Category: News

For over a year, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has offered to area places of worship church safety meetings to address ways that congregations can protect themselves and their property. “The Sheriff’s Office continues to try to be proactive in addressing many of the issues affecting Oconee County and church safety is one of those issues at the very top,” […]

Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal hit-run that occurred early Saturday on I-85 near the entrance to the state Welcome Center at Fair Play. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said the victim was 25-year-old David Michael Rogers of Lavonia, Georgia. Addis says Rogers, was apparently struck by a vehicle while walking around 4am. A deputy […]

A 75-year-old Salem woman died Saturday at Greenville Memorial Hospital after being hospitalized for injuries in a two-vehicle accident. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that the accident took the life of Carol Hunter. It occurred around 11am Saturday morning, as she was a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Samuel O’Dell Hunter. According to the coroner, the […]

Join the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce for a grand opening and open house tonight, June 22, from 6-8pm at the Arc of Oconee County. “Come out and celebrate alongside another fantastic non-profit here in Seneca as they open up their new space. The Arc offers services for individuals with disabilities. Come show your support and learn more about all […]

The community is encouraged to participate in a welcoming patriotic parade this afternoon, June 22, to honor visiting Marines. Individuals and businesses are asked to line the parade route with signs, flags and expressions of thanks, explains Honoring Their Service co-chairman Tony Alford. “Our theme this year is saying thank you face to face, heart to heart.” The motorcade moves […]

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a wreck in Pendleton late Sunday night. Troopers report it happened around 10:17pm Sunday on Westinghouse Road and US 76. A car ran off the road and hit a tree. The driver was ejected from the vehicle and flown to Greenville Memorial Hospital for his injuries.

One person is dead after a truck accident in Oconee County, Sunday night. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says it happened around 7:30pm on Pickens Highway near Snead Road. The driver of a Chevrolet Avalanche veered off the road; then overcorrected and lost control, striking a guardrail and then hitting a tree before the vehicle overturned. Troopers say two other […]

Tonight, the hilarious southern comedy, The Hallelujah Girls, opens at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium. This is a Jones, Hope and Wooten comedy, explains Walhalla Civic Auditorium executive director Bill Chiusano. “Hilarity abounds when the feisty females of Eden Falls, Georgia, decide to shake up their lives. The action in this rollicking Southern comedy takes place in SPA-DEE-DAH, the abandoned church-turned […]

The number of working South Carolinians reached another historic high to an estimated 2,109,984 people with 65,006 people finding work since May 2014. The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reports that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.8% in May from 6.7% in April. “I’m encouraged that 65,000 more South Carolinians are working today than […]

The South Carolina Highway Patrol announces the graduation of 42 troopers from South Carolina Highway Patrol Basic Class 96. This brings the total number of troopers in South Carolina to 768. The troopers began training in January. They graduated from the Criminal Justice Academy on May 8 and continued for specialized training from the Patrol in all areas of law […]