Westminster News

December 15, 2009 - 11:57 p.m. EST Firefighter Marty Wright washes one of the fire trucks at the Westminster Fire Department on Tuesday.

December 16, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST SENECA - Oconee County Sheriffa s deputies made an arrest Monday in connection with an apparent shooting attempt that occurred over the weekend.

December 14, 2009 - 10:21 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Funding of the controversial $2.5 million proposed Emergency Services building that would house the citya TMs new fire station is scheduled to come up for discussion at tonighta TMs Oconee County Council meeting.

Fire broke out Sunday at Westminster First Baptist Church while congregants were preparing for a Christmas children's program, the pastor said.

Seneca narcotics units, along with Oconee County Sheriffa s deputies, will continue to scour the county for suspected drug dealers with warrants out for their arrest as Operation Christmas Gift continues.

A reward is now being offered for information leading to the driver who hit and killed 20-year-old Cameron Steven Brock.

December 10, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST Westminster Fire Department, Highway Patrol, Oconee County police and EMS responded to a car wreck involving a Jeep and a Dodge Stratus on Mountain Road off of Highway 11 on Wednesday afternoon.

" A Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested in the Pageland area and taken into custody Thursday on drug related charges.

Two arrests have been made in two separate assault incidents in Oconee County. According to incident reports, Joel Preston Johnston Jr.

December 4, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST Some homeowners in the vicinity of the proposed new Westminster Fire Station said Thursday they are not too thrilled at the prospect of fire trucks pulling out of the future Emergency Services compound in the middle of the night.

The Oconee County Council wants to amend Oconee's noise ordinance to regulate car racing at the Westminster Speedway.

December 1, 2009 - 11:47 p.m. EST WALHALLA - The Oconee County Council took another important step toward making a new $2.5 million Westminster Emergency Services building a reality.

The Oconee County Planning Commission put Emergency Services Director Rodney Burdette on the hot seat Monday night.

November 27, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST Ted McFarland, of Seneca, stirs the gravy during the annual "Feed the 5000." McFarland said this marks his third year of volunteering for the effort that provides a warm Thanksgiving meal to low income individuals, families and shut-ins. Volunteers for "Feed the 5000" pull turkey meat at their station located ...

A former manager of the Oconee County Sheriff's Office is accused of embezzling more than $505,000 in narcotics money from the sheriff's office.

November 24, 2009 - 12:00 a.m. EST WESTMINSTER - Oconee County is looking for a new home for the Magistratea s Office in Westminster.

More than anything else, the death of a child may have given rise to the establishment of Senecaa s first responder unit.

November 18, 2009 - 09:43 p.m. EST Mildred Spearman and her husband, Jim, admire the setting outside the Westminster Depot on Monday, Nov.

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

November 18, 2009 - 12:10 a.m. EST West-Oak High School senior Billy Joe Highsmith, seated center, signs of letter of intent to play golf at Southern Wesleyan University on Tuesday in Westminster.