Category: News

As growth comes to Oconee County, every community faces questions about how land should be developed, where businesses should locate, where housing should be built, which natural resources should be preserved, and how infrastructure should be laid out to best suit each community’s needs. Oconee County residents are invited to comment on the comprehensive plan Thursday night in the Foxwood […]

Thursday morning, Ashley Edwards, Community Outreach Manager for Solarize South Carolina, discusses benefits of solar power adoption and provides steps on how residents can “go solar” during the September Business Forum of the Oconee Economic Alliance, explains executive director Richard Blackwell. “The Business Forum is a monthly opportunity for citizens and business leaders to come together in Oconee County to […]

Thrift Development receives the contract to build a roundabout in Oconee County. The South Carolina Department of Transportation awarded Thrift Development $963,000 to convert Wells Highway where it meets Strawberry Farm and Mormon Church roads near Seneca into a roundabout intersection. Construction is set to begin soon with April 30, 2016 listed as the completion date. The intersection will remain […]

Over the next two weeks, Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw and his deputies will be taking decibel readings at various places across the county. Those reading will provide the Oconee County Council with baseline data to draft a noise ordinance. In addition, the council will consider the effect that strict noise levels might have on tourism when it comes to […]

The Walhalla Civic Auditorium holds auditions on Sept. 21 and 22 at 6pm for its upcoming children’s play entitled ‘The Great Alphabet Adventure.’ “We need two lead actors ages 11-17, one male and one female along with four additional roles for male and female actors ages 15+. No prior acting experience is necessary.” Walhalla Civic Auditorium executive director Bill Chiusano […]

In front of Zachary Hammond’s parents, Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander gave the city’s first public comment on the July 26 fatal shooting. “The family was there last night and Mrs. Hammond got up and spoke. There were a couple of people that actually spoke last night at our meeting. After that, I made a few statements that our thoughts and […]

Emergency crews are on the scene of an overturned truck near Seneca. The accident on Highway 130 at the West Sizemore Road railroad crossing has detoured traffic approaching Seneca.

In its goal to be one of the top 10 school districts in South Carolina, the School District of Oconee County has identified various instructional initiatives. One such initiative involves an increased emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics instruction, or STEM. The district encourages teachers to identify ways to be better STEM instructors. To this end, many teachers attended […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man over the Labor Day weekend on charges of receiving stolen goods. A deputy responded to an address on West-Oak Highway Monday afternoon in reference to a suspicious trailer and lawn mower that was left on someone’s property. Returning to the property, 34-year-old William Justin Holliday of Westminster told the deputy that […]

At 7am this morning, repairs began on a 2,000-foot stretch of water line along the Highway 28 Bypass from West Park Drive to Page Drive in the City of Anderson. The City’s Water Department announces that water service will be interrupted for most of the day as repairs take place. Traffic will be restricted to one south bound lane in […]