Westminster News

November 11, 2009 - 10:44 p.m. EST SENECA - What was left of Hurricane Ida drenched Oconee and Pickens counties on Tuesday and Wednesday, but did little in the way of significant flooding or damage, officials say.

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.

Individuals who have yet to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine will soon have that opportunity as Oconee and Pickens counties are among those statewide that are opening flu clinics within the next couple of weeks.

November 4, 2009 - 11:05 p.m. EST The South Union, Fair Play, Oakway and Cross Roads fire departments responded to a barn fire at 646 Worley Road in Westminster on Wednesday evening.

Jessica Porter's car was struck on the driver's side in an accident that claimed her life Friday morning.

Adam T. Pacek to Tiffany D. Norris, both of Seneca; Louis Edmund McLellan Jr. of Seneca to Dorothy Marguerete Martin of Baldwin, Ga.; Robert John Green to Melinda Gaye Wilhelmson, both of Seneca; John Robert Chandler to Betty Jean Hess, both of Seneca; Michael Brandon Barton to Heather Nicole Beebe, both of Seneca; Joshua Daniel Wilson to Jennifer ...

November 4, 2009 - 11:07 p.m. EST WALHALLA - Oconee County likely will have to spend close to $100 million over the next 10 years to address pressing needs, Finance Director and Assistant Administrator Kendra Brown told the County Council this week.

At 13, Nikki Haley became the bookkeeper for her family's Bamberg clothing store, in charge of payroll, taxes and more.

An autopsy is scheduled for a 34-year-old South Carolina man who apparently died from electric related injuries.

Officials believe a man was electrocuted Saturday night. Frankie Sheriff, 34, of Seneca, was found dead at about 11:45 p.m. by two Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative workers who were checking out an electrical outage in the area of Highway 11 and Old Seneca Road near Westminster, Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis said.

October 30, 2009 - 11:59 p.m. EST Westminster Elementary School students Logan Wojnarwsky, back, Kennedy Bond and Josie Wilburn look at the rows of pumpkins following judging in the pumpkin carving contest on Friday morning at the school.

October 30, 2009 - 12:10 a.m. EST As numerous dogs took some time to play in the brand new dog park next to Anderson Park in Westminster, a couple of kids stopped to pet their park friends.

October 27, 2009 - 11:35 p.m. EST Don Fuller of the Oconee County Capital Projects Commission speaks to various city officials from across the county Tuesday night, trying to gauge their interest in a sales tax to fund capital projects.

Sonya K. Knight and S. Kyle Blackwell were married on Aug. 22, 2009 at Keowee Key Golf & Country Club in Salem, S.C. officiated by the Rev.

Jessica and Daniel Moody of Westminster, S.C. are proud to announce the birth of their son, Max Thomas Moody, born Sept.

Some 150 representatives of the chambers of commerce in Walhalla, Westminster and Seneca, gathered for an industry appreciation kickoff at Shaver Recreation Center.

Fundraising totals for the financial quarter are in, and U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett still holds the fundraising lead over other Republican and Democratic contenders running for governor.

Despite an impressive fundraising total posted Saturday by Attorney General Henry McMaster in his bid to be South Carolina's next governor, U.S. Rep.

Lenny Macklin made it to 10th grade before having a teacher who looked like him - an African-American male.

Family, friends, local officials and even the family dog were on hand for the grand opening of Wilsons Small Engine and Compact Equipment at Oakway Farm and Garden on SC highway 24, outside westminster.