An arrest near West Union

An Oconee County man, wanted on eight outstanding Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrest warrants, has been arrested. 33 year old Levi Marion McJunkin, who has listed addresses in West Union and Westminster, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center. He was taken into custody at an address on Ebenezer Road near West Union. According to the sheriff’s office, the […]

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Latest (and the final) ballot candidates

The new names are two people familiar to politics in two Oconee municipalities.  Former Councilman Josh Holliday, long-time school principal, is seeking one of the available three Walhalla Council seats; Donna Peppers will make a new try to land one of the four available Seneca Council seats.  With the passing of the qualifying deadline today, the field of November 7 […]

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A sine die court adjournment

The judge at Oconee General Sessions Court took a look at the darkening sky and called a halt to proceedings around 4 pm yesterday and urged court officers, defendants, and others to quickly prepare for a typical late summer afternoon cloudburst.  And the storm it came to Walhalla.  As a result, several trees are down across the city, and the […]

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Two Walhallans added to the November ballot

On the eve of the qualifying deadline, Walhalla gets new candidates for both mayor and city council.  One is a State Department diplomat; the other, a Main Street businessman.  Current State Department employee Tim Hall III announces his intentions for mayor, making this statement:  “Walhalla should be a functioning, financially sound city that provides quality services for its citizens.  I […]

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Judge: “He shouldn’t be driving”

Unless an offer to settle is accepted, Westminster resident Bradley Thomas Barnett faces a January jury trial in the Oconee General Sessions Court on the charge of felony driving under the influence.  Beth Blundy, assistant solicitor, made the announcement yesterday afternoon when parties from both sides made an appearance before 10th Circuit Judge Cordell Maddox in Walhalla.  Blundy described the […]

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Home violence case settled by court action

A plea of guilty resolved a domestic violence case today in the Oconee General Sessions Court.  An Oconee man, Tracy Lee Fowler, pleaded guilty to domestic violence first degree.  Fowler was ordered by the judge to serve a sentence of ten years in prison, suspended to six years, to be followed by five years’ probation.  Judge Cordell Maddox heard from […]

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A sewer question looming more than ever

“Closer on the horizon” is how Oconee’s sewer official sees the time for a decision on whether to build a new treatment plant or expand the existing 40-year-plus facility at Seneca.  Chris Eleazer, the JRSA executive director, responded to a question by board member David Dial.  “I think we are approaching that now,” Eleazer said when Dial asked when does […]

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A communication between two county officials

The executive director of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority plans to email the Oconee County administrator.  The JRSA’s Chris Eleazer became inspired to write Amanda Brock, the county administrator, during discussion this morning by a JRSA committee’s reaction to County Council’s intentions for up to $25 million in general obligation bonds.  Those bonds are to generate monies for capital projects, […]

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