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Seneca, SC – Willie Clyde McCall, 90, husband of the late Patricia Moore McCall, of Seneca, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Seneca, SC, Mr. McCall was the son of the late Lawrence Matthew and Mary Alice Newton McCall. He worked in maintenance at Clemson University and was a veteran of […]
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Whether you think increasing or decreasing Oconee school spending is the way to go, you have a chance to speak to those who have the voting authority. According to the agenda for Tuesday night, county council will hold a hearing on the next budget for the public schools starting with the fiscal year July 1.
Read moreWest Union, SC– Johnny Wayne Justice, 77, husband of Audrey Phyllis Barnes Justice, of West Union, passed away Friday, June 16, 2023, at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville. A native of Walhalla, SC, Mr. Justice was the son of the late Tillman Clayton and Clara Irene Sullivan Justice. He was a Vietnam Veteran with the United States Army and […]
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A player in the $3 million deal to make way for a book distribution center near Westminster says a lot of credit goes to Julian Davis, the District 4 councilman who contributed assistance to make the deal work. (Details on the sale of a former manufacturing building on the Sandifer Blvd. are available in a separate WGOG post and can […]
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Word is received at 101.7/WGOG NEWS of an accident on 123/Sandifer Blvd., in front of Wal-Mart. And a medi-helicopter appears to have landed in the parking lot of Tri-County ACE for the purpose of transporting a wreck victim.
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The long-vacated manufacturing building just to the east of Westminster corporate limits has changed hands and will have a new purpose. The purchase of the former Taylor Made golf equipment plant building was a $3 million transaction, according to realtor Anna Powell of Powell Real Estate. In an interview this morning, Powell declined to identify the buyer, but described him […]
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The county attorney for Oconee, David Root, believes negotiations between the county and the municipalities to effect new fire agreements to cover the unincorporated five-mile radius of the cities are in good shape. Nevertheless, Root won’t provide further details of where things stand — ahead of what’s believed to be a July 1 deadline to get things done.
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To observe, the Juneteenth holiday offices of the city Clemson will be closed on Monday. Meantime, the Pickens County municipality wishes a Happy Father’s Day.
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A Thursday afternoon fire within the Walhalla Fire Department coverage area was confined to the kitchen of a home near Little Country Lane.
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Firemen are famous for rescuing cats from trees. They’ll also climb a ladder to free a tree cutter from a bucket truck. That’s what happened yesterday afternoon on Coffee Road. A man was cutting trees perched from a bucket truck 15-20 feet high. His machinery malfunctioned and the Walhalla Fire Department came to the rescue.
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