Arrests for April 19

Westminster City Council members may decide later this month whether to go ahead with a study on costs and design for a new city hall and magistrate’s building after Oconee County Council approved spending up to $7,500 to help with the study’s cost.

Homer ‘Buck’ Burns
April 17, 2018
WESTMINSTER, S.C. – Homer “Buck” Burns, 80, husband of Iris Greer Burns, of 134 Amos Drive, passed away Tuesday, April 17, at his residence.
A graveside service will be held at 2:30 …

In the middle of Child Abuse Prevention month, Heath’s Haven co-founder Lisa Fields feels the weight of family-focused programming more than normal.

The Pioneer Rural Water District board of directors rejected a water contract offer from the city of Seneca Tuesday that would require Pioneer to pay the city at least $1.1 million over 20 years.

A Tuesday meeting brought representatives from the recreation departments at the Fair-Oak Youth Center, Salem, Seneca, Walhalla and Westminster together for the first time since a countywide youth sports rift first opened in Oconee COUNTY more than a month ago.

Walhalla Police Chief Ronald Wilbanks resigned without notice Tuesday afternoon.

Judge Scott Sprouse sentenced Timothy Moses Souden, 26, of Pine Manor Circle, to 15 years, suspended to eight years, followed by five years probation, assistant solicitor Jason Alderman said Tuesday.

The Rev. Audrey Reese’s tax preparer went ahead without talking to her and scheduled an appointment for Reese to file her taxes Tuesday, the original deadline to file 2017 taxes with the Internal Revenue Service.

It’s hard to think of a better location for an Earth Day celebration than a geology museum.