As of press time Tuesday night, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) agents were still searching for an armed man who shot at and disabled an Oconee County Sheriff’s vehicle that was chasing him Monday afternoon.
Decota Castle Brown shot at his elderly grandmother multiple times — the final time in the head — before fleeing a Seneca home more than two years ago, deputy solicitor Jason Alderman told jurors at the Oconee County Courthouse during opening arguments Monday in Brown’s trial on charges of murder and first-degree burglary.
A local resident scolded Oconee County officials over the absence of the moment of silence, invocation and Pledge of Allegiance at Tuesday night’s special meeting agenda, something that was later called unintentional and a procedural oversight.
CATbus expansion into Walhalla and Westminster has been met with community “disinterest,” according to a top Seneca official.
A final vote and public hearing on Oconee County’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year will take place tonight.
An Alabama was arrested on various drug charges and a sex offender registry violation after a traffic stop in Oconee County on Friday afternoon.
Weeks after multiple Oconee County municipalities came to agreements with the 10th Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office, Walhalla City Council tabled a similar agreement this week.
Private-sector interest in constructing a speculative building in the county has picked up this year, according to Oconee County’s top economic development official.
