Category: News

(Walhalla, SC) ————————————-The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Georgia man today on multiple charges, including a charge of Kidnapping, in reference to an ongoing Domestic Violence investigation. 40-year-old Nathan Kyle English, of Celtic Drive in Eastanollee, GA, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center at around 12:47pm after being transported from the Anderson County Detention Center. During a […]

This April, the Westminster Library has been transformed into a unique art gallery, showcasing an enchanting collection of miniature artworks created by local community members. Inspired by the growing trend of Tiny Art Shows in libraries, the Westminster branch of the Oconee County Public Library proudly presents its inaugural Tiny Art Show. Westminster Branch Manager Leah Price expressed her enthusiasm, […]

The Lyman Police Department has charged Douglas Hilton Gilbert, 47, of Salem, with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in the August 2021 shooting death of 29-year-old army veteran Connor Lloyd at his home; Gilbert was denied bond and remains in custody at the Spartanburg County Detention Center. His arrest follows the apprehension last week by […]

Anderson County detectives arrested 46-year-old Jeffrey Douglas Townsend, a Clemson University professor and Anderson County resident, on 10 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Second Degree after a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) tip in February initiated an investigation. The Criminal Investigations Division’s inquiry revealed Townsend allegedly used an app to access a chatroom with thousands […]

Following a comprehensive undercover investigation, the Pickens Police Department’s Narcotics Investigations and Special Response Team arrested Anthony Eaton on Monday, seizing over a pound of marijuana, 28 grams of fentanyl, and a handgun, which resulted in multiple charges including two counts of Trafficking Fentanyl, three counts of PWID Marijuana, Distribution of other controlled substances, five counts of PWID in proximity […]

Multiple municipal offices in Oconee and Pickens Counties, including Seneca, Salem, Walhalla, Westminster, Central, and West Union, will be closed on Friday for Good Friday, while Oconee County administrative offices and Clemson city offices will remain open; Oconee County Library branches will be closed Friday for staff training and Saturday for Easter weekend, but the landfill will operate normally, and […]

On the evening of Monday, April 14th, Pickens County Sheriff’s Deputy Caleb Cassell, aided by cellular technology in a missing person investigation initiated by a concerned family member, located the individual’s partially submerged vehicle in a lake, prompting him to quickly enter the water and break a window to reach the barely conscious driver submerged up to her shoulders; Deputies […]

This evening at 5:30 p.m. at West Union Station, the West Union Town Council will hold its monthly meeting. Key items on the agenda include a final reading of the previously tabled ordinance concerning firearm discharge within town limits. This ordinance outlines conditions for lawful firearm use on properties larger than half an acre, exempts self-defense from noise restrictions, and […]

A motorcycle collision on Sunday morning, April 13, 2025, near Westminster on Dairy Farm Road, resulted in the death of a 46-year-old Westminster man. The incident was reported to Oconee 911 Communications at 9:35 am. The victim, identified as Matthew F. Patterson, died the following Monday afternoon, April 14, 2025, at 4:30 pm at Greenville Memorial Hospital from blunt force […]