Category: News

The American Library Association has always designated September as “library card sign-up month”. This year, Oconee County Public Library will celebrate by offering our patrons some incentives to get a library card or refer a friend to come get a library card. During the entire month of September, if a new patron 12 years or older registers for a library […]

Youth Services Librarian Stacie Powell and Seneca Library Branch Manager Emily Sluder recently presented Seneca Library patron Julia Jessop with a pair of Beats by Dre headphones for participating and completing the Oconee County Public Library’s teen summer reading program. Julia completed the required ten literacy tasks and was therefore eligible for the grand prize drawing. Every summer the Oconee […]

Starting Sept. 7, the Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum of South Carolina is hosting a new program called “Story Time and More”. Once a month, volunteers will read various farm-oriented books to children. Following a discussion of the ideas brought forth in the books, children will participate in various hands on activities. The program, designed for ages five through seven, costs […]

As Clemson University students return to class this week, police are bracing for the crime that accompanies them. Each year, crime statistics rise when students return for a new semester. Clemson City Police are distributing flyers around town warning about auto break-ins and thefts that seem to accompany the start of another school year. In 2013, the Clemson City Police […]

A deadly Walhalla house fire is under investigation. Around 9:30pm Tuesday night, the Oconee County 911 communications center received a report of a house fire at 829 North Andover Drive in Walhalla. Multiple fire agencies responded to the Mountain View subdivision home. Upon arrival and entry into the home, firefighters discovered an unresponsive male lying on a bedroom floor of […]

A 21-minute chase through Oconee County Tuesday afternoon has resulted in multiple charges against a Salem man. The chase began when a deputy with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the South Carolina Highway Patrol perused a reported stolen vehicle, explains Oconee County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “The vehicle was reported stolen from the Dollar […]

A Leesburg, Georgia man is under arrest after deputies say he led them on a chase in Anderson County. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office reports that 26-year-old Nicholas Jose Sisneros stands charged with failure to stop for blue lights and open container. The incident occurred around 8:30pm Tuesday off Clemson Boulevard. A check of the vehicle license tag showed it […]

This Thursday night the City of Seneca holds a special Jazz on the Alley. In addition to the live music in the street, a marrow donor registry drive is planned for a young boy in Seneca. The Lachlan Tannery Benefit takes place during Jazz on the Alley this Thursday, Aug. 21, from 6:30-9:30pm on Ram Cat Alley in downtown Seneca. […]

The Oconee County Public Library is looking for a person interested in becoming a member of its Board of Trustees. Oconee County Public Library Branch Services Librarian Blair Hinson gives details. “We are a county agency, so we are an agency of the Government of Oconee County, but we also have a nine member Board of Trustees that governs the […]

Now that an exit exam is no longer a requirement for a high school diploma in South Carolina, the School District of Oconee County is accepting requests for diplomas. Oconee County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland says the district has begun to issue diplomas to former students who met all the requirements except that one. “This past year when the […]