Category: News

More than 48 South Carolina residents have been remembered through the state’s annual ceremony to honor those killed as a result of domestic violence.  On Tuesday during the Silent Witness Domestic Violence ceremony at the Statehouse in Columbia, Attorney General Alan Wilson read the names and stories of 39 women and 9 men killed by their partners last year. This […]

An Oconee County mother wanted on four charges of custodial interference was arrested by officials in Idaho and booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on Tuesday.  The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reports that 44-year-old Laverne Marie Bennett of Walhalla is currently being held on a $20,000 bond.  U.S. Marshals brought Bennett to Anderson and an Oconee County Sheriff’s deputy […]

A number of exciting activities are planned for today at the fifth annual South Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair, explains Fair Board President Stanley Gibson. “We have an exciting day planned for today, beginning at 1pm it is Senior Day and all those individuals 55 and up get in for only $1.  We are going to have special entertainment for you.  […]

Duke Energy Carolinas has chosen 48 acres near Anderson to prepare for potential industrial development. It’s a project of Duke Energy’s 2013 Site Readiness Program to help communities served by the utility compete for new companies and jobs. The Coleman site has direct access to Interstate 85 and is near the Georgia state line. Duke Energy plans to work with […]

A new report places tourism spending last year in Oconee County at $52.5 million. The report, “Economic Impact of Travel on South Carolina,” was released this week by the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. It shows that tourism expenditures grew nearly 3% from 2011 and that tourism directly supports 430 travel and tourism jobs in Oconee County, with […]

Oconee County Sheriff Mike Crenshaw has set Thursday as the date for a meeting of parties to be involved in the new jail project, which is planned for the cemetery side of the law enforcement center.   It is shaping up as an all-day session with lots of details to be provided to the architects so that they can design what’s […]

On September 26th, deputies with the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Seneca Police Department executed a search warrant and arrested two individuals on drug charges. The search warrant was executed at 109 Hanvey Drive, which is near Seneca.  Arrested were 45-year-old Joseph Edward Beyer and 52-year-old Tony Lamar Jenkins.  According to agents with the Sheriff’s Office, Beyer […]

South Carolina released End-of-Course test results for Algebra, Biology, English, and U-S History and the Constitution. The exam counts 20% of a student’s final course grade in the classes, and the exams are given to students at the end of the semester in which they are scheduled to complete the course. Oconee School district met or exceeded state pass rate […]

A graduate of The Citadel, Justin Pelfrey, completed basic training last month at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy and became the third such academy graduate since Mike Crenshaw took office January 1. During commencement exercises in Columbia, Deputy Sheriff Pelfrey was named winner of the Distinguished Graduate Award and Challenge Award. It means that he graduated at the top […]

Everyone is invited to take the opportunity tonight to meet a new ambassador for Oconee County’s natural attractions. The Westminster Area Historic Preservation Society hosts a meet and greet event for Charlotte Waters, who grew up in Westminster, and has recently gone to work as the sales manager for Oconee County’s Mountain Lakes Convention and Visitors Bureau. The event will […]