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The City of Westminster will host a retirement drop-in for Police Chief Rory Jones on Friday, September 3 from 9am-11am at the Depot. Everyone is encouraged to stop by, have some refreshments, and wish Rory well in his retirement. Chief Jones has served as the Westminster Police Chief since September 28, 2012. He began his career in law enforcement in […]

An incident report from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reveals that a man was arrested last Tuesday afternoon and charged with assaulting an officer while resisting arrest and breach of peace. The report states that Deputies responded to a report of vandalism in progress at a Humbert Street residence and spoke with a woman who stated that her brother, identified […]

A Townville man was arrested for multiple charges, including trafficking meth, and is out of jail on bond, according to arrest records. 31 year old Kyle Dwaine Glenn, of Coneross Creek Road, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center Friday and charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Failure to stop for a Blue Light, Unlawful Carrying of a Pistol and […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed that a skunk found near Josh Nicole Drive and Ole Keowee Church Road in Six Mile, S.C., has tested positive for rabies. One person was exposed and has been referred to their healthcare provider. One pig was also exposed, and the public health veterinarian has been consulted. The […]

Several candidates qualified to run in Oconee County’s municipal elections this November. For Walhalla’s three council seats: Tyler Jordan, Grant Keehn, Keith Pace, Josh Roberts and Amy Welch; for Westminster three available council seats: Robert Adams, Dale Glymph, Yousef Mefleh, James Powell, Susan Ramey, and Audrey Reese; for Seneca’s election: for mayor, Dan Alexander; for the four available council seats: […]

An early Sunday evening shooting in Toccoa has left one dead and one in the hospital, according to police. Officers said they responded to Whitman Street in the downtown area and discovered two men who had sustained gunshot wounds. Both were taken to an area hospital where one was pronounced dead. No word yet on what lead up to the […]

(Walhalla, SC)————————————–In our continuing efforts to educate and inform citizens and to prevent them from becoming victims of scams, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is releasing their August 2021 Scams Update. The Sheriff’s Office received word from a citizen regarding a scam in which the citizen’s father had received a phone call from someone pretending to be his son. The […]

Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said that Robert F. Abraham, age 53, of Clemson died Sunday night from blunt force injuries sustained in a single vehicle collision. Reports stated that it happened around 11:20pm on Martin Creek Road near it’s intersection with JP Stevens Road, about five miles south of Seneca. Master Trooper Brandon Bolt with the South Carolina Highway […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (August 27, 2021) — Officers with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Law Enforcement Division will be holding courtesy boat inspections at public boat landings across the state during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. SCDNR officers will perform a quick, but thorough, inspection of your boat to make sure you have the required safety equipment and proper […]

(Washington, DC) – In response to the foreign policy failure in Afghanistan of Joseph R. Biden, Congressman Jeff Duncan today co-sponsored an article of Impeachment against the President for dereliction of duty. Through withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan in a manner contrary to sound military advice, the President recklessly left behind thousands of American civilians and Afghan allies, along with […]