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The qualifying period for South Carolinians to enter the June political party primary elections expires at the noon hour today. 101.7/WGOG NEWS will report the candidates who’ll make the ballot for the June 11 primaries, once that information is available to us. Already several of the public offices available to Oconeeans will make for two-way contests.
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Walhalla Fire Department this month will test and flush more than 200 hydrants in and around the city. Starting April 12, you will see fire fighters working on hydrants. The maintenance work identifies problems and ensures that the hydrants spew enough water during fires. It’s a requirement also of the ISO — the Insurance Service Office. During the testing, there […]
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Higher than normal rainfall (7.44″) fell in Walhalla during March. Barbara Wilson, weather watcher, also recorded the following high-and-low temperatures. Yesterday the thermometer climbed to 81. Twenty-seven degree readings were recorded on both March 12 and 20.
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The weekend death of an Oconee Detention Center inmate will require an autopsy the first of this week to assist the coroner in determining the cause of death. Michael Calvin McMahan was a 24-year-old Salem resident. Around 5:30 Saturday morning deputies responded to reports of a cardiac arrest and found McMahan unresponsive while they were serving breakfast. Life-saving measures were […]
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An Easter Day morning traffic accident in Oconee County injured a moped operator. He was sent for hospital treatment. Chief Christenbury of the Corinth-Shiloh Fire Department said yesterday morning’s accident, on the westbound lanes of 123 (the Seneca-Clemson Corridor), involved a truck and a moped. For a time, westbound traffic in the vicinity of the traffic lights in front of […]
Read moreWestminster- John Walker Watkins, Jr., 42, passed away March 26th, 2024, at his father’s residence. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, John was the son of John Walker and Patricia Rombough Watkins. John is survived by his parents, and his children, John Walker Watkins, III and Brianna Watkins of North Carolina, and Chassa Watkins of Oregon; a brother Nathaniel […]
Read morePatricia Ann Watt, age 82, passed away on March 29, 2024, at Seneca Health & Rehab in Seneca, South Carolina. Born on March 15, 1942, she was the loving wife of the late Ernest Billy Watt and daughter of the late Hudson Andrew Hefner and Eula Davis Mrs. Watt is remembered for her love of her family, grandchildren, and […]
Read moreScheduled Monday evening at the Clemson City Hall is a vote liable to have major ramifications for properties between Abernathy Park and College Avenue. The council is to consider first reading of an ordinance to approve a planned development project on parcels near Wall Street and Keowee Trail, an approximate five-and-one-half-acre mixed use project of 450 residential units and 10 […]
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In front of Monday’s deadline, five men are entered in the contest this year for Pickens County Sheriff. To succeed the retiring Rick Clark, the following five Republicans seek to be their party’s nominee in the June 11 primary: Tommy Blankenship, David Harrison, Damon Huber, Chuck James, and Michael Aaron Ticknor.
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By late spring or early summer, the state is likely to be ready to issue a new RFP for the 325-acre Lake Hartwell peninsula at I-85 and SC 11. A Texas builder, working with a group in Spain, has interest in developing at least part of the southern Oconee County acreage. A source has given 101.7/WGOG NEWS copies of drawings […]
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