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Near the Toccoa Highway yesterday afternoon fire in a mobile home. Chief Michael Smith of Westminster said no one was hurt. He called it an accidental fire that started from cooking in the Latrobe Road home.
Read moreComing shortly will be announcement from the United Way of Oconee that the humanitarian organization will cease becoming a renter and instead own its own digs. For years, United Way has rented inside the Piedmont Center, near Bob Hill real estate and the Oconee Economic Alliance. But, the United Way’s LaShauna Harrison says thanks to a donor’s will, United Way […]
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COVID or no COVID, student in enrollment in the Oconee public schools changes little. This morning’s count was 10,214. One year ago it was 10,197, seventeen fewer than today.
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For many December 25 is just a memory. But, for some celebrants, Christmas trees still light up homes and businesses. There’s potential danger, warns the National Fire Protection Association. It strongly encourages everyone to keep the festive memories and remove the hazards by disposing of Christmas trees promptly. Chief Richie Caudill of the Seneca Fire Department agrees. One-third (33%) of […]
Read moreHow Oconee’s Joint Regional Sewer Authority can make things right with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control was a focus in the first of two meetings last night at Walhalla. The JRSA has been under a DHEC consent order since May 2021, and the authority has been strategizing improvement projects to satisfy the state agency. This was one […]
Read moreA car on East Main Street, Walhalla went out of control late yesterday afternoon and crashed through the front of an insurance office, narrowly missing the agent. According to Police Chief Rice, Nationwide agent Stanley Nix avoided injury or worse just earlier by moving into an adjoining office. Rice said a medical condition on the part of the Honda driver […]
Read moreSouth Carolina Supreme Court agreed this week with a lower court ruling in the case of a man convicted in Pickens County of murder in Clemson. The state’s case against Jaron Lamont Gibbs made its way to the SUPCO on a writ of certiorari from the state Court of Appeals and earlier an appeal from Pickens County circuit court. Although […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Lynda Sue Henry, 79, of Walhalla, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at Seneca Health and Rehab. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Henry was the daughter of the late Charles Theo and Mildred Elizabeth Kerr Singleton. She was the owner of Doves Nest Antiques and was a member of Rocky Knoll Baptist Church. […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC– Harry “J.R.” Nelson Longfellow, Jr., 80, husband of Dorothy Byrd Longfellow, of Walhalla, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Blockton, IA, Mr. Longfellow was the son of the late Harry and Erma Scott Longfellow. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and retired as a barber and carpenter. […]
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A 43-year old man remains in jail today, on a combined $47,382.50 surety bond, after his arrest by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office in relation to a Tuesday disturbance investigation at Hartwell Village. Joseph Allen Tuten, resident of Taylors,, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 8:05am Wednesday. Tuten has been charged with three counts of Malicious […]
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