Category: News

As part of its College and Career Readiness initiative, the Seneca High School Guidance Office is establishing a SHS Professional Alumni Wall. SHS Alumni will be featured on 16 x 20 posters that show alumni in various professions. These posters will be displayed prominently in a high traffic hallway at Seneca High School. The cost for a poster is $25. […]

The Walhalla Main Branch of the Oconee County Public Library welcomes a representative from Safe Harbor on Oct. 21. Safe Harbor is Oconee County’s emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence. Domestic violence is a big problem in Oconee County, and Safe Harbor’s representative will share ways we can help to break the cycle of abuse. Learn how you can […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office announces a new graduate from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. Deputy Jamie Hellams is the sixth graduate from the Academy since Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw was sworn in as Sheriff on Jan. 1, 2013. Hellams graduated on Oct. 10. Hellams is a 2006 graduate of Walhalla High School and holds an Associate’s Degree […]

At their meeting Tuesday night the Seneca City Council passed first reading on a motion for employee bonuses, explains Seneca Mayor Dan Alexander. “We passed our budget before the first of July, which is when our fiscal year starts and as we have gotten into this year we have had some more conservation numbers come in and there was an […]

The City of Clemson has contracted King Asphalt to mill the pavement and re-stripe the intersection of Highway 123 and College Avenue. The project begins at 3pm Sunday and continues through the night until completed. One lane will remain open in both directions; however, caution is advised during this roadwork.

Congressman Jeff Duncan is calling for the temporary suspension of visas for individuals traveling from areas of West Africa impacted by the Ebola virus. The suspension would last until the outbreak is under control. Duncan, chairman of a Homeland Security subcommittee, joined the chairman of the full committee to ask both the Homeland Security Director and the Secretary of State […]

On Wednesday, South Carolina recognized “White Cane Safety Day”. According to South Carolina law, the Governor each year “shall take suitable public notice on Oct. 15 as White Cane Safety Day.” The Governor also issues a proclamation and call upon the citizens of South Carolina to observe the law and encourages the use proper safety procedures and consideration of disabled […]

Governor Nikki Haley has proclaimed Earthquake Awareness Week for 2014 be observed Oct. 12-18 in South Carolina. The S.C. Emergency Management Division encourages everyone to take this opportunity to learn about our state’s seismic fault system and how best to prepare for earthquakes. Our state experiences approximately 10 to 20 earthquakes a year, according to geologists. A highlight of the […]

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Sacramento, California man on drug charges after a traffic stop along I-85 in the southern part of the county, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “33-year-old Eugene Duncan, Jr. of 261 Graves Avenue was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 5:02pm on a temporary custody order until […]

An Oconee County jury found Steven Ranslow Allison guilty Tuesday of distribution of methamphetamine, third offense. The Honorable Roger Couch sentenced Allison to 25 years in prison. On July 15, 2013, narcotics agents with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office made a controlled buy to purchase methamphetamine from Allison. The Anderson/Oconee Regional Forensics Lab confirmed that the substance purchased was meth. […]