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South Carolina’s U-S senators have commented on the attorney’s general decision to name a special counsel to review the possible mishandling of documents by President Biden when he was Vice President. Tim Scott suggests hypocrisy, saying President Biden condemned former President Trump for having classified documents. Scott’s counterpart, Lindsey Graham, said, “Many questions remain as to why the discovery of […]
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All negotiations for rights-of-way are in process in the project to re-build Fair Play’s major intersection, says a spokesman for the South Carolina DOT. Improvements have been designed to the intersection that forces passing motorists to stretch their necks to ensure that they won’t meet an oncoming vehicle. It involves SC 59, 182, and 243. “Appraisals are complete”, says the […]
Read moreLake Keowee as a source for drinking water will be a topic of discussion next month during a meet-and-greet with the public at the World of Energy. The public is invited 5 to 7 pm Thursday, February 9 for light refreshments and presentations by Greenville Water, Duke Energy, and the Lake Keowee Source Water Protection Team. Other topics include the […]
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The Oconee General Sessions’ judge spared a young man from prison in spite of his guilty plea to a sex crime. From the defense lawyer and the man’s parents, Judge Sprouse heard an explanation that a decision by defendant Daniel Eugene Taylor to open a link on a chat web site that revealed child porn was a one-time offense and […]
Read moreThe driver of a Kenworth work truck is being issued a citation from the state patrol alleging failing to yield for a stop sign yesterday morning at N. SC 11 at Little River Road. The 9:45 am accident there involved a second large truck, a tractor trailer truck, and the result, according to troopers, possible injuries and a detour from […]
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The bills that arrived late in the mailboxes of Walhalla utility customers were processed Wednesday, December 28, says Brandon Burton, city administrator. Those bills, he says, normally would have gone out Christmas Day. The city’s vendor in Spartanburg got them into the U-S mail on the 30th. Burton says many customers received them January 4, but he concedes several customers […]
Read morePowdersville, SC — Penuma Huff Moore, 93, wife of the late Wallace Derrell Moore, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at home. A native of Travelers Rest, SC, Mrs. Moore was the daughter of the late William Augustus Huff and Bessie Mae Benson. She raised her family in Greenville, SC, retired to Seneca, SC with her husband, […]
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The USDA Forest Service will host a prescribed fire open house for the public on Tuesday, January 24 in Walhalla, South Carolina. The free community drop-in event will be held at the Walhalla Depot, 211 S. College St., from 4 to 7 p.m. Local Forest Service staff will be on hand at the drop-in to discuss future prescribed fire activities […]
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Wayne McCall happened to meet the carrier at just the moment Wednesday that she dropped his water bill into his mailbox on Mountain Springs Road. He was surprised that the bill arrived a day after the due date Tuesday. McCall drove to city hall, registered a complaint, but paid his bill – along with a late charge. McCall acknowledges Walhalla […]
Read moreWord from across the line in Georgia is that the Stephens County public schools are going to dismiss early to help ensure that teachers, students, and staff are able to get home before the forecast bad weather hits this afternoon. We’ve spoken to one Oconee parent who’s hopeful that the county public schools in Oconee order an early dismissal also.
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