Westminster News

November 27, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST Ted McFarland, of Seneca, stirs the gravy during the annual "Feed the 5000." McFarland said this marks his third year of volunteering for the effort that provides a warm Thanksgiving meal to low income individuals, families and shut-ins. Volunteers for "Feed the 5000" pull turkey meat at their station located ...

A former manager of the Oconee County Sheriff's Office is accused of embezzling more than $505,000 in narcotics money from the sheriff's office.

November 24, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST WESTMINSTER - Oconee County is looking for a new home for the Magistratea s Office in Westminster.

More than anything else, the death of a child may have given rise to the establishment of Senecaa s first responder unit.

November 18, 2009 - 09:43 p.m. EST Mildred Spearman and her husband, Jim, admire the setting outside the Westminster Depot on Monday, Nov.

An empty lot on the corner of Depot and Fourth Street in Seneca's Historic Downtown District is becoming a kudzu jungle.

November 18, 2009 - 12:10 a.m. EST West-Oak High School senior Billy Joe Highsmith, seated center, signs of letter of intent to play golf at Southern Wesleyan University on Tuesday in Westminster.

State police are investigating possible missing money in a South Carolina sheriff's office.

November 11, 2009 - 10:44 p.m. EST SENECA - What was left of Hurricane Ida drenched Oconee and Pickens counties on Tuesday and Wednesday, but did little in the way of significant flooding or damage, officials say.

November 11, 2009 - 10:47 p.m. EST WALHALLA - The Oconee County Council is moving forward on its commitment to build a new fire station for Westminster, despite the process of identifying the proper scale and price of the project taking longer than expected.

Individuals who have yet to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine will soon have that opportunity as Oconee and Pickens counties are among those statewide that are opening flu clinics within the next couple of weeks.

November 4, 2009 - 11:05 p.m. EST The South Union, Fair Play, Oakway and Cross Roads fire departments responded to a barn fire at 646 Worley Road in Westminster on Wednesday evening.

Jessica Porter's car was struck on the driver's side in an accident that claimed her life Friday morning.

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 4, 2009 - 11:07 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Oconee County likely will have to spend close to $100 million over the next 10 years to address pressing needs, Finance Director and Assistant Administrator Kendra Brown told the County Council this week.

At 13, Nikki Haley became the bookkeeper for her family's Bamberg clothing store, in charge of payroll, taxes and more.

An autopsy is scheduled for a 34-year-old South Carolina man who apparently died from electric related injuries.

Officials believe a man was electrocuted Saturday night. Frankie Sheriff, 34, of Seneca, was found dead at about 11:45 p.m. by two Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative workers who were checking out an electrical outage in the area of Highway 11 and Old Seneca Road near Westminster, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said.

October 30, 2009 - 11:59 p.m. EST Westminster Elementary School students Logan Wojnarwsky, back, Kennedy Bond and Josie Wilburn look at the rows of pumpkins following judging in the pumpkin carving contest on Friday morning at the school.

October 30, 2009 - 12:10 a.m. EST As numerous dogs took some time to play in the brand new dog park next to Anderson Park in Westminster, a couple of kids stopped to pet their park friends.