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At the state health agency in Columbia, the health director admits she’s worried about increased numbers of deaths in the last two or three weeks. And Dr. Traxler urges South Carolinians to follow the recommended ways to try to protect against the virus. In the first week of ’23 there were 68 deaths statewide, mostly among the elderly. The fact […]
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A friend of the Walhalla mayor in Columbia has brought to the attention of Danny Edwards that Walhalla, the county seat of Oconee, has been rated 3rd safest city in South Carolina. The evaluation, covering 2022, was done by an online resource called SafeWise whose employees have had experience as reporters, product testers, safety and compliance officers, homeowners, and community […]
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Positioned number one for civil court trial next week at the Oconee Courthouse is the condemnation case Central Electric Power Cooperative vs. Donald Devoe Slisher and others. The one-week term of Common Pleas Court takes place the week of Monday, January 23, with Judge Scott Sprouse holding the gavel. Lawrence Flynn Jr. and Alexis Kaylor Lindsay are plaintiff’s attorneys; Samuel Albergotti, […]
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When he played baseball at Walhalla High, Jeff Underwood could slug a baseball. It’s the same Jeff Underwood who today is a captain with the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. However, someone is trying to pose as a “Lt. Jeff Underwood” and making calls to county residents. “Jeff Underwood has been a long time employee of the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office and […]
Read moreThe following is a late December news release issued by the office of North Carolina’s attorney general: “The North Carolina Department of Justice today announced that there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges against Mark Meadows or his wife Debra Meadows for alleged voter fraud involving the 2020 election. Attorney General Josh Stein released the following statement: “The […]
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A rare Saturday meeting for the Walhalla City Council. At 9 tomorrow morning at city hall, the council will focus on the FY ’24 budget. The agenda calls for direction and goals for next year’s city budgets.
Read more1,080 South Carolina traffic fatalities last year were too many, says John Morrah. He urged Oconee’s state lawmakers to attend to the patrol’s staffing needs. He’s calling for a tripling of the size of the patrol force to help enforce the state’s traffic safety rules.
Read moreOconee’s lawmakers were urged last night to think upstream and support efforts to cleanse waters of chemicals. Becky Hazelwood, a former Transylvania County, North Carolina resident, complained that as long ago as the middle of the last century manufacturing plants upstream from Oconee County discharged chemicals into waters that run downstream and become part of raw water that is treated […]
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The woman representing Oconee, Anderson, Pickens and the other 3rd Congressional District counties on the state’s DOT commission has been named commission vice-chair. She’s Pamela Christopher of Anderson. Christopher received the appointment at this week’s commission meeting. In that meeting an Horry County man, Tony K. Cox, was named commission chairman.
Read moreOconeeans turned out in droves last night in Westminster to hear and speak with the trio of men who represent them in the state legislative chambers at Columbia. The approximate one-hour, annual constituents’ meeting arranged by Oconee’s state delegation made for standing-room only in the Westminster Depot. Some 13 individuals took to the lectern to address the lawmakers on a […]
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