Category: News

The Oconee County Fire Investigations Team is asking for the public’s help in solving an arson in the Timberlake One community. Fire Chief Charlie King with Oconee County Emergency Services reports that around 1am Monday, firefighters were alerted to a house on fire. Crews arrived to find the residence well involved in fire and spreading quickly. Firefighters had the fire […]

In an effort to serve residents and visitors better, the Oconee Heritage Center is expanding public visiting hours of the museum beginning Friday, Jan. 2, 2015. The downtown Walhalla museum celebrating the county’s history and heritage will now be open Tuesday through Saturday from 11am until 5pm. The Oconee Heritage Center will be closed Sunday and Monday. Hours of operation […]

A West Union man is behind bars on multiple burglary and larceny charges. Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt gives details. “20-year-old Brady Dale Berry of 165 Fernwood Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 3:27pm after turning himself in at the Oconee County Law Enforcement Center in Walhalla. Arrest warrants obtained by investigators […]

A surveillance operation by Narcotics Investigators with the Seneca Police Department resulted in the arrest of a drug suspect after a chase and the suspect’s car hitting a tree near Wells Highway. Seneca Police Chief John Covington reports that Tuesday around noon, an officer spotted an Acura on South 6th Street driven by 20-year-old Devin Samuel Prater of Westminster. Officers […]

Currently there are 1,200 children in DSS foster care across the Upstate of South Carolina and there are less than 600 licensed resource foster homes. There is an obvious deficit of homes available to place children in the Upstate, which decreases the number of children who can remain in their communities. The South Carolina Youth Advocate Program’s Resource Family Program, […]

A survey by the Pew Research Center finds 35% of American workers say the internet has increased the number of hours they work. However, they do have more flexibility in deciding when to work. Lee Rainey is head of technology research at the Pew Research Center. “There is this fluidity to life now that didn’t exist when there was a […]

The flu is worse this year than last. According to the latest numbers from South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, there have been 19,000 flu cases and 12 deaths so far this year, which is double compared to this time last year. Dave Neal with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the best way to prevent […]

Listen to a special Coffee Time on New Year’s Day as WSNW gives its year in review. At 9am on Thursday, Jan. 1, hear the top stories from 2014 on 94.1 The Lake, WSNW. This is a chance to reflect on all the exciting things that occurred this past year. That’s the 2014 Year in Review on New Year’s Day […]

A 20-year-old West Union man sits behind bars charged with multiple burglaries and larcenies. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports that Brady Dale Berry is accused of burglarizing a neighbor’s home on Fernwood Drive. Arrest affidavits allege Berry entered his neighbor’s home between Nov. 1 and Dec. 27 while armed with a deadly weapon. He also faces a similar charge […]

Narcotics Investigators busted a mobile meth lab in the parking lot of Ingles Monday evening and arrested two people. Around 5pm, officers arrested and charged 45-year-old Victoria Michelle Alexander of Fair Play and 42-year-old Daniel Gabriel Harbin of Seneca with manufacturing methamphetamine. Harbin also stands charged with possession with intent to distribute meth. The Seneca Police Department K9 Team and […]