Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
A twine fence has been placed around the Confederate Memorial in Walhalla along with signage that tells people to stay off the statue for their own safety. We spoke this morning with Police Chief Sean Brinson, who addressed the curfew implemented last night, as well as the multiple arrests that took place. He said his main concern, however, is protecting […]
Read moreAn emergency curfew is in place for the City of Walhalla from 9pm-6am after about 70 people, both for and against a Confederate Memorial on Main Street, gathered this evening. Officials feel the curfew is in the best interest of public safety and in order for tensions to cool.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 799 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 1 additional death. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 18,795 and those who have died to 600. The death occurred in a middle-aged individual from Jasper County. The number […]
Read moreSenior Farmers Market vouchers will be handed out this week in Seneca. The United Way, partnering with DSS, will give away vouchers from 9 am to 1 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Blue Ridge Community Center, 310 W. S. 5th Street to seniors age 60 and over of low and middle income on a first come, first served. […]
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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 June 2020 Scams Update. A deputy spoke with a citizen in regards to the citizen receiving a call from a person who claimed to be an employee of Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative. […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and Oconee County law enforcement agencies, along with community leaders and citizens, will be holding an Oconee County Community Rally and Unity Walk this Tuesday, June 16th. The event will be held at Norton-Thompson Park in downtown Seneca from 6pm until 8pm. Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw and other law enforcement officers as well as […]
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Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw is announcing today the hiring of Seneca native Dan Holland as the Cultural Diversity Director for the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office. Mr. Holland graduated from Central Wesleyan College (now Southern Wesleyan University) with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration and a Master of Education Degree in Student Personnel Services from Clemson University. Dan’s […]
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After one hour, Walhalla’s third protest on Sunday in as many days wound down when the sky darkened, thunder sounded, and raindrops began to fall. That wasn’t the case on Saturday, however, when a group of Black Lives Matter demonstrators and another group of supporters of a Confederate memorial met on Main Street in Walhalla for a demonstration that started […]
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Update: 06/16/2020 – Alexus Skinner is back in Oconee County… Seneca Police said on Sunday that 6 year-old Bryson Skinner and his sister, 3 year-old Ryleigh, were located in Screvin County, Georgia and are safe after they were reported as missing. Reports stated that their aunt, 23 year-old Alexus Skinner, took the children when their parent was working. Alexus Skinner […]
Read moreAn unnamed young man staged a protest in Walhalla tonight against a long standing historical civil war monument that stands in the grass median on W. Main Street. He apparently climbed the tall monument and has attached himself with a purple, rope-like material. After a small crowd gathered and questioned the man as to his motives to demonstrate, he said […]
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