Westminster News

July 8, 2009 - 10:42 p.m. EST WALHALLA - A growing accounting firm based in Spartanburg is taking over the annual audit of Oconee Countya TMs financial books.

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 6, 2009 - 11:45 p.m. EST WESTMINSTER - During a roadblock checkpoint over the weekend, a routine license check got more than an intoxicated driver off the streets.

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.

In Oconee County, deputies charge a woman with trying to rob a store using a crowbar as a weapon.

June 20, 2009 - 05:12 p.m. EST WESTMINSTER - A 42-year-old Clayton, Ga. man is dead after a single-vehicle accident early Saturday morning in western Oconee County.

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.

Oconee County School Superintendent Fred Hamilton will end his 56-year education career when his part-time position formally expires at the end of this month.

ANDERSON a ' A South Carolina man has been charged after a wreck more than a month ago killed a 71-year-old woman.

Joyce Ann Pulliam and Charlie Franklin Jones Jr. were taken into custody Tuesday and booked at Oconee County Detention Center after sheriffa s deputies attained warrants for their arrest.

June 9, 2009 - 11:32 p.m. EST SENECA - Voters got the opportunity this week to learn more about three candidates making their first foray into Oconee County politics and to be reacquainted with an old friend who's spent a season on the County Council hot seat.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper "strongly advised" Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff Wednesday against bringing down the Conservative government.

May 21, 2009 - 10:49 p.m. EST Orchard Park Elementary Principal Janice Hallman displays the 2009 Core Essentials Award recently presented to her school by Chick-fil-A of Seneca.

May 22, 2009 - 09:31 p.m. EST WALHALLA - The Oconee County School Board has decided to discontinue its road tour.

From left: Mark McLean, Pastor David Coffman, Gary Cabbage and Bill Brackett deliver cookies as part of a daylong missions emphasis recently conducted by St.

Four House members from South Carolina voted this afternoon for a Senate-passed credit card bill, sending the measure to the White House for President Barack Obama to sign into law.

A ribbon cutting was held to celebrate the opening of Westminster Crossing. A large group of state, city and chamber officials, citizens, friends and family joined Terry Sutton and Ralph Spano to celebrate the opening of the new development located in the city limits of Westminster on Dr.

May 14, 2009 - 10:29 p.m. EST West-Oak Middle School students, led by guidance clerk Melinda Rholetter, engage in a brainstorming exercise during the recent Healthy Ventures Forum held at St.

State Rep. Nikki Haley of Lexington on Thursday announced she will run for the Republican nomination for governor.

May 14, 2009 - 12:02 a.m. EST This stretch of road, where Hopewell Church Road and Jenkins Bridge Road meet, became the site of a deadly accident in April.