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The public is invited to attend a virtual forum on January 10, 2022, 5:00-6:30 PM to discuss the process of redistricting County Council seats in Oconee County. The presenters will be David Root, Oconee County Attorney and redistricting expert Dr. John Ruoff. Participants will receive information about the redistricting process underway in County Council including discussion of potential maps, plans […]

Walhalla Councilman Keith Pace and political newcomers Tyler Jordan and Grant Keehn were sworn in by Judge Danny Singleton Tuesday night during a ceremony held at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center, just prior to a regular city council meeting. During that meeting, the council was told the city can expect its charge for sewage treatment to increase when the board […]

Help the Oconee Humane Society make it a Merry Christmas by adopting a new family member! Oconee Humane Society is offering special adoption rates today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday) to get pets into loving homes before Christmas. The adoption center is closed Dec. 24-26. To see the pets online, go to https://www.oconeehumane.org/

PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (Dec. 21, 2021) — Recreational users of the Sassafras Mountain Overlook, the Foothills Trail and the Palmetto Trail should be aware that severe winter weather may close the road to the Overlook and the trail parking area for safety reasons. When severe winter weather is forecasted, Pickens County may close the gate on F. Van Clayton Highway, the road […]

Three women were arrested Monday by Walhalla Police Monday on drug charges. According to arrest records from the Oconee County Detention Center, 42 year-old Starlett Kaye Soto of Fayetteville, NC, Kimba McQueen, age 48 of Raeford, NC, and 23 year-old Jade Blair Jensen of Westminster are all charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Soto and Jensen are […]

On January 4, 2022, the Seneca Creek Access Area, located on Lake Hartwell at 280 Seneca Creek Road in Seneca, will close to the public. The temporary closure is for site improvements approved by Oconee County Council on December 7, 2021. The construction is expected to be completed within 11 months with the anticipated re-opening in December 2022. Updates and timeline […]

Oconee County government offices will close at the end of the business day on Thursday and remain closed for the Christmas holiday weekend. They are scheduled to reopen at regular time on Wednesday morning, December 29. The closings apply to the non-essential services. Normal and routine law enforcement operations will go on as scheduled. The City of Seneca said they […]

An Anderson County man has been arrested in connection to an investigation of a transmission that was stolen from the back of a pick-up truck last month near Seneca. 28 year old Richard Dean Garrison of Rolling Drive was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 12:05pm yesterday on a charge of Grand Larceny. Garrison remains in custody this […]

A Seneca man is out of jail on bond, according to detention center records, after he was arrested late Friday afternoon. Police said 43 year-old Marcus Cas Seagraves was implicated in the burglary of a residence on Royal Summit Drive, which is near Food Lion between Seneca and Clemson. He was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on charges […]

The Pickens County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s Offices are investigating the death of a Piedmont man as a homicide after he was found dead Sunday night in the yard of a residence on Stewart Gin Road in Liberty. Deputies were sent to a disturbance where callers reported hearing several gunshots at approximately 10:38 pm on Sunday, December 19. Upon their arrival, […]