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Former Clemson football player and graduate assistant coach Todd Schonhar died early Tuesday morning after a battle with COVID-19. He was 57 years old. Schonhar played at Clemson from 1982-86 after originally joining the program as a walk-on. He earned letters in 1985 and 1986 as a reserve quarterback and holder and was named to the Academic All-ACC team in 1986 prior to his graduation in the […]

A twenty percent rate hike by the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority was unanimously voted off the full meeting’s agenda by the Finance and Administration Committee this week. Board Chair Scott Moulder expressed concerns about the proposed rate hike, when neither he nor the board has seen a budget yet…

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Townville man yesterday on a Grand Larceny charge related to a stolen vehicle, valued at almost $75,000, which was taken from a Seneca area vehicle dealership. 19 year old Hunter Anderson-Stockton was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 8:43pm after being transported to Oconee County from the Anderson County Detention Center. […]

The local federally-chartered health clinic, Rosa Clark, will be dispensing the COVID-19 vaccine on the grounds of Prisma Health’s Oconee Memorial Hospital next month. A limited supply of the Moderna vaccine arrived at the clinic last week, and Executive Director Vicki Thompson said the plan is to give shots by appointment only on Wednesdays, starting February 3. Since the process […]

(Walhalla, SC)————-In our continuing efforts to educate and inform our citizens and to prevent them from becoming victims of scams, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is releasing today our January 2021 Scams Update. There are two main focuses of the January 2021 Scams Update. First, the Sheriff’s Office has received and taken reports recently from our citizens who are being […]

According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, 61 year-old Stan Kent McCall was charged with open container and DUI by the South Carolina Highway Patrol after his arrest Monday afternoon near Salem. Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative reported more than 440 customers lost service when a pickup truck flipped a guy wire apparatus across an energized line in […]

UPDATE FROM PICKENS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Late Monday night the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene of an accident involving an Anderson County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle on Midway Road in Williamston. Pickens County Investigators said that an Anderson County Deputy was responding to a call for service with his emergency equipment activated. As the Deputy attempted […]

Freddavion Antonio Ahmadd Cleveland, age 20, was arrested by Seneca Police on Monday on some serious charges. According to jail records from the Oconee County Detention Center, Cleveland is being held on $35,000 bond after he was charged with 3rd Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor. Details surrounding the investigation which led to his arrest have not yet been […]

A new fogging mist spray is being used to decontaminate Oconee County facilities and help further protection against COVID-19. The County Administration Building in Walhalla is being treated each night after all employees have left and the county’s volunteer fire stations get sprayed twice a week. The economical mix only takes two ounces of the germicide per gallon of water […]

The City of Seneca’s January Work Session and Special Called Council Meeting that was scheduled to be held tonight has been cancelled, according to the city’s website. Mayor Dan Alexander said that after review, the meeting wasn’t necessary…