West Union News

July 10, 2009 - 09:37 p.m. EST SENECA - Investors who lost large amounts of money - perhaps as much as $4 million total - are eager to see what happens when Bounty Land Finance owner James T. Orr is scheduled to make a court appearance in his securities fraud case later this month.

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 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.

July 1, 2009 - 10:27 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Oconee County set 11 Comprehensive Plan goals for economic development and priority investment in 2004.

Seneca Police are looking for the public's help to identify this woman suspeted in numerous thefts and car break-ins. SENECA - A quick and currently unidentified criminal is being sought by the Seneca Police Department.

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.

June 15, 2009 - 11:15 p.m. EST West Union Mayor Sharon Nunnery takes a moment on the porch of the West Union schoolhouse that the town is desperatly trying to refurbish as a Welcome Center on Highway 11.

A 19-year-old West Union man is still behind bars at Oconee County Detention Center after being arrested for allegedly touching a young girl inappropriately.

June 8, 2009 - 10:37 a.m. EST Pastoral settings such as this exist throughout Oconee County, and all could be protected for future generations through the use of zoning.

May 11, 2009 - 08:32 a.m. EST John Thompson loads up a cooler at the Twice the Ice location in Seneca.

April 27, 2009 - 10:37 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Oconee by Choice vision plan stakeholders are getting ready to roll up their collective sleeves and start working on three specific goals that would make a positive impact in the community.

April 23, 2009 - 12:51 a.m. EST WALHALLA - Oconee County residents interested in being considered to serve on the Planning Commission still have time to do so.

Photo Click on photo to enlarge File photo The Coneross Wastewater Treatment Plant near Seneca is the central operation for the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority whose operating budget was approved at $3 million this week.

An Antique Boat Festival will be open to the public April 18 on Lake Keowee at Crooked Creek RV Park.

April 1, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST SENECA - Ingles Market, Inc., the supermarket chain with a presence in Seneca, Westminster and West Union, has good news for stockholders in the company.

CLEMSON -- College hiring projections fell 22 percent for the Class of 2009, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

Randall Wayne Holcombe of Townville to Annie Miller Jimerson of Conestee; Terry Shane Myers to Mary Sheree Ayers, both of Walhalla; Michael David Crocker II of Westminster to Toni Nicole Kelley of Seneca; John ...

CLEMSON -- College hiring projections fell 22 percent for the Class of 2009, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

March 4, 2009 - 09:52 p.m. EST WESTMINSTER - A suspect in the Feb. 9 theft of some tires from another mana s truck has been taken into custody and charged with larceny.

Tim Murphy, an instructor at the Oconee Adult Education Center at Gignilliat Park, and student Sharon Breen, of West Union, observe the names of those who have earned GEDS that are listed on the Student Hall of ...