Category: News

Blue Ridge Bank announces the recent promotions of three employees, Chase Todd, Donna Martuccio, and Kay Moore, as new branch managers of the Bank’s three locations. Chase Todd, manager of the main office in Walhalla, joined the Bank in July 2014, and currently serves as Assistant Vice President and Customer Service Representative. Todd has over three years of experience in […]

Clemson University’s business and accounting programs have again earned accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, which is the hallmark of excellence in business education and has been earned by less than 5% of the world’s business programs. Clemson University, ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a Top 20 public university in the United States, […]

This summer researchers at Clemson University want you to count fireflies. Michelle Cook, project co-leader and associate professor of science education in Clemson’s Eugene T. Moore School of Education, says this is the fifth year of the Clemson University Vanishing Firefly Project. “We are asking the public to participate as citizen-scientists to help us count fireflies each summer. The idea […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks help locating a missing woman who was last seen over the weekend. A deputy responded to an address on Trillium Drive in Mountain Rest around 4:10pm Sunday afternoon and spoke with the missing woman’s boyfriend who told the deputy that his girlfriend, 29-year-old Mandy Nicole Brewer, was last seen around 11:40am on Saturday. Brewer […]

Oconee County law enforcement agencies announce three additional arrests this week in the ninth “Operation Infinity” drug sweep that began on April 8. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office along with all five municipal police departments in the county, Salem, Seneca, Walhalla, Westminster and West Union, as well as the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources participated in the countywide drug […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks help locating a Greenwood man wanted on multiple charges, including murder, in regards to March incident near Seneca. 30-year-old Dw’Ntraquis Rashaad Campbell stands charged by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on March 9 with murder in the shooting death of Anthony Letron Holden of Seneca. Campbell was also charged with three counts of attempted […]

One day after launching his campaign for president in the 2016 election, Senator Lindsey Graham released the names of his South Carolina Finance Committee, which includes more than 100 top business and community leaders from across the Palmetto State. “This list is a ‘Who’s Who’ in the South Carolina business and professional community,” said Graham’s Finance Committee Chairman David Wilkins, […]

Just two days of school remain in the School District of Oconee County. A reminder to parents and motorists, students dismiss early both Wednesday and Thursday, explains Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland. “We are getting close to wrapping up the year. June 4 is the last official day of school for students, so June 3 and June 4 […]

Its budgeting time and discussion about a millage increase in Oconee County seems to be on everyone’ lips. District 3 Councilman Paul Cain, who serves the Seneca area, shared these thoughts on the budget. “This budget season has been especially difficult. Scott Moulder has done an excellent job as our Administrator in finding ways to cut expenditures on the cost […]

As part of the Oconee County Public Library’s summer reading program, entitled “Every Hero Has a Story”, the Westminster Library is setting aside a day for people to show their support of our everyday military heroes by writing a letter, drawing a picture or making a card that will be collected and sent to troops. “Writing a letter is a […]