Oconee County News

November 24, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST It's raincoats and umbrellas for these Clemson University students as they head to class earlier this month.

November 24, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST Top: Parents and grandparents join the students at Blue Ridge Elementary School for an early Thanksgiving meal during lunch on Friday.

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

November 20, 2009 - 10:22 p.m. EST Statistics show that prisoners at the Oconee County Detention Center don't have any greater risk of inmate-on-inmate violence than prisoners in other jails of comparable size.

November 19, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST WALHALLA - The Oconee County Convention & Visitors Bureau passed a credibility test of sorts this week by requesting and receiving money from the County Council for a study.

November 18, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST SENECA - Fires in the Seneca area of Oconee County in consecutive days destroyed two buildings, but did not cause any injuries.

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

November 16, 2009 - 11:16 p.m. EST Seneca police took a man into custody Saturday after hea d avoided being arrested for nearly a year.

November 16, 2009 - 11:26 p.m. EST WALHALLA - The School District of Oconee County borrowed $4.5 million for operations on the best possible terms from across the street on Pine.

Military transport planes, such as this one seen landing at Oconee Regional Airport, set off quite a stir with low level training flights over the Seneca-Clemson area on Thursday.

A South Carolina man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old while working on Clemson University's campus this summer.

November 13, 2009 - 11:02 p.m. EST WALHALLA - The Oconee County Council and the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority were singing from the same hymnal this week, and county residents should expect a similar refrain when the council convenes Tuesday night.

November 12, 2009 - 10:51 p.m. EST Photo Timothy Joe Chastie Photo Sean Simpkins WALHALLA - Two Oconee County men have been arrested and charged with criminal sexual conduct with minors.

A Seneca man was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old while working for a contract cleaning company on the Clemson University campus this summer.

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

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.

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

November 10, 2009 - 10:28 p.m. EST SENECA - The remnants of Hurricane Ida are expected to continue to bring more precipitation to Pickens and Oconee counties through today and tonight, but experts indicated on Tuesday that so far the area had dodged the worst of the system.

November 10, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST SENECA - John Crum of the Seneca Police Department said Monday that an investigation prompted by concerned citizens has resulted in an arrest.

An autopsy will be performed at 3 p.m. today to determine the cause of a death of a 51-year-old man found this morning in the back of a van in Garden City Beach, said Georgetown County Coroner Kenny Johnson.