A message to Walhalla city utility customers
In honor of Veterans Day, Walhalla City Hall is closed today. Because it is a holiday weekend, late penalties won’t be applied until after 5 pm on Monday.
Read moreAuthor: Dick Mangrum
Boil water advisory lifted
Walhalla has lifted a boil water advisory that affected its Wolf Stake Church Road service area yesterday — the result of a second line break in recent days. City hall is grateful for its customers’ patience.
Read moreGuy Leon Towe
West Union, SC– Guy Leon Towe, 85, husband of the late Dorothy Nichols Towe, of West Union, passed away peacefully on Tuesday November 7, 2023 with his devoted son by his side, at Cottingham Hospice House. Mr. Towe was the last surviving member of his family. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mr. Towe was the son of the […]
Read moreLocal jurist in line for re-election
Resident Circuit Judge Scott Sprouse, sources say, is unopposed for re-election to a new term as a 10th Circuit Court judge. He faces election to a new term next year. This week Sprouse is presiding at the Oconee General Sessions Court, but took time away Tuesday to go before a judicial screening committee in Columbia. The state’s Judicial Merit SelectionCommission […]
Read moreGas line break repaired
An accidental natural gas line break near Walhalla led to a request by public safety responders for nearby homeowners to shelter-in-place. For a time yesterday, Earlestead Drive was closed both ways in the vicinity of Christmas Tree Drive. The shelter-in-place was lifted after about an hour and a half. Walhalla Fire Department held the scene, awaiting the arrival of Fort […]
Read moreCity of Walhalla hires new planner
The city of Walhalla has a new planner. He is Mark Bloomer. Introductions will be made during next week’s meeting of the city planning commission. The commissioners meet at 5:30 Monday evening at city hall.
Read moreNew boil water advisory — Walhalla area
City of Walhalla says water service has been restored to customers on Wolf Stake Church Road and vicinity, after a new line break there. At 7:30 last night, the city announced service restored; however, the clock had started on a 24-hour boil advisory before using the water there.
Read moreGoing on now — a Central Oconee sewer basin study meeting
Fair Play has a sewer basin study; now it’s time for a triangular area of Oconee County to receive one. During the two o’clock hour this afternoon, a representative of a planning and engineering turned to a well-attended Walhalla meeting for an inter-active discussion of where new sewer is liable to be needed within and around the triangle formed by […]
Read moreSandra Massey
Walhalla, SC — Sandra Alexander Massey, 67, of Walhalla, passed away on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at Lila Doyle. A native of Oconee County, SC, Ms. Massey was the daughter of Horace and Bobbie Jean Wilson Alexander. She retired from Nason and attended North Walhalla Church of God. Ms. Massey is survived by her daughters: Brittany Bonham (Donovan) […]
Read moreOconee inmate remains a man wanted in two states
Doyle Wayne Whisenhunt remains today in the Oconee jail, a man wanted by authorities in two states. Whisenhunt faces multiple Oconee charges, including attempted murder, after the car he allegedly drove made an unauthorized entry and caused damage last week at Duke Energy’s Oconee Nuclear Station. Local authorities also say Whisenhunt is wanted in his home state of Arkansas on […]
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