Category: News

Toastmasters District 58, area 61, which covers the tri-county area of Anderson, Pickens and Oconee counties, hosts an Area Open House on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 from 6:30-8pm. The open house will be held at Clemson Presbyterian Church located at 346 Old Greenville Highway in Clemson. This is a great way to find out how joining a local Toastmasters club […]

The Board of Trustees of the Oconee County Public Library holds their regular bi-monthly meeting at the Seneca Library on Monday, Jan. 26 at 5:30pm. The Seneca Branch is located at 300 East South 2nd Street in Seneca. The meeting is open to the public, and public comment is invited at the beginning of the meeting. Topics to be addressed […]

The Walhalla Civic Auditorium announces its 2015 Shining Stars Summer Theater Camp runs two weeks this year. Walhalla Civic Auditorium executive director Bill Chiusano gives details. “The 2015 Shining Stars Summer Theater Camp is scheduled for July 6-17, 2015 from 9am to 12pm each day. There are two classes, ages 7-9 and ages 10-12. Classes are limited to 25 students. […]

The Walhalla Police Department has added kidnapping to the charges against two of the three individuals arrested in the homicide last week on North Laurel Street. Walhalla Police Chief Ronald Wilbanks says the warrants obtained Friday charge 23-year-old Kenneth Strother Collins Jr. and 18-year-old Megan Brianna Crowe with kidnapping. Previously, Crow was charged as an accessory and Collins was charged […]

A fatal accident occurred Saturday night near the Pickens County municipality of Easley. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley reports that 47-year-old Gregory Alan Duncan of Easley died in a moped accident around 7pm Saturday night at Old Pond Road and Arial Street. According to Kelley, Duncan was not wearing a helmet.

A check stolen from the mailbox of an Anderson County business turned up in Seneca where, the police say, the check was forged and cashed at a local bank. A 33-year-old Anderson woman was arrested by the Seneca police and jailed in Walhalla. The police say Camie Ronea Dennis is accused of presenting a forged check in the amount of […]

Campus police at Clemson University arrested a 19-year-old student in his residence hall door room on drug charges. The charges allege that Anthony Joseph Rizzo of Simpsonville possessed marijuana with intent to distribute and possessed marijuana with intent to distribute within proximity of a school. Rizzo was released Friday on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond.

The Westminster Police Department and the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the theft of a city pick up truck. Westminster Police Chief Dean Awalt said the truck has been recovered, and officers have taken a couple of statements to help solve who took the truck.

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help locating a Pickens man wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants. 28-year-old Joseph Coy Kilby, whose address on warrants is listed as 161 Swiss Entrance, is wanted on charges of second degree burglary, petit larceny, and possession of implements capable of being used in a crime. Investigators say that Kilby broke into […]

We Care of Westminster receives a make over on Monday as part of the Day of Service honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The non-profit organization is the project for this year’s Leadership Oconee Class, explains President Brandy Taylor. “We Care is a food and clothing pantry in Westminster that was desperately in need of a building make […]