Broken leg in a car accident
In a rural Oconee County car accident yesterday afternoon, one person is said to have suffered a broken leg. It was a 2 o’clock wreck on the Oconee Station Road, responded to by Walhalla Fire Department.
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In a rural Oconee County car accident yesterday afternoon, one person is said to have suffered a broken leg. It was a 2 o’clock wreck on the Oconee Station Road, responded to by Walhalla Fire Department.
Read moreMadison– Lillie Jean T Phillips, 88, wife of the late John Henry Phillips, passed away peacefully, on Wednesday, June 7 at The Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Franklin County, GA, Lillie Jean was the daughter of the late Rev. Virgil Lester and Clara Head Turpin. She was a homemaker and a member of Long Creek Baptist Church. Lillie […]
Read moreSeneca– Dorothy Louise Sharpe Mann, 91, widower of the late William C. Mann of 50 years, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, June 8 at Belvedere Commons of Seneca. Born in Fairfield County, South Carolina she was the daughter of the late Lillie and BC Sharpe. In her early life, Dorothy worked in textiles […]
Read moreWalhalla city workers learned today they are losing their 2-year city administrator to resignation. Brandon Burton has confirmed his departure, to be effective July 27, in letters to the mayor and the council and to the city’s employees. Burton, who served as city fire chief prior to his appointment as city administrator, announces he misses fire service and has accepted […]
Read moreA judge decided today there’ll be no bond for a young man awaiting a June 19 trial on charges of murder in a shooting death in Utica near Seneca. Judge McIntosh rejected the defense request for a bond this morning after hearing from the prosecutor and the mother of the victim. Pendleton resident Braxton Earl is charged with murder in […]
Read moreThe animal welfare group Best Friends Animal Society gives South Carolina an 86% save rate for shelter cats and dogs, and now rates 49% of shelters across the state as no-kill. One of those is the Oconee Animal Shelter on the Sandifer Boulevard. In interview with 101.7/WGOG NEWS, Angel Newman of the Oconee Humane Society talks about the relationship that […]
Read moreA term used during this week’s meeting of Oconee County Council: root cause analysis. Chairman Matthew Durham used the term to help figure out why there have been repeated failures to the rock-crushing equipment at the county quarry. Rock sold to truck haulers is a money-making enterprise for county government. But Durham and others have raised concern that the Five […]
Read moreWalhalla’s new budget will allow for two additions to the city recreation department. The city, in tandem with the high school, will add volleyball as a recreation activity starting this fall. In the early planning stages is the addition of flag football next spring.
Read moreA star basketball player during her youth will lead the city of Walhalla recreation department. Breanna Richardson, with a BS in sports management and an MBA from Southern Wesleyan, is interim recreation director, starting July 1. Two rec department veterans – Director John Galbreath and assistant Dennis Pearson – are transferring to administrative positions and will make up the city’s […]
Read moreCity of Clemson is alerting the public to a community meeting tonight to impart information on the upcoming changes to Cherry Road and Old Stone Church Road. The time and location for this evening’s intersection improvement project community meeting is 6 o’clock in city hall council chambers.
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