Category: News

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) started preparing for a mix of winter precipitation that began falling in the state late Monday evening. SCDOT Maintenance units pretreated bridges and sections of interstate highways and primary routes in the Upstate. All SCDOT maintenance units in every county have been fully re-stocked with salt, sand, brine and the other materials used […]

The Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce announces the first ever Miss Oconee Belle Pageant. Open to all 9th through 12th grade ladies currently enrolled in an Oconee County high school, this scholarship driven pageant will be a new and exciting experience for all participants. The pageant will be held at the Walhalla Civic Auditorium on April 11 at 5pm. Pageant […]

March 2 is National Read Across America Day as well as being Dr. Seuss Day. Once again, the United Way of Oconee County plans to be a part of the celebration and is currently looking for volunteers to read to a group of kids in one of the elementary schools in Oconee County. There will be a lunch meeting, sponsored […]

A new Lundberg Survey is out tracking gasoline prices. Editor Trilby Lundberg breaks down the rising cost of fuel. “The average price of gasoline is up 13 cents in the past two weeks. This after it rose 13 cents in the prior period, so what we have is the market bottomed out four weeks ago and is now up 26 […]

Drivers of all ages are urged to take the AARP Smart Driver course. The new, six-hour classroom program will be taught on March 20 from 9:15am to 4pm at the newly renovated Keowee Key Event Center. You may bring a lunch or take advantage of the nearby café. For those coming from outside the home development, enter Keowee Key on […]

The South Carolina Historical Society announces the opening of its exhibit “The Shaping of South Carolina” detailing the disputes, politics, and science surrounding the state’s boundary lines from colonial times to the present. The exhibit features original maps from the collection of the South Carolina Historical Society, and quotations concerning the science of surveying from noted surveyor and Revolutionary hero, […]

Economic development highlights were featured at this year’s State of Oconee luncheon on Friday at Seneca High School. Presented by the Oconee, Walhalla and Westminster Chambers of Commerce, the annual event featured three speakers addressing the economic development opportunities facing Oconee County and celebrating recent successes. Oconee Economic Alliance executive director Richard Blackwell discussed recent economic development accomplishments. “Our unemployment […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks help identifying an armed suspect who robbed a Walhalla convenience store. Surveillance video shows a masked man wielding a gun, which he points at the clerk of the Corner Stop on West Main Street. The armed robbery occurred on Feb. 9 around 11:30pm. Anyone with information about the armed robber should call Crime Stoppers […]

An arrest has been made in a case of a body found in an Anderson County well. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office reports that 54-year-old Perry Thomas Pruitt was arrested Sunday on charges of unauthorized removal of a dead body. Deputies discovered the body of 57-year-old Patricia Ann Freeman in a well on Pruitt’s property on Saturday. On Feb. 6, […]

Sponsored by the Pendleton District Commission, the “Moorhead Memories” exhibit opens March 7 at the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina. Running through the month of April, the exhibit is open during regular museum hours, which are Thursdays and Fridays from noon to 5pm and Saturdays from 10am to 3pm. Admission to the exhibit and the museum is free, […]