Category: News

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces that ten people were killed on state roadways over the weekend. As of Oct. 8, 2017, 740 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 774 highway deaths during the same time period in 2016. Locally, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety lists Anderson County with 32 roadway fatalities in […]

The outdoor warning sirens around the Oconee Nuclear Station will be tested on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, at approximately 11:50am. The 65 sirens within 10 miles of the Oconee Nuclear Station will be tested for three-minutes to assure each siren works properly. This full-cycle siren test is performed once each quarter in cooperation with emergency officials in Oconee and Pickens […]

On Tuesday, the Oconee-Pickens Area Office of South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation held an Open House to celebrate Disability Mentoring Day. The local office of Vocational Rehabilitation welcomed over 250 people to the event at their office on Wells Highway in Seneca, explains Area Supervisor Sheila Ford. “I think that it was a fantastic day. We wanted to serve the students […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man Monday evening on a fugitive from justice charge. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 46-year-old Jimmy Dwayne Webb of Cobb Bridge Road. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office received word Monday that Webb was located at an address on Pickens Highway near Walhalla and that Webb was currently wanted out […]

Oconee County has three county-owned industrial parks that are certified by the South Carolina Department of Commerce, says Oconee Economic Alliance Executive (OEA) Director Richard Blackwell, who is working hard to bring more industry to the county and fill all the available space at the three parks. “We’ve got three industrial parks that we are focused getting new tenants, more […]

Few fields have changed more in the last few years than the field of science. Because of this, teaching the various sciences to high school students requires teachers to stay abreast of new developments and try to find sources for new equipment, especially in the field of biology. The School District of Oconee County has many high quality teachers who […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster early Monday morning after a traffic stop on drug and weapons charges. Booked into the Oconee County Detention Center was 49-year-old Scottie Lane Gray of Dr. John’s Road. A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division on routine patrol late Sunday night observed a vehicle disregard a stop sign at Earles Grove Road […]

Shortly before 7pm Monday evening, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative restored power for all known storm-related outages on the system. On Sunday, Tropical Storm Nate produced heavy rains that caused several outages. On Monday afternoon, Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative had 82 members without power, all in Pickens County. Of those, 62 were situated along Robinson Bridge Road near the Town of […]

Encouraging the development of real relationships between students with disabilities and students without disabilities is often difficult. Students with disabilities can spend their entire school day in special education classes, limiting the time spent with students in the general population. To address this issue, Walhalla High School, Seneca High School, and Pickens High School participate in Unified Champion Schools activities. […]