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The Clemson City Hall Council Chamber hosted a meeting last night that began with an invocation by Council Member Evans, followed by the recognition of the Budget Award and Clemson Gymnastics. Council issued proclamations for Karen Carter, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Crime Victims’ Rights Week, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month before conducting public hearings on an Elm Street Lot rezoning […]

On Monday night, the Seneca Planning Commission voted to recommend the annexation and rezoning of the Seneca Falls subdivision, located at South Oak Street and Wells Highway, as a Planned Development – Residential district. The project, led by DR Horton and Forestar (USA) Real Estate, proposes the construction of 156 single-family homes on 43 acres adjacent to the Cascade Pointe […]

The Westminster Police Foundation will host its first-ever Back the Blue 5K & Fun Run on May 16, 2026, in Westminster, SC, to raise funds for essential law enforcement technology, training, and equipment. Supporters can register online at https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/Westminster/Westminster5KFunRun, with early bird pricing of $35 available through May 1st before the rate increases to $45. All proceeds from the event […]

The Oconee County Council meets Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at 6:00 PM in Walhalla, SC. The agenda includes discussion on the former 1956 Oconee County Courthouse, with prior interest in demolishing the remaining structure now considered an eyesore by residents and St. John Lutheran Church. Other items feature approval of a $241,834 road striping contract, proclamations honoring the West-Oak High […]

The Town of Pendleton announced the resignation of Town Administrator Steve Miller, effective June 10, 2026, as he pursues new professional opportunities in the best interest of his family. Miller joined the town in April 2013 and served more than a decade, strengthening its financial position, improving the Public Works Department, reestablishing the police department, securing the highest possible Moody’s […]

On Saturday, April 18, 2026, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office requested public assistance in locating 16-year-old Demetri Alan Graham, who was last seen overnight on Arrington Road in Fair Play, South Carolina. Graham, described as 6’1” tall, approximately 165 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, was wearing a black hoodie with white flowers, gray sweatpants or light-colored jeans, and […]

An Anderson County man remains in the Oconee County Detention Center after his arrest overnight on charges related to a Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor investigation involving two children. On April 18, 2026, at approximately 12:53 a.m., 19-year-old Brady Austin Baltzegar was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on three counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor […]

A Seneca man remains in the Oconee County Detention Center today on a combined $80,000 surety bond after his arrest Thursday morning on multiple charges related to a Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor investigation. On April 17, 2026, at approximately 9:46 a.m., 43-year-old Luis Armando Argueta Montejo of Seneca was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center following a […]

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has charged Derek Pace, 46, a former narcotics agent with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, with Misconduct in Office. Pace was charged on Friday, April 17, 2026, after the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office requested a SLED investigation. According to the arrest warrant, between May 11, 2023, and December 1, 2023, Pace knowingly and […]

On April 17, 2026, at approximately 7:06 p.m., the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office 911 Communications Center received a report of a subject discharging a firearm in the area of McClanahan Road in Liberty, South Carolina. Deputies responded to a residence in the 100 block of McClanahan Road and found Alan Rufus Locklear barricaded inside a building behind the residence. Locklear […]