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Joey Von Nessen says a major benefit of the first phase of the SC Housing, USC Moore School Palmetto State Housing Study is the attention to housing problems across South Carolina. The final report is due to reach the state legislature by June 30. The study explores housing issues, including supply and demand and the inventory of what’s available. 101.7/WGOG […]
Read moreA pantry, a supermarket, and two churches are working together to help nourish Oconeeans needing food. A distribution of food takes place, first-come, first-served 10 am to noon Saturday, March 25 at the Radiant Church, 11075 Watson Drive, near Seneca. JoAnn Johnson of the nonprofit “In The Gap” says, “We provide food assistance to families whose incomes fall between 151-186% […]
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A 38-year old man after an attack on a woman in Walhalla was captured early afternoon yesterday in the vicinity of the Dr. John’s Road and the Phillip Lear Road south of Westminster. Ralph Jake Goss Jr., Columbia address, faces charges that he attacked a woman, armed with a knife, Sunday night in a W. Main Street, Walhalla laundry. Master […]
Read moreSeneca – Nancy Annette Bearden Certain, 73, passed away, Monday, March 13, 2023 at her residence. Born in Seneca, South Carolina, Nancy was the daughter of the late Harold Bearden and Florence Blackmon Bearden. Nancy was a homemaker who loved a good cup of coffee while spending time with her cats, listening to good music and enjoying her […]
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Oconee School District’s first-year technology chief, Philip Price, gave the county trustees a perspective on how web content filtering is used to block websites that are inappropriate to the education process. He told the school board that millions of attempts are made, but the filtering process that he and his staff follow is successful in denying entry. Today Price told […]
Read moreAn EPA measure announced today, if finalized, will require public water systems to monitor for PFAS chemicals. Proposed is a first-ever national standard aimed to protect communities from PFAS (polyfluoralkyl) substances that, it’s believed, can settle in the blood, kidney, and liver, and lead to serious health problems, include cancer and obsesity. South Carolina’s health agency, DHEC, has begun to […]
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New principals are being placed in two Oconee public schools. The school district today announced that Joshua Harrison is the new Fair-Oak Elementary School principal; Eddie Payne is a new assistant principal at West-Oak Middle School. Harrison started his career in 2009 as a P-E teacher at Walhalla Elementary School. Payne taught at West-Oak Middle. In 2021-22 he was that […]
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The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help today in locating a wanted subject with outstanding arrest warrants. 38 year old Ralph Jake Goss, Jr. of Columbia, SC is currently wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants from the Walhalla Police Department on charges of Kidnapping, Possession of a Weapon during Commission of a Violent Crime and Assault with […]
Read moreThe Walhalla police have released details of an attack Sunday night inside a laundromat on W. Main Street. The county sheriff’s office announced a search was underway in a rural part of Oconee, south of Westminster, for the suspect. The city police have used footage to understand what happened to a woman inside the Tiger Wash. It’s apparent from a […]
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A multi-billion dollar purchase of Boeing 787 Dreamliners by Saudia Arabia is called great news for South Carolina, in the view of Senator Lindsey Graham. The Republican senator says, “I worked very closely with Boeing, the South Carolina delegation, Saudi Arabia and the administration to overcome the obstacles to make this deal possible.” The planes, designed for long distance travel, […]
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