Category: News

Public help is sought by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in their investigation of a recent burglary and larceny that occurred in the Seneca area. A deputy responded to a residence on Emmanuel Church Drive the morning of May 25 regarding a forced entry that had been made and electronic items taken. One HP laptop computer, two HP tablets and […]

Two suspects sit behind bars charged with multiple offenses in a Seneca Police Department investigation into recent home burglaries. Seneca Police Chief John Covington reports that 20-year-old Devin Ian McCrackin of Walhalla and 30-year-old Timothy Jason King of Seneca stand charged in warrants with larceny, burglary, weapons possession and financial identity fraud. The charges stem from a home burglary that […]

The Toccoa Fire Department responded to a head on collision between a car and a church bus around 8:25pm Thursday evening in Stephens County, Georgia. According to responders, the person who was driving the vehicle that struck the bus had to be removed and was then airlifted to a nearby hospital. In addition, 16 people on the bus had to […]

Accreditation organization AdvancED says the School District of Pickens County is one-step closer to losing accreditation, which would affect students’ chances of getting into college as well as lower property values. If the district loses its AdvancED accreditation, it would be the first in the state. A new AdvancED report said the district has made little to no progress since […]

Borg Warner, a global leader in powertrain solutions, is expanding its existing manufacturing operations in Oconee County. The $13.3 million investment is expected to create 50 new jobs in Seneca over the next five years. Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander is excited that Borg Warner is bring more jobs to the city. “On behalf of the City of Seneca, it is […]

Hikers from Oconee and Pickens counties are teaming up to hike over 28 miles and raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation. Each hiker participating in the challenge agreed to raise $2,500 for Make-A-Wish with all donations tax deductible and going directly to granting wishes in South Carolina.

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) is retiring after more than three decades of service to the United States Air Force. “I’ll turn 60 this summer which is the mandatory retirement age for the Air Force Reserves,” said Graham, who holds the rank of Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves and is assigned as Senior Individual Mobilization Augmentee […]

The man charged in the recent robbery from Community First Bank near Seneca remains in a North Carolina jail. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office issued an arrest warrant last week against 53-year-old Jesse Ray Pate of Mountain Rest and he was arrested near Raleigh. Extradition proceedings are now underway to return him to Oconee County; however, the FBI may soon […]

The School District of Oconee County recently presented top awards for 2014-15. Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland gives this year’s three major honorees. “It is a privilege and honor each year to be able to award three people with those awards; the Teacher of the Year, Support Employee of the Year and the Volunteer of the Year. This […]

Tamassee-Salem Middle and High School is not closing and students will attend school there in the fall. Rumors have circulated in the Town of Salem that the school would be consolidated into the new Walhalla High School set to open in August off Highway 11, explains Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland. “The School Board has not taken any […]