Oconee County News

A 33-year-old man was found dead early Saturday morning in Walhalla. Just before 4 a.m., Oconee County Emergency Medical Services was called to 103 Golden Corner Drive about man that had been stabbed multiple ...

The state's health agency will be testing water from wells near three nuclear reactor sites around South Carolina.

' Filing for three School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees seats will officially begin at 8 a.m. Monday, but one longtime member says he won't be among the candidates.

The state's health agency will be testing water from wells near three nuclear reactor sites around South Carolina.

'Oconee County Economic Development Commission officials welcomed county government's endorsement of their request for a $1.5 million speculative building.

The School District of Oconee County added two new activity buses to its fleet for the fall.

A campground near Mountain Rest was closed down Thursday after campers said a bear ripped open a tent and other bears were spotted near the campground.

The City Council has approved plans for a development near the historic Angel Oak on the S.C. coast.

' If all goes as planned, Oconee County will spend more than $3.5 million on emergency services, which include rural fire, hazardous materials and rescue, this year.

' The School District of Oconee County faces a civil lawsuit next month in Pickens County that arose from litigation begun four years earlier in Oconee County surrounding allegations of abuse involving two ...

July 12, 2008 - 12:00 a.m. EST With most cities' budgets being completed recently, some local residents have seen their property taxes go up, while others have seen them remain the same.

July 9, 2008 - 12:04 a.m. EST A three-car wreck involving a four-by-four truck, a sports utility vehicle and a car occurred Tuesday afternoon on North Highway 11 in Tamassee.

Oconee County emergency crews are looking for one of three hikers who were reported overdue Wednesday afternoon at their destination near the South Carolina-North Carolina line.

An autopsy on Saturday revealed that a 77-year-old man from Townville died of neck and head fractures after his 1988 pickup ran off the road near Seneca, according to Karl Addis, the Oconee County Coroner.

' Dozens of searchers combed the hills along the Chattooga River north of here Wednesday, eventually locating two of three hikers who had lost their way.

Emergency workers in Oconee County have found all three hikers reported missing after they were four hours late meeting up with family members.

July 1, 2008 - 12:01 a.m. EST Oconee County Grants: - Walhalla, Oconee Conservatory of Fine Arts: $15,000 - Walhalla, Patriots Hall: $20,000 - Westminster, City Hall renovations: $250,000 Total: $305,000 ...

' The Oconee County Council may have a signed version of a new Sewer Water Action Group agreement soon.

Fire officials say a wildfire in an Oconee County state park is spreading and likely will continue to burn overnight.

LAKE JOCASSEE -- Two fires burning Friday in Jocassee Gorges near Lake Jocassee both were started by lightening in drought-parched forests in the Oconee County mountains.