Category: featured

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced today the detection of two cases associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant that first emerged recently in South Africa. These are the first two cases of this variant in the United States. Viruses are constantly changing, leading to the emergence of variants. Variants are closely monitored for their […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested two males and one female Tuesday on drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop. 36 year old Amber Rose Rumsey, 53 year old David Allen Abbott and 70 year old Douglas Kay Stewart, all of Seneca, were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at 5:48 pm, 5:55 pm and 6:29 pm respectively on […]

Prisma Health announced that, starting today, it will resume accepting walk-ins for the coronavirus vaccine, as long as it’s limited supply of doses last. The walk-ins are being allowed at multiple locations, including Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital, explained Dr. Sarai Soccocio, co-chair of Prisma’s Vaccine Task Force…

Randy Wilson has been in Walhalla only three days, but he’s sold on many of the assets that lie within the core commercial district. He and his colleague Jenny Boulware, who comprise a two-member team from the state municipal association, have elicited the thoughts and opinions of Walhallans as to how to make the downtown an even more attractive place… […]

Former Clemson football player and graduate assistant coach Todd Schonhar died early Tuesday morning after a battle with COVID-19. He was 57 years old. Schonhar played at Clemson from 1982-86 after originally joining the program as a walk-on. He earned letters in 1985 and 1986 as a reserve quarterback and holder and was named to the Academic All-ACC team in 1986 prior to his graduation in the […]

A twenty percent rate hike by the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority was unanimously voted off the full meeting’s agenda by the Finance and Administration Committee this week. Board Chair Scott Moulder expressed concerns about the proposed rate hike, when neither he nor the board has seen a budget yet…

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Townville man yesterday on a Grand Larceny charge related to a stolen vehicle, valued at almost $75,000, which was taken from a Seneca area vehicle dealership. 19 year old Hunter Anderson-Stockton was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 8:43pm after being transported to Oconee County from the Anderson County Detention Center. […]

The local federally-chartered health clinic, Rosa Clark, will be dispensing the COVID-19 vaccine on the grounds of Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital next month. A limited supply of the Moderna vaccine arrived at the clinic last week, and Executive Director Vicki Thompson said the plan is to give shots by appointment only on Wednesdays, starting February 3. Since the process […]

(Walhalla, SC)————-In our continuing efforts to educate and inform our citizens and to prevent them from becoming victims of scams, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is releasing today our January 2021 Scams Update. There are two main focuses of the January 2021 Scams Update. First, the Sheriff’s Office has received and taken reports recently from our citizens who are being […]

According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, 61 year-old Stan Kent McCall was charged with open container and DUI by the South Carolina Highway Patrol after his arrest Monday afternoon near Salem. Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative reported more than 440 customers lost service when a pickup truck flipped a guy wire apparatus across an energized line in […]