Budget projected to produce a surplus

An agreed upon budget yesterday makes the business of sewer treatment in Oconee County in excess of $6 million a year.  The board of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority approved a new operations and maintenance budget projecting $6.7 million in revenues and $6.4 million in expenses.  The year-end surplus is anticipated to be nearly 330 and three-quarter thousand dollars.  A […]

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Domestic violence arrest near Walhalla

A Greenville man was arrested over the weekend and charged in a domestic disturbance investigation near Walhalla.  According to the sheriff’s office, 24-year-old James Morrison Holland was located inside a vehicle at a traffic stop at the highway 11-28 interchange, after an officer received an adult female’s complaint at an address on Myrtlewood Drive near Walhalla.  Holland was charged with […]

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John Towery

Westminster – John William Towery, 64, husband of Jeanne Applegate Towery, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2023 at his residence.   Born in Douglasville, Georgia, John was the son of the late Jerry C. Towery and Barbara Sue Reed Towery.  John was a Printer, Mason, and he attended Fairview Community Church.  John enjoyed fishing, riding and showing Paso Fino […]

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This week for Senior Citizen produce coupons

This is the week seniors can take advantage of free produce coupons, a program from the state.  Handling the distribution in Oconee is the United Way, and the United Way’s LaShauna Harrison gives the following dates, times, and location:  Wednesday and Thursday, June 7 and 8 at Seneca’s Blue Ridge Community Center, the former public school building in Perry Hill […]

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Clerks of courts to huddle on new caseload order

Changes are in the offing (starting July 3) in the way South Carolina’s criminal case dockets are developed.  It’s a directive handed down by the state’s highest court, the South Carolina Supreme Court in Columbia.  Lisa Burton, Oconee Clerk of Court, says the state’s clerks of court are to learn more in a meeting this week.  “There will be changes, […]

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Fishing guide captures Oconee tourney

“I’ll buy dinner for anyone who wants it.”  That’s a comment attributed to the winner Friday of the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American Championship on Lake Hartwell.  Twenty-five-year-old Emil Wagner, bass fishing guide from Marietta, Georgia, sealed the deal with a 3-day total of 55 pounds, 11 ounces.  His margin of victory:  1 pound, 5 ounces.  Wagner earned $122,300,along with […]

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Lake Keowee drowning

Spartanburg resident Caleb Emmanuele Cohen became a drowning victim Saturday in Lake Keowee.  Authorities believe 35-year-old Cohen went into the water near High Falls County Park Saturday afternoon to help a child in distress, but he did not re-emerge.  At 8:45 Cohen’s body was located, and the coroner’s office notified.

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Open door leads to house burglary arrest

An open door during the midnight hour Thursday in a Walhalla neighborhood raised the suspicions of a patrolling police officer.  And when the policeman saw the shadowy figure of a man through a window, the officer acted on his suspicions.  That resulted in the arrest of a 44-year old man, Bryan Ashley Evans, on multiple charges, including burglary second degree.  […]

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Why Scott voted against H. R. 3746

Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, a hopeful for the next Republication nomination for President, voted against the resolution that raises the debt limit. Without the Senate’s final vote of 63-36, the U-S risked an economically disastrous default days before Monday’s deadline. But, in a statement from Washington, Scott said, “If we don’t want our nation to default, we need […]

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