Two hurt in Walhalla car accident
Two people required trips to the hospital after a two-car accident around the noon hour yesterday at Walhalla’s S. College Street and Booker Drive.
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Two people required trips to the hospital after a two-car accident around the noon hour yesterday at Walhalla’s S. College Street and Booker Drive.
Read moreNotwithstanding the hiring freeze, one Oconee County department is going to get help. County Council last night said yes to the hiring of James Wright as a code enforcement officer. It went further by making a financial commitment to augment the county’s department of building and codes by contracting a Spartanburg County company to provide third party building official and […]
Read moreIn recent days, Danny Cooper is one of a number of Oconee County employees who’ve quit. He has found a higher paying job, but at last night’s county council meeting he conveyed his frustration over having to support his family on a salary based on a pay rate of $12.12 an hour. After telling the council that he enjoyed his […]
Read moreLong time Walhalla Mayor Danny Edwards is departing for the political sidelines. During city council’s June meeting, Edwards announced he will not be a candidate for re-election in November. He said, “I truly appreciate the citizens of Walhalla giving me the opportunity to serve in my hometown. I would also like to thank all the council members I have served […]
Read moreA jury in Oconee General Sessions Court returned a quick verdict – of guilty. Beth Blundy, assistant solicitor, said the jury found Tony Avella Sanders convicted on both charges: burglary third degree and petty larceny. From Judge McIntosh came a sentence of five years in prison, suspended to three years in prison, followed by probation and a directive that Sanders […]
Read moreCity of Clemson’s public works crew will train next week on painting new crosswalks on College Avenue in front of the Circle K. Starting at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, June 27 each lane will be blocked off for 30-45 minutes. They won’t need to close the entire College Avenue.
Read moreIn Day 2 of SC vs. Tony Sanders at the Oconee Courthouse, four sheriff’s officers testified for the prosecution, and a couple of them identified Sanders and a second man thru a camera photograph as carrying away possessions from a storage facility on SC 183, the Westminster Highway. Sanders is being tried on the charge of burglary third degree and […]
Read moreOne of two Oconeeans arrested on charges of fugitive from justice from Rabun County, Georgia has been also charged with attempting to escape from jail. The spokesman for the Oconee sheriff says the attempted escape charge was filed against 31-year old Lewis Ray Stewart. According to Master Deputy Jimmy Watt, Stewart tried to gain freedom yesterday morning by squeezing through […]
Read moreGE Aerospace and Clemson University at the Paris Air Show announced today they have received funds from the U-S Air Force Research Laboratory to continue to develop next generation materials that can withstand intense temperatures while flying at high speeds. So far, the Air Force Research Lab has authorized $10 million in congressional-appropriated funding for the research. The consortium, which […]
Read moreIn spite of how deep the governor may make cuts in the next state budget, the General Assembly has decided against returning to Columbia. In a memorandum yesterday and released today, Senate President Thomas Alexander said, “Today, the leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate agreed that it is not necessary to return to session this week and […]
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