Category: News

(Walhalla, SC)————————————–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a subject wanted on outstanding arrest warrants for an incident that occurred in November of 2020.   41 year old Evan Michael Hood is wanted on charges of Carjacking and Grand Larceny.  Hood was involved in an incident on Knollwood Drive near Mountain View Drive near Seneca […]

From Seneca Police: On 09/12/2021 officers with the Seneca Police Department were dispatched to a local grocery store.  Upon arrival, officers were informed about an incident of unwanted touching.  During the investigation it was found that the subject, River Allen Argabright, age 58, is accused of touching a 16-year-old employee on the buttocks without consent.  Mr. Argabright was charged with […]

School District of Oconee County Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland said at last night’s Board of Trustees meeting that, since the arrival of COVID-19, education for local students has been “as close to normal” as possible. Dr. Thorsland referred to the combination of in-class and virtual learning, as well as the decision to revert to in-person learning this year. Thorsland conceded […]

Update: Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Announces Second Arrest in Recent Padgett Street Homicide    (Walhalla, SC)————————————–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is announcing a second arrest today in connection with a recent homicide that occurred on Padgett Street, which is on the Utica Mill Hill, near Seneca. 20 year old Stanley Eugene Earl, Jr. of Scott Circle in Pendleton was booked into […]

(Walhalla, SC)————————————–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a recent homicide that occurred on Padgett Street, which is on the Utica Mill Hill, near Seneca. 27 year old Braxton Earl of Scott Circle in Pendleton was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 1:12pm Thursday on a charge of Murder. Earl was transported from the Anderson […]

Oconee County’s 9-11 Memorial Park was dedicated exactly 20 years to the day this past Saturday when Islamic Terrorists hijacked four airplanes and attacked our country. Organizer Brandon Shirley said the effort to realize the memorial took more than a decade before coming to existence… An eternal flame was lit at the site, which also displays actual debris and dirt […]

A Walhalla man was jailed Sunday on some serious charges. According to records from the Oconee County Detention Center, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 41 year-old Nathan Dwight Heaton of an East Bear Swamp Road address and charged him with high and aggravated criminal domestic violence, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and discharging a firearm into a dwelling. He […]

A master plan for Oconee County’s Fair Play community will be a prime topic for a meeting at 6:30pm on Thursday night, September 23 at Beaverdam Baptist Church. On the agenda for the meeting, to which all Fair Play residents are invited, is a Fair Play master plan, update on sewer for Fair Play, and the possibility of a community […]

Seneca’s Mayor Dan Alexander is getting ready to issue a proclamation recognizing September as Usher Syndrome Awareness Month… Usher Syndrome is a relatively rare genetic disorder caused by a mutation in any one of at least 11 genes resulting in a combination of hearing loss and visual impairment, and is a leading cause of combined deafness and blindness in as […]

Limited seating will be in effect at tonight’s Oconee School Board of Trustees meeting. The possibility that the public schools might attempt to require facial coverings in classrooms or re-institute virtual learning brought out a large crowd last month, and a number of the concerned have indicated they’ll return for this evening’s meeting, which begins at 6:00pm, with doors open […]