Category: News

Walhalla Police Chief, Sean Brinson released the following statement Thursday afternoon: On 1/5/2022, at approximately 12:43 PM. Walhalla PD officers responded to an assault that occurred behind the Oconee County Library located on S. Broad Street in Walhalla. During the course of the investigation, video evidence was obtained which resulted in charges being filed against Christopher Rogers for Assault and […]

Oconee County dispatch is reporting a structure fire in progress this morning in the 6 am hour at 285 Whitewater Falls Road. Another structure fire was reported overnight at approximately 8 pm Thursday at 225 Skyline Drive in Walhalla.

Two Prisma Health physicians started their comments this afternoon with increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients in the hospitals across the system—a system that includes Oconee Memorial.  And eight out of every ten in-patients have not been vaccinated.  Dr. Steve Shelton of Prisma Health in the Midlands said the system counted 438 COVID-19 patients.  That compares to 85 on December 1.  […]

As a new legislative year gets underway in Columbia, Oconee’s state lawmakers are inviting the public in for a timely chat on matters pertaining to the business of state government and its services.  The annual public meeting of the three-member Oconee Legislative Delegation is planned for 6 o’clock Thursday night, January 20 at the City Hall in Seneca.  The announcement […]

A conservative member of Oconee County Council, Glenn Hart, is spreading word of what he sees as an insurrection in the making.  Hart is quoting an “informer” as saying that individuals unhappy with the ousting of the county Republican Party leadership last year are planning a meeting tomorrow night in Pickens County.  According to Hart, those behind the meeting are […]

A man near Seneca has been arrested on the charge of grand larceny – the theft of a trailer parked  at a storage facility.  Records released by the Seneca police show Andrew Lane Carver, 29 years old, charged with grand larceny, having been arrested early Wednesday.  The theft occurred at 640 Business Park Drive. The value of the trailer was […]

A trash truck fire behind the Keowee Elementary School this morning is, according to a district official, “now under control.”  Steve Hanvey, associate superintendent, says there was no damage to anything school related.”

Senator Lindsey Graham made this statement today on the anniversary of January 6, 2021:  “I still cannot believe that a mob was able to take over the United States Capitol during such a pivotal moment — certifying a presidential election.  It would have been so easy for terrorists to boot strap onto this protest and wreak even further destruction on […]

Counting student noses across the Oconee School District, the week that classes resumed after the holidays.  Steve Hanvey, associate superintendent, says the current countywide enrollment of public school children is 10,214.

West Union Town Hall has been closed until Monday.  Mayor Oliver says one of the town’s employees tested positive for COVID-19.