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Whenever Walhalla Mayor Danny Edwards is unable to perform his duties, his substitute will remain Danny Woodward. Councilman Woodward survived a paper ballot vote among his colleagues last night to retain the post of mayor pro-tem. He overcame a challenge from first-term Councilwoman Sarai Melendez, after Councilman David Underwood joined the meeting and a first vote of 3-3 was broken […]
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The Greenway construction contract for Walhalla goes to a local contractor who is said to have experience recreation trail building. Local builder HDH Construction gets the task at a price tag of $972 thousand which Brandon Burton, administrator, said came in below estimate. Division over whether this is the time for Walhalla to pump big money into a recreation amenity […]
Read moreSeneca– Sallie JoLane Simpson York, 72, wife of the late Dewitt York, passed away Monday, December 19, 2022 at Prisma Health – Oconee Memorial Hospital. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Sallie was the daughter of the late Hoke Simpson and Josephine James Simpson. Sallie was retired from LaFrance Industries and of the Baptist Faith. Sallie loved country music […]
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Sam Talley, Easley native and recent Clemson graduate, always knew he wanted to be a cowboy. He grew up around livestock and took an interest in working with beef cattle at a young age. Talley is graduating from the university’s animal and veterinary science program. He plans to move to Wyoming to work on a ranch before beginning a master’s […]
Read moreThree U-S senators, including South Carolina’s Tim Scott, have written a letter of concern to the U-S trade representative and the agriculture secretary. They are displeased by Mexico’s efforts to ban certain American-grown corn. According to Scott’s office, the plans by the Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, would unilaterally abandon a long-held science-based regulatory system and threaten the U-S-Mexico-Canada […]
Read moreScott Moulder, Seneca city administrator, says two “great interviews” took place today among the hopefuls to be chosen as the city’s next judge. Longtime municipal judge Danny Singleton is moving on to become Oconee County probate judge. Moulder says interviews with two other applicants are scheduled for Thursday. It’s not too late to apply. You don’t have to be a […]
Read moreAny winter precipitation that falls today and tonight will not accumulate on road with ground and air temperatures above freezing, is how a statewide forecaster based at Columbia sees it. Frank Strait, the South Carolina severe weather liaison, predicts extreme cold air for the state on Friday, to linger at least through Monday. Cold enough to risk exposed plumbing and […]
Read moreSeneca has determined the amphitheater proposed within one-half mile of downtown will have no significant impact on the human environment, according to a notice posted at the front door of city hall. The two-page notice gives notice that on or about January 6, Seneca will apply to the state Department of Commerce for the release of CDBG funds—Community Development Block […]
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A traffic stop for defective equipment last Friday afternoon near Seneca led to the arrest of a Seneca man on a charge of Trafficking in Methamphetamine and Possession of a Stolen Firearm charge. 52 year old Marty Allen Crawford, of Tiger Pride Lane, was booked into the Oconee County Detention Center on December 16th around 4:43pm. Crawford, who was […]
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West Union Town Hall will be closed Friday, December 23 and re-open Monday, January 2. If you have an emergency, please dial 864-638-4111. The town’s sanitation truck will make its run Tuesday, December 27.
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