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If someone can come up with a foolproof solution to increasing traffic congestion on 123 approaching Clemson from Oconee County, he likely might earn the title of hero. Because, right now, the best minds on the Oconee side of the Seneca River haven’t arrived at the solution if there, in fact, is one. But that hasn’t stopped the county Planning […]
Read moreFirst pitch this evening for the final game of the season for African-American youth baseball in the Upstate will be 5:30 at Greenville’s Timmons Park at 121 Oxford Street. The program to interest inner-city youth from across the Upstate in America’s national past time is considered to have been a success this summer, and program facilitator Calvin Ivery is hopeful […]
Read moreMembers of Walhalla Partners for Progress will hear next week about what’s happening in their city. Brent Taylor, city administrator, will be the guest speaker for the Partners 6:30 Monday night meeting.
Read moreCourt officers say a pre-liminary hearing has been scheduled next week for the Easley man arrested after a car went out of control near Seneca and crashed into a home, killing a woman who had just gone to bed for the night. The hearing for El Asia Hassain Muhammad, scheduled Friday, August 16, is a proceeding at which the prosecution […]
Read moreSome people who’ve been ticketed by the Walhalla police have tried to pay their fines, but are finding out there isn’t always someone available to take their money. The move of the municipal court’s long-time clerk to a City Hall position has created the need for a replacement, and there’s feeling among city officials that a full-time clerk is needed. […]
Read moreA Pickens County native, Dr. Wesley Porter, received an award for agricultural excellence, an award that has an international component. Porter, an agriculture specialist at the University of Georgia, received the PrescisionAg Award of Excellence in Education and Research. John Parris of the SC Agri-News Service, said, “This award is an international recognition program honoring individuals who have demonstrated exceptional […]
Read moreAccording to the city of Clemson, a contractor is completing re-surfacing Elm Street, Heather Drive, and Riverpoint Drive and will then turn its attention to several other roads and streets through out the city. The work schedule for Pickens Construction, however, is dependent on weather conditions. The work should continue into early next month. Motorists and the general public are […]
Read moreA 37-year old man near Westminster was arrested this week in an Oconee Sheriff’s Office investigation of domestic violence. Law enforcement authorities list the following charges against Jarrett Matthew Moore: kidnapping and domestic violence first degree. A deputy sheriff said she responded to an address on the Pickens Road and discovered a female with swollen and bruised eyes and a […]
Read moreA Seneca man received a sentence this afternoon amounting to 20 years in prison for sex crimes involving a young girl four years ago. Robert Keith Morgan pleaded guilty this afternoon in the Oconee General Sessions Court to sexual exploitation of a minor, obstruction of justice, and criminal sexual conduct with a minor second degree. At the time of his […]
Read moreAn approach to the Walhalla corporate limits may soon see patrolling city police vehicles. Councilman Tjay Bagwell broached the idea of an intergovernmental agreement in which the county Sheriff’s Office would surrender jurisdiction for a stretch of SC 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard—from Zaxby’s to the Kountry Kupboard. Some of the area is already part of the corporate limits. The 28 […]
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