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Investigators believe a 40-year-old woman left her Utica home Saturday, September 10 on her own, but a family member says that afternoon was the last she had seen of her. Now Oconee Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help to locate Charlotte Ann Sandoval Arzola. It’s the second time the sheriff’s office has issued a missing person report for her since […]
Read moreMountain Rest, SC — Linda Gail Adams Laye, 71, wife of William “Bird” Burgess Laye Jr., of Mountain Rest, passed away Monday, September 19, 2022, peacefully at her home surrounded by family and friends. A native of Oconee County, SC, Gail was the daughter of Sue Adams and the late W.L. “Runt” Adams. She worked in the textile industry […]
Read moreSightseers can walk to the bottom of Issaqueena Falls north of Walhalla for a better view but, according to Visit Oconee, the dirt path is “quite steep, difficult and dangerous.” Saturday afternoon a throng of rescuers, led by Walhalla Fire and Rescue, used ropes and a Stokes basket to free a man who apparently slipped or fell into knee deep […]
Read moreFewer than three weeks remain before the voter registration deadline for November 8. South Carolina Election Commission urges all voters to make sure they are registered and ready to vote in the General Election. And the election commissioners also request everyone to realize that registration is the first step. You can prepare for the election by visiting scVOTES.gov to check […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Ruth Avis Owens Moss, 88, wife of the late Joe Alvin Moss, of Seneca, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2022 at Lila Doyle Nursing Home. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Moss was the daughter of the late Pilgrim and Mary Rogers Owens. She retired from Consolidated Federal Credit Union at Jantzen as a […]
Read moreWalhalla – Lila Mae Gardenier Forney, 85, wife of the late Kermit Robert Forney, passed away Friday, September 16, 2022 at her residence. Born in Fulton, NY, Lila was the daughter of the late Isaac Robert Gardenier and Vera Schoolcraft Gardenier. Lila was an interior decorator, who loved her family, and her cats, Harry, Jazzy, and Velvet. Lila is […]
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South of the railroad in Seneca a church is to be remodeled into an event center. The city planning commission last night gave the property owner, Robert Pierson, approval of a zoning change at 936 S. Depot Street from residential zoning to neighborhood commercial. The vote goes in the form of a recommendation to the city council. Pierson is a […]
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The crime of a young man who killed his parents, it was demonstrated in 2022, is not the type of a horrific crime to be forgiven any time soon—even though Jason Mark Carter had been found not guilty by reason of insanity. A request on behalf of Carter to be allowed to be released from the state Department of Mental […]
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Any Oconeean in need of dog food or cat litter may pick up one or both no charge at the county Animal Shelter on the Sandifer Boulevard. You can drop by the shelter anytime between 10 am and 4:30 pm weekdays and 10 to 1:30 on Saturdays.
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A wanderweg is a fancy German name for a trail or a footpath. Depending on the action tonight by Walhalla’s elected leaders, the greenway project might get a new name “Walhalla Wanderweg.” Material provided to the mayor and the council refers to the city’s founding by German settlers who made their way across the state from Charleston and states […]
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