Category: News

A 10-hour standoff ended peacefully Thursday night in Oconee County. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office placed an individual into protective custody who fired shots in his home around 1:49pm. Oconee County 911 dispatch received a call from an individual in the 500 block of Highlands Highway, which is north of Walhalla. The individual was unstable and shots were fired in […]

Duke Energy made a $25,000 check presentation this week to Tri-County Technical College’s Foundation to fund curriculum development, targeted marketing and recruitment of students for a series of free courses at the College, which will offer 25 to 44-year-olds that are unemployed, underemployed and underserved. This course will teach participants who have a high school diploma, but have not earned […]

The ninth annual Northside Elementary 5K and one-mile fun run takes place this Saturday. The community is invited to be a Northside Hero, explains school administrative assistant Nicci Hanewald. “This year is Be a Hero so we want to celebrate some of our Northside Heroes like the parents, teachers and administrative staff. We are encouraging everybody to come out Saturday, […]

Subscribers to the Journal received something extra on Wednesday. Included with the paper was the School District of Oconee County’s Spring 2015 Report to the People. “We were pleased with that and want to thank the Journal for helping us out with that, but we just kind of thought a picture is worth a thousand words and we wanted people […]

On May 5, 2015, Ripple of One will join nonprofit organizations and community foundations across the country for Give Local America, which is a 24-hour crowd-funding event that provides individual a platform to invest in and celebrate the work of local nonprofit organizations nationwide. In 2014, through partnership with 7,700 local nonprofits, Give Local America raised more than $53 million […]

The Oconee County Budget, Finance and Administration Committee has rescheduled their meeting for May 12, 2015 to begin at 6pm in Council Chambers of the Oconee County Administrative Offices, which are located at 415 South Pine Street in Walhalla.

The Oconee County Real Estate, Facilities and Land Management Committee meeting scheduled for May 12, 2015 has been cancelled.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks help locating an Anderson man wanted on strong-armed robbery charges. According to warrants, 38-year-old Orin Jerel Simpson Kemp resides at an apartment on West Mauldin Street. On April 27, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a larceny. The victim told the deputy that her incarcerated husband asked her to hire a […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Seneca man Tuesday evening on multiple charges with drug and weapons warrants among them. A deputy responded to an address on Hidden Hill Drive to reports of a man waving a firearm at his neighbors. Dispatch informed the officer that subject was in a green Ford SUV and was attempting to leave the […]

Churches and faith-based organizations coast to coast are investing in the health, fitness, and wellness of their community through the purchase of quality playground equipment from American Parks Company. Marc Parker, vice president of marketing for American Parks Company reports that Utica Baptist Church in Seneca selected the playground experts at American Parks Company to assist them with the design […]