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38-year-old Tony Ray Lash, Jr. of Seneca was arrested on Sunday by the Seneca Police Department. He is facing charges of pointing and presenting firearms at a person, malicious injury to personal property, sale or possession of a weapon by certain persons, and domestic violence in the first degree. Chief Casey Bowling said that the arrest stemmed from a domestic […]

During a meeting of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, Walhalla’s Brandon Burton was honored by his municipal colleagues from Oconee’s tri-cities, who stood and applauded as he entered the room in respect of his service on the sewer policy board. The meeting was Burton’s last before he leaves to pursue a career change in Virginia. Seneca’s city administrator, Scott Moulder, […]

Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said that a 68-year-old man from West Union died in the emergency department at Prisma Oconee Memorial Hospital following a motor vehicle collision in Westminster. The collision occurred at approximately 4:35 pm Monday afternoon near the intersection of Westminster Highway and Walhalla Street, and it appears that a cardiac medical event preceded the collision. The […]

Clemson University has announced that TikTok is no longer accessible through the campus network, effective Monday. This change affects both wired and Eduroam Wi-Fi connections. However, faculty, staff, students, and visitors can still access the app on their personal devices using their private carrier data networks. The university stated in an email to staff and students that this step is […]

The City of Seneca is holding a regular scheduled council meeting on Tuesday, July 11, at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers. The council will approve minutes from previous meetings and consider recommendations, including paying city bills, making a donation to the Golden Corner Pantry, and approving various annexations and zoning changes. Shelby Henderson will provide an update […]

The latest monthly water and sewer bills for Walhalla customers include additional information, with some bills being higher and some lower than usual. Brandon Burton, the city administrator and Walhalla representative to the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority, explained that the rates on the bills were enacted by the OJSRA board on June 5, 2023. The City of Walhalla chose […]

27-year-old Ashton Brianna Brown of Seneca was arrested by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday for 37 counts of petit larceny. Her bond is set at $185,000.00 and she will be required to wear an electronic monitoring device should she be released from custody. A man was arrested by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on Friday for multiple charges […]

On Friday, a tractor-trailer truck crashed on I-85 at Fair Play, causing the wreckage to end up under the SC 11 overpass. Emergency responders had to block one of the southbound lanes due to broken glass and debris from the guardrail on the road. According to Chief Larry Wilkerson of the Fair Play Fire Department, one person was briefly trapped […]

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in connection with a two-year old homicide case. On July 5th, 2023, Detectives with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office arrested 24-year-old Jay’Kwon Tajeek Walker of Clinton, South Carolina in connection with the 2021 murder of Trey Price. Walker was initially linked to the homicide through DNA evidence that was recovered from […]

On Thursday morning, July 6, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office received a call concerning an assault and battery that had occurred at a residence on Poplar Springs Rd. near Walhalla. Deputies arrived to find a female victim had been assaulted with some type of sharp pointed object with non-life-threatening injuries about the victim’s head and face areas. The victim was […]