Category: News

Walhalla Police Chief Ronald Wilbanks held a press conference Tuesday morning in order to release videos of two ongoing investigations. “We showed a video of the vandalism along with the armed robbery that we had on Feb. 9. We are hoping that maybe somebody knows something, saw something or heard something. As many people as we can get it out […]

A local girls’ soccer recently won the South Carolina Presidents Cup State Championship. The girls, ages 14-16, play for the Clemson Anderson Soccer Alliance (CASA) and represent local towns of Seneca, Walhalla, Mountain Rest, Clemson, Easley, and Anderson. They are the first girls’ team in history from the tri-county area of Upstate South Carolina to win a state soccer championship. […]

South Carolinians get a chance to hear from former Arkansas Governor, 2008 Republican presidential candidate, and New York Times Bestselling author Mike Huckabee on Friday, Feb. 27 as he visits Greenville. Gov. Mike Huckabee hosts a roundtable discussion at 12:30pm in the Commerce Club, 55 Beattie Place in Greenville.

The preserved specimen of a Southern White Rhino has taken up residence at Clemson University. “Stanlee” makes his home in a glass case in the middle of the entryway to Long Hall. Stanlee’s story goes back to the 1980s in South Africa where he was considered an aggressive member of his community. He defied attempts to help him live in […]

Oconee County public schools, Pickens County public schools and Oconee Christian Academy are closed today due to snow. Oconee County Government Offices are on a two-hour delay. All offices will open at 10:30am for normal business. Seneca and Walhalla city offices as well as municipal court are operating on a two-hour delay today as well.

Crime Stoppers of Oconee County and BASF are still offering reward money for information regarding losses of precious metals from the plant. Crime Stoppers is offering up to $2,000 and BASF is offering up to an additional $10,000 for information leading to the recovery of precious metals and materials from the plant as well as potential arrests in any cases. […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested an Anderson County man who was wanted on an outstanding warrant for shoplifting from the Walmart in Seneca. Late Saturday evening, 46-year-old Jemal David Carson was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release on Dec. 10, 2014, seeking the public’s help regarding a lunchtime shoplifting […]

Veterans across Oconee County and the local VA Office are teaming up with the Department of Defense in recognizing the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. Jerry Dyar, Director of the Oconee County Veterans Affairs Office says, “Oconee County has been recognized, by the Department of Defense, as a Commemorative Partner for the next three years, in […]

The Doodle Trail has a name, but the trail planned between Easley and Pickens needs a logo. The cities announced a logo design contest for the 7.5-mile rail-to-rail trail that is currently under construction. Entries to the contest are due by March 18 and you can email them to [email protected]. The Doodle Trail is expected to be completed in May.

The board of directors at Oconee Memorial Hospital granted an easement last night to Oconee County to cross the property that is set aside for the county’s first YMCA, featuring an indoor aquatic center. Sister station WGOG reports that the board acted after a presentation by Hunter Kome, president of the Oconee Medical Campus, and Phil Shirley, director of Oconee […]