Category: News

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks help identifying an individual in connection with a series of burglaries and larcenies in the Fair Play area. The Sheriff’s Office posted pictures on its website of an individual who is not the property owner seen on property located at an address on West Fairplay Boulevard. The Sheriff’s Office has investigated burglaries and larcenies […]

The final four teams in the two divisions of the 2015 Dixie Girls State Tournament play today for their respective championships. State Tournament Director Phil Parnell gives details. “We will finish the games that are being played now, they are suspend and we will pick them up at 10am Wednesday. We will play the second game scheduled for Tuesday night […]

What do you do with 100 girls, ages 8-11, when their softball games are delayed due to lightening? Well, if you are the Seneca Recreation Department, you let them dance, says Director Rick Lacey. “When we have a rain delay, it is our responsibility to bring them inside when it is lightening. So we had four teams in the gym […]

The Seneca Junior American Legion team plays Rock Hill today at 6pm. The teams continue Monday’s Game 1 at Rock Hill, which was suspended at the start of the fifth due to weather. Rock Hill leads 2-0 in the game. A second game starts about 30 minutes after the first. Seneca Junior American Legion action takes place at the Hall […]

Skeletal remains found behind a motel in Banks Crossing, Georgia last year have now been positively identified as those of a South Carolina man. On Tuesday, the Banks County Sheriff’s Office announced forensic tests have concluded the bones belong to Terry Lee Holbrooks of Fairplay. So far, the cause of Holbrook’s death has not been determined. In February 2014, three […]

Multiple charges face a 58-year-old Seneca man after an attack on a neighbor in his apartment complex. Seneca Police Chief John Covington says because of the suspect’s questionable status in the country; his department is asking the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Immigration Customs Enforcement or I.C.E., to review its case against Zenen Alvarez. On Tuesday, officers found a woman at […]

The Oconee County Public Library invites you to celebrate National Watermelon Day on Aug. 3. Watermelon contains 92% water, which makes it a delicious treat to beat the summer time heat. Stop by the Westminster Library on Aug. 3 anytime between 3-5pm to pick up a slice, while supplies last. “This is just our way of celebrating summer and giving […]

Lake Hartwell Clean Up Green Up efforts are still underway though the initial cleanup event has ended. The Savannah Army Corps of Engineers’ Hartwell Lake Office and the Lake Hartwell Association (LHA) invite local residents, scout groups, civic clubs, and other potential volunteers to join year-round efforts in maintaining a clean and inviting environment for all lake visitors. “From the […]

Palmetto Conservation and the City of Walhalla are celebrating a new partnership to extend the cross-state Palmetto Trail into downtown Walhalla. At a celebratory event, Palmetto Conservation presented Walhalla Mayor Danny Edwards with a Palmetto Trail kiosk poster illustrating the new downtown terminus. “We are extremely excited to partner with Palmetto Conservation Foundation. The Palmetto Trail will allow us to […]

A representative with Duke Energy started work Monday on Walhalla’s Streetscape Project tasked with removing the wiring from existing streetlights. In addition, workers continue to lay electrical conduit along a portion of the city’s downtown. The City of Walhalla announces that the changeover for the Bantam Chef takes place Sunday, so as not to interrupt business during regular work hours. […]