led investigators to a Seneca business last week and the arrests of suspects. The Oconee Sheriff’s Office announces two of the arrested individuals–Austin Matthew Land and Robert Creed Gibson–were taken into custody at an Oconee Square business where a stolen bank card was used and the victim’s name forged. […]
Read moreWhat was first reported as a woods fire, in the end, turned out to be a house fire near the Walhalla city limits. That fire on Campbelltown Road near Botany Lane remained under investigation over the weekend as to the circumstances of why the fire started. No one reported hurt. The fire department rolled its equipment and manpower around 1:45 […]
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The police department at Clemson is under review this week to gauge how well it reaches professional standards, and there’s a chance for the public to take part. The Clemson police are scheduled tomorrow and Wednesday for an on-site assessment in a program to achieve state accreditation by verifying that it meets professional standards. Administered by the South Carolina Law […]
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Only one year having left Oconee government, Wayne McCall still sounds much like the councilman he was for 12 years. Although he insists he’s through with politics, he remains outspoken on county spending priorities. McCall founded off Friday to 101.7/WGOG NEWS after he had a 22-minute phone conversation with Sheriff Mike Crenshaw. The former District Two councilman is convinced that […]
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The mayor and the eight-member city council in Seneca are being called together for a special meeting Monday to receive legal advice on the “pending legal matter with OJRSA, the City of Walhalla & the City of Westminster.” Late last year an attorney for Seneca put the Joint Regional Sewer Authority and its fellow members Walhalla and Westminster on notice […]
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A time of reckoning, of sorts, will come before Oconee County fathers next week. At their first March meeting, County Council is to receive the audit covering the year 2020-21, Presenting the comprehensive financial report: the audit firm of Mauldin and Jenkins. The 20-21 year was the first full government year during the pandemic.
Read moreA lot of time a tendency of government, when presented a problem, is to throw a committee at the problem. A member of Oconee Planning Commission, Mike Smith, called yesterday for a sub-committee to work on the idea of requiring a curb cut and auxiliary lane law countywide. Frankie Pearson, planning chairman, said no vote was taken on adopting such […]
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No one named Lt. Johnson works for the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. That is one of the lessons learned from a scam that bilked an Oconeean. It’s the hope of the county sheriff’s office that something like this never happens to you. The sheriff’s office became aware that someone claiming to be “Lt. Johnson from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office” tried […]
Read moreA letter from U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan to House Speaker Pelosi demands that she bring to the floor for a vote his bill that would end the President’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on federally-funded healthcare employees. Duncan letter co-signer, Pennsylvania Republican Fred Keller, said, “Vaccination is a personal decision and healthcare providers are uniquely qualified to make these determinations for themselves, […]
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Autopsy results showed that a 67-year old West Union man had a cardio-vascular medical event before his car accident late yesterday morning at Walhalla. Coroner Addis says the victim, Stephen Charles Addis, had no fatal injuries, though his car left N. Catherine and hit an electric power pole. The coroner has ruled natural death.
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