Category: News

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly head-on collision that happened Saturday afternoon in Pickens County. Troopers report the accident occurred around 1:40pm Saturday on Pope Field Road, about a half a mile east of Easley. The driver of a car crossed the centerline and hit a pickup truck head on. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley says 89-year-old Samuel Ralph Scott […]

The safety of students while at school is a top priority of the School District of Oconee County.  “I want to thank all of our law enforcement officials, the Sheriff’s Department and also the city officials.  It is a partnership between the School District and also these law enforcement agencies as far as we can to protect the children in […]

Do you wake up tired each morning?  Do you have trouble going to sleep?  Well it may be your environment.  Recent studies have shown that where you sleep plays a big factor in how well you sleep.  Health Coach Ellen Hotz says to ensure a restful night’s sleep conduct an evaluation of your sleep environment. “Is your mattress to soft […]

The Cadets of Walhalla High School’s Army JROTC recently participated in their Annual Formal Inspection.   The inspection is given to evaluate the aptitude of the program and determines whether the class can maintain its Gold Star Rank, which symbolizes an Honor Unit with Distinction. After a briefing by the JROTC staff, Cadet Battalion Commander Brandy Turpin led the inspectors to the […]

A recent government report finds that the Lake Hartwell sub basin rose to record levels in January thanks to the second highest amount of rainfall of any January since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers started tracking it in 1948, a whooping 8.65 inches.  Creeks and streams continue to send inflows into the reservoir, which is welcomed news for Lake […]

The days are numbered for the bright orange cones and yellow flashing lights along Sheep Farm in Seneca.   DOT resident construction engineer Ryan Miller is reluctant to pick an exact day due to recent rain showers in the area, but said he thinks the opening would be the middle or latter part of next week. Seeding of the highway shoulders […]

Authorities brought new charges against a Seneca woman accused of making a series of bomb threats.  A total of 30 charges now face 38-year-old Melissa Ann Griggs.  The new charges stem from incidents reported inside the City of Seneca that the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office was asked to sign the warrants.  Griggs has applied for legal representation through the Oconee […]

Sirens have been repaired at Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca after a 24-hour outage. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says officials discovered during a regular weekly test Tuesday that all 65 sirens at the station weren’t working. Duke Energy spokeswoman Sandra Magee says a problem with the station’s computer system caused the outage. The sirens warn residents within a 10-mile […]

Oconee County 911 systems are back after a Thursday morning outage. The outage was triggered by a problem with AT&T phone lines that ran to the Oconee County system.  Officials report that parts of the county, including the 911 center, had no landline service Thursday morning. Cell phone calls were not affected. The system was down from around 6am until […]

AT&T has advised Oconee County Emergency Services that they have resolved the telephone outage issue.  The 911 system in Oconee County has returned to normal.