Walhalla interest in keeping of backyard chickens

On next week’s agenda for Walhalla City Council are amendments to an ordinance that, if voted, would allow city residents to keep up to four domesticated female chickens.  Councilman Keehn has suggested that allowing some urban farming, such as hens laying eggs, could help supplement the budget of city residents who would appreciate saving on their grocery store bills which, […]

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Impersonating a cop is a crime

A Seneca area man, Andrew Jason Elrod is out of jail, on a personal recognizance bond, after being arrested on a charge of Impersonating a Law Enforcement Officer. An investigation by the Sheriff’s Office began April 7 after a deputy responded to a traffic accident in the area of Oak Creek Road and Return Church Road. The deputy responded due […]

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New Council Chairman Matthew Durham?

Having been re-instated, Matthew Durham is eligible to return next week to his District Two seat in the chambers of Oconee County Council.  A regular meeting is on the horizon, for Tuesday night in Walhalla.  And there’s talk that Durham is apt to be voted chairman, with the help of his colleagues Hart and Mize.  John Elliott has remained in […]

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U-S Rep Duncan’s new salvo at President Biden

The Biden administration’s plan to urge Americans to buy electric vehicles is seen by the 3rd District representative to congress, Jeff Duncan, as radical and would price middle-and-lower income families out of the market.  Duncan’s comments on new vehicle pollution standards of the EPA are contained in an announcement by Duncan in his capacity as chairman of the Energy, Climate […]

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