West Union News

Alice Wald of West Union chairs the inaugural meeting of the Vision 2028 Natural Choices committee.

November 11, 2009 - 10:49 p.m. EST Clemson University students prepare to board one of the CAT buses in Clemson.

Mary McConnell Nowell became the bride of Charles Richard Martin Jr. on Saturday, Oct.

Adam T. Pacek to Tiffany D. Norris, both of Seneca; Louis Edmund McLellan Jr. of Seneca to Dorothy Marguerete Martin of Baldwin, Ga.; Robert John Green to Melinda Gaye Wilhelmson, both of Seneca; John Robert Chandler to Betty Jean Hess, both of Seneca; Michael Brandon Barton to Heather Nicole Beebe, both of Seneca; Joshua Daniel Wilson to Jennifer ...

November 2, 2009 - 10:26 p.m. EST Photo Click on photo to enlarge Al-Nasser Photo Eagle Photo Woods WEST UNION - Mayonnaise, a flashlight, tools, wine and some bad tempers kept local law enforcement busy on Thursday and Friday.

October 6, 2009 - 11:48 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Oconee County soon will have a hired hand to help run the government.

September 23, 2009 - 11:32 p.m. EST Oconee Road Department crews clear up debris at North Kelley Road in West Union on Wednesday after recent flooding.

You might call it "Leonard's version of the demolition derby." Leonard D. Sones, who with his wife, Kim, lives at 743 West Union Road, has a front row, or actually a front carport, view of the entire exciting show.

July 31, 2009 - 11:36 p.m. EST WALHALLA - City officials are somewhat puzzled over the latest U.S. Census estimates showing an almost 6 percent decline in population since the 2000 Census.

A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing his wife last year.

July 24, 2009 - 09:59 p.m. EST Sgt. Mike McGowan of the Oconee County Sheriff's Office searches an area near Tamassee-Salem Elementary School for a gun possibly used in a crime spree that started Thursday night, July 23, 2009 and went on into early the next morning.

July 10, 2009 - 09:37 p.m. EST SENECA - Investors who lost large amounts of money - perhaps as much as $4 million total - are eager to see what happens when Bounty Land Finance owner James T. Orr is scheduled to make a court appearance in his securities fraud case later this month.

July 8, 2009 - 12:21 a.m. EST While most of the St. Luke's Methodist Church was heavily damaged, these pews and literature readings have been left untouched within a scorched sanctuary.

July 3, 2009 - 09:44 p.m. EST Rick McLaughlin, left, and David Owens of Station 21 inspect equipment and hoses Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at the West Union Fire Department.

July 1, 2009 - 10:27 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Oconee County set 11 Comprehensive Plan goals for economic development and priority investment in 2004.

Seneca Police are looking for the public's help to identify this woman suspeted in numerous thefts and car break-ins. SENECA - A quick and currently unidentified criminal is being sought by the Seneca Police Department.

June 18, 2009 - 11:45 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Civic and business leaders from across Oconee County were singing from the same hymnal Thursday and the lyrics were all about teamwork and cooperation.

June 15, 2009 - 11:15 p.m. EST West Union Mayor Sharon Nunnery takes a moment on the porch of the West Union schoolhouse that the town is desperatly trying to refurbish as a Welcome Center on Highway 11.

A 19-year-old West Union man is still behind bars at Oconee County Detention Center after being arrested for allegedly touching a young girl inappropriately.

June 8, 2009 - 10:37 a.m. EST Pastoral settings such as this exist throughout Oconee County, and all could be protected for future generations through the use of zoning.