Category: News

A body found yesterday afternoon by the side of a rural northern Oconee highway is believed to be that of an unidentified Caucasian male, and his death is considered a homicide.  No identification accompanied the body.  County emergency services personnel while walking along the Wigington highway are credited with finding the body, as they were conducting traffic control in the […]

On today’s DHEC report, new South Carolina cases:  2,121, (45 Oconeeans).  Twenty-one new deaths statewide.  Total test results received by the state health agency:  9,796; a positivity of 21.7%.

Authorities have confirmed the arrest in Oconee County of a 37-year old Anderson woman charged with food stamp fraud acquisition valued at $10 thousand or more.  According to the Oconee County booking report on Friday, Tina Marie Hall was jailed Friday.  The case against Hall is being referred to the 10th Circuit Solicitor’s Office for prosecution.  Until tried and found […]

Leaders at all five Upstate healthcare systems are calling on the community to take immediate measures to assist them in combatting the COVID-19 surge underway. The officials expressed deep concern with the growing number of COVID-19 infections after Thanksgiving, especially because the next holiday is upon us. Unless the community takes immediate steps to stop the spread, an even higher […]

The spreading virus has begun to impact the winter sports schedule of Oconee’s three high schools–especially the close-contact sports of basketball and wrestling.  The county school district has learned that the Walhalla High boys basketball team may not play or practice for 10 days, after an opposing player in Friday night’s game at Tallulah Falls, Georgia learned after the game […]

The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) reminds you to gather your 2020 gas and vehicle maintenance receipts before filing your taxes next year. The upcoming tax filing season is the third year South Carolinians can claim the Motor Fuel Income Tax Credit on their tax returns. The credit offsets the Motor Fuel User Fee (commonly known as the gas […]

Here is the Walhalla trash pickup schedule for the Christmas and New Year’s weeks.  For customers who normally would see their trash picked up Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25, the pickup day will be Wednesday, December 23.  Those who are scheduled to see their trash bins emptied Monday, December 28 are to receive the service the following day, […]

The mayor of Seneca, Dan Alexander, is not ruling out the possibility that by New Year’s Day—or shortly thereafter—he will hire the city’s next police chief.  Alexander is conducting the process to choose John Covington’s permanent replacement in consultation with the city administrator, Scott Moulder, and interviews of candidates are continuing. The Seneca mayor has the authority to make the […]

Thousands of catchable-sized trout grown in Oconee County are being stocked into the Lower Saluda River near Columbia.  The South Carolina DNR announces that its freshwater fisheries division has started the process of delivering by truck to multiple spots along the Lower Saluda.  The cold water released from the bottom of Lake Murray provides suitable habitat for the rainbow and […]

An early morning accident yesterday near Seneca created a traffic detour that lasted until late in the afternoon.  According to the highway patrol, a pickup truck left SC 28, the Blue Ridge Boulevard at the Bountyland intersection and hit two power poles.  Trooper Bolt said the driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was taken to the hospital.  The accident […]