Category: News

The collaborative efforts of a Hartwell Lake corps ranger and bystander saved two boys’ lives after they struggled to swim from a remote buoy to the beach shoreline on June 3. The incident occurred near the Singing Pines Recreation Area when Corps Park Ranger Tim Crabtree, patrolling the area, noticed the dangerous situation and motioned the pair to return to […]

A Florida teenager died after falling from a zip line at a camp in Sunset. Pickens County Deputy Coroner Gary Duncan reports that 16-year-old Olivia Paige Grimes of Lakeland, Florida, died Monday afternoon after falling out of a zip line swing at the Carolina Point Camp, operated by Young Life, a Christian youth organization. She died at the scene around […]

The City of Clemson advises the residents along Essex Drive, Cochran Road, Boggs Street, Elm Street, Clemson Street and Calhoun Street to boil their water for at least one-full minute prior to drinking or cooking. Residents should continue to boil their water until otherwise notified by the City of Clemson. Also, any ice made from water which has not been […]

Late Monday afternoon, medical personnel responded to a home in the Timber Lake Community of Oconee County about a man that had been burned. EMS and first responders arrived on scene to find a man who had been burned from a flash fire that occurred from smoking cigarettes while utilizing a home medical oxygen device. It was quickly decided to […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Westminster man on domestic violence and weapons charges after a welfare check at a residence on Hopewell Church Road. Last Friday, deputies were dispatched to the residence and learned that a domestic violence incident had occurred at the address on July 9. During the course of the investigation, it was determined that 20-year-old […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Pelzer man Friday morning on grand larceny charges. The Sheriff’s Office began an investigation on March 1 after a deputy responded to an address on Wells Highway in regards to a larceny of two guitars and sound equipment. Early in the investigation, it was determined that no forced entry was made into the […]

The Board of Trustees of the Oconee County Public Library meets on July 27, 2015, at 5:30pm in the council chambers of Salem Town Hall, across the lobby from the Salem Library. The public is welcome to attend, and a brief public comment period is provided at the beginning of the meeting. Library Board meetings are held every other month […]

A hiker fell to his death Monday morning in Pickens County. The incident occurred at the Twin Falls waterfall. The Pickens County Coroner’s Office pronounced 44-year-old Craig Schulz dead the scene. Deputies with the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said he was hiking with a group of people when he lost his footing and fell to the bottom of the falls. […]

This summer, if you see a DNR truck slowly riding down a rural road about an hour after sundown, it might be part of a project surveying bat populations across the state. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fund the Carolinas Acoustic Bat Project, where researchers drive carefully specified routes two consecutive nights with a recording device mounted on the […]

In order to perform water installation work, the City of Clemson announces that residents of Essex Drive, Cochran Road, Boggs Street, Elm Street, Clemson Street and Calhoun Street will be without water today. The water on these streets will be off from 9am until 4pm on Monday, July 13, 2015. The City of Clemson’s Calhoun District Streetscape Utilities Contractor will […]