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SLED CHARGES FORMER CHIEF OF THE WALHALLA RESCUE SQUAD WITH EMBEZZLEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged William David Tatum, 49,with Embezzlement of Public Funds – Value $10,000 or more on Friday, August 22, 2025.The Walhalla Rescue Squad requested the SLED investigation.
SLED INVESTIGATING OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGIN OCONEE COUNTY
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating an officer-involvedshooting that occurred during the evening of Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Oconee County, SC. TheOconee County Sheriff’s Office requested the SLED investigation.Deputies from the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call regarding a welfarecheck of an apartment resident on Gail Court in Seneca. When…
Tamassee DAR School in Oconee County, South Carolina
In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Oconee County, South Carolina, is the Tamassee DAR School. Like Rosenwald Schools, the school was founded to provide education to rural schoolchildren. Started in 1919, the school primarily provided an education to local white children. The school initially operated as a boarding school for girls and a day school for boys. Later, boys were allowed…
A Leila Ross Wilburn-designed home in Westminster, South Carolina
Leila Ross Wilburn was one of the first licensed women architects in the state of Georgia. She designed plan books for developers and builders to use. In all, she published over 9 plan books. This Craftsman bungalow in Westminster, South Carolina, was built in 1920. It appears to have been modified from plan 659 in her Southern Homes and Bungalows.
Faith Cabin Library-The Final Extant Building of Seneca Junior College in Seneca, South Carolina
The Seneca Institute was a school built in 1899 in Seneca, South Carolina, to educate Black schoolchildren. It was founded by the Seneca River Baptist Association. In 1926, it added two years of college, and it became the Seneca Junior College. Undated image of the Seneca Junior College before it was razed. The image is courtesy of Seneca Echoes by Nora Nimmons Field (1954). Faith Cabin…
Oak Grove School-Oconee County, South Carolina
Researching this school has proven to be a bit difficult. There are several Oak Grove schools in South Carolina, and, at least, two are in the Upstate. The first Oak Grove School in Oconee County caught fire on February 10, 1908, and was destroyed (Keowee Courier, p. 5). Later that July, it was announced that J. L. Hamby and others would help rebuild it into a three-room schoolhouse. There was…
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Old Bethel CME Church-Oconee County, South Carolina
Old Bethel CME Church sits between two fingers of Lake Hartwell in Oconee County, South Carolina. Constructed in 1876, it is the oldest extant church in Oconee County. That is a rare statement for a Black church to be the oldest in an area, especially in the South. Oconee County was formed out of Pickens District, which was formed in 1826. In 2022, the Upstate Preservation Trust announced that…
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Salem Methodist Church-Oconee County, Georgia
Salem Methodist Church-Oconee County, Georgia
Built in 1896, the Salem Methodist Church has ties to the Salem community that once existed here.
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