Category: News

Update: E-911/Communications Center received word around mid-morning today that Mr. Lawson was located near an address on Old Greenville Highway by the Clemson University Police Department.  According to information received by our dispatch, contact had been made with his family. Original Story: (Walhalla, SC)————————————–The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 82 year old […]

The City of Seneca, Seneca Light and Water, and Oconee County Government Offices will be closed on Monday, September 6 in observance of Labor Day. For your convenience, the Seneca Light & Water Plant Night Deposit will remain open 24 hours for Seneca Light & Water payments. In case of an emergency, please call 885–2723 for assistance.  Additionally, all branches of the OCPL […]

According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Wednesday Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 18 year-old Morgan Grace Fields of Westminster and charged her with two counts of pointing a firearm at a person. She remains in custody pending bond. Also on Wednesday, jail records show that Seneca Police and Oconee Deputies charged Carlton Gaylord Williams, age 34, and […]

Earlier this week the School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees met for a special called board meeting to consider the possibility of a mask mandate for staff and students in response to legal cases currently before the SC Supreme Court. The Court considered arguments in two cases that involve the implementation of mask mandates in K-12 schools but […]

Police in Royston, Georgia are investigating a shooting death that took place there overnight. Our sister station WLHR reports that just after midnight, two men got into an argument at a location on Spring Street. Royston Police Chief Donnie Boleman with more… The names of the suspect and the victim have not been released and Chief Boleman said he has […]

SLED has been requested by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct in a county owned building by the county coroner. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw spoke about the potential allegations being brought against the Oconee County Coroner…  

Update from OCSO: Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a shooting reported Wednesday night in the area of Sims Street near Westminster. Reports sate that a female subject was shot in the back. She was removed from the scene by paramedics and taken to an area hospital. According to warrants, 59 year-old Donnie Wayne Wheeler was booked into jail on […]

(Walhalla, SC)–Based upon evidence obtained in an ongoing investigation into a recent homicide on Hobson Street near Westminster, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has obtained an arrest warrant charging a Swansea, SC man with Murder. The Sheriff’s Office has also obtained arrest warrants against the same suspect on charges of Attempted Murder and First Degree Burglary in relation to a […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing teen, for the second time in less than a month. 16 year-old Ashlyn Bailey Miller was reportedly last seen on Saturday afternoon, August 28 around 1:00pm when she left her residence on Cherokee Lake Road. Master Deputy Jimmy watt has more… Miller is known to use aliases, the Sheriff’s Office […]

Corporal Joe Hovis with the South Carolina Highway Patrol has details about a deadly accident that happened on Hwy 133 in Pickens County, about three miles north of Six Mile, around 12:35am this morning…