Restaurant leader’s thoughts on those help-wanted signs

As the fight continues against COVID-19, the dining public has found it useful to pay attention to the changing conditions affecting the restaurant business.  And with the news of a couple of weeks back that at least three Walhalla food establishments were closing, 101.7/WGOG NEWS decided to check in with the president/CEO of the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association […]

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Gun theft lands man in jail

The theft of guns from a home near the Country Junction Road landed a 31-year old man in the Oconee jail.  The sheriff’s office announces charges of grand larceny and first degree burglary against Cody Christian Dean Lecroy of the Rock Crusher Road.  Deputies investigated a home burglary last week on Big Brown Drive near West Union.  They found that […]

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Kelaya Smith

Walhalla, SC — Kelaya Sunshine Smith, 4-month-old infant daughter of Megan Savage and Jamal Smith, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022.   In addition to her parents, Kelaya is survived by her sisters: Journei Savage, Sereniti Summerlin, Miamor Smith; brothers: Legend Smith and Joziah Smith; Nana: Kerri Underwood; Gwanny: Cassandra Cowans and Papa: Teddy Cowans; Papa G: Gather Craig; and […]

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Man submerges motorcycle and swims away

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office seeks the public’s help to  identify a subject who led deputies on a pursuit Tuesday night.   The subject was operating a motorcycle that matched the body style of a motorcycle reported stolen Monday morning in the Timberlake One Circle area of Oconee County, which is located near Townville.  The deputy observed the driver of […]

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New blood donation center in Anderson

The Blood Connection (TBC), the Upstate’s non-profit community blood center, announces the construction of a state-of-the-art donation center in Anderson, South Carolina – designed to meet the continued critical need for local blood donations. This center will be the sixth TBC donation center in the Upstate. TBC is the sole blood provider for AnMed Health and has been since the […]

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Search warrants executed in Mountain Rest

The Oconee hamlet of Mountain Rest normally a quiet place.  Today, however, two search warrants were executed by the county sheriff’s office – one search warrant on the Bauknight Road and the other on Verner Mill Road.  Only limited information is being given.  Sheriff Crenshaw says, “The search warrants are not related to any current death investigation in the area […]

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