Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
A Simpsonville woman is out of jail on bond after her arrest over the weekend. On Saturday, Oconee County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 39 year-old Ashley Lynne Blaska and charged her with two counts of grand larceny. According to reports from the Sheriff’s Office, Blaska was accused of stealing a 2019 Dodge Ram 3500 Flatbed and trailer, each with a combined […]
Read moreAccording to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, on Monday Walhalla Police arrested a man wanted on multiple bench warrants from Walhalla Municipal Court. 32 year-old Steven Michael Arnold of Fair Play is also being held on new charges of possession of meth, driving under suspension, second degree assault and battery and probation violations. Bond on those charges […]
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Just after 1:00am this morning, the South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to a fatal collision on Doubletree Drive near Hwy 28, about two miles south of Anderson. Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway has more… The coroner identified the victim as Michael Collier, 50, from Anderson.
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$4 million investment to create 21 new jobs COLUMBIA, S.C. – ACI Plastics South, a thermoplastics processor and recycler, has announced plans to establish operations in Pickens County. The company’s $4 million investment will create 21 new jobs. For more than 35 years, ACI Plastics South has been known for its separation technologies for paint removal and instrument panels, as well […]
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Last night’s meeting of the Oconee Municipal Association saw changes in leadership. West Union Mayor Linda Oliver succeeded Joel Ward of Seneca as chair; Walhalla’s Mayor Danny Edwards became the new vice-chair; and Mayor Brian Ramey of Westminster was delegated to the Appalachian Council of Government. He replaced Seneca’s Dana Moore, who discussed in detail the many services offered through […]
Read moreWASHINGTON – On Monday, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) delivered opening remarks during the first day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Ø GRAHAM: “As to the historic nature of your appointment, I understand. But when I get lectured about this from my Democratic colleagues I remember Janice Rogers Brown, an African […]
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Seneca City Council Member Joel Ward was succeeded by West Union Mayor Linda Oliver as chair of the Oconee Municipal Association last night during their first meeting in four years. Ward apologized to the group last night and took the blame for not calling meetings since 2018…. Ward spoke at the beginning of last night’s meeting. The failure to meet […]
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Charlotte, N.C. (March 21, 2022) – The price of oil suffered steep losses last week, enabling the price of gasoline to back off from record highs. The lower global price of crude oil is now more than $20 cheaper and hovering near $105/bbl. “Typically around this time of year there’d be an uptick in gasoline demand, but demand has slipped and is defying […]
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Jury selection began yesterday in Walhalla’s General Sessions Court in the case of South Carolina vs. Scott Norman Christner. The docket contains charges against the defendant which include sexual exploitation of a minor or attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor. And in Oconee General Session Court, a docket published for next month is topped by a four year long […]
Read moreSchool Superintendent Dr. Michael Thorsland, members of the Board of Trustees for the School District of Oconee County and several local city and county dignitaries were on hand at Dalton Bend in Seneca yesterday afternoon for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Seneca Middle School. Jennifer Dodd with the School District said that the day for building the new facility […]
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