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A state lawmaker from Townville says the House will convene a special session tomorrow to debate a bill in response to the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe vs. Wade. Jonathan Hill, a Republican and abortion opponent, says, “Post-Roe, abortion is as legal as it ever was, and is still thriving.” Rep. Hill believes state laws in Title 44, Chapter 41 […]
Read moreThe North Carolina mountain town of Highlands plans a special meeting this week to look at proposed changes to its ordinance covering short-term rentals. The town board of commissioners meeting will be Tuesday at the Highlands Community Building. Many Highlands residents and others have taken the advantage of sending emails to the town hall about whether they want short-term rentals […]
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First or second in line at next week’s South Carolina Apple Festival Parade will be a golf cart displaying the picture of Yousef Mefleh. The late Westminster councilman and restaurateur once rode as parade Grand Marshal. Judy Caywood of Westminster Senior Outreach says Mefleh, a Jerusalem native, loved his adopted country and city as much as anyone and the fact […]
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“Proud to be an American” is the theme for a procession of golf carts to move through Westminster next week as part of the annual parade of the South Carolina Apple Festival. The parade is set for 5 o’clock Friday evening, September 9. Those who’d like to be part of the parade riding in a golf cart are requested to […]
Read moreA half-century after NASA’s Apollo missions, the space agency on Monday aims to take a giant step to returning people to the moon. The Artemis 1 mission comprises a 322-foot rocket set to blast off from Florida (at 8:33am ET), carrying an empty crew capsule to the lunar orbit. In place of astronauts, three test dummies are strapped into the […]
Read moreDemocrats will gather next month at Oconee’s South Cove Park for a picnic–ahead of this fall’s elections. Jody Gaulin, chairwoman of the county party, has announced a state lawmaker from St. Matthews, Russell Ott, will keynote the event. Ott represents State House District 93–Calhoun, Orangeburg, and Lexington counties. Appearances by Democratic governor nominee Joe Cunningham and Secretary of State nominee […]
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Nature was unkind to the Walhalla Razorbacks and their Friday night home football opener. The Hogs were forced to resume their game (an eventual loss) the following day. Although nary a rain drop fell on this side of Walhalla, was not the case in other parts of Oconee. An example was a residential area in southern Oconee between SC 11 […]
Read moreThe former Walhalla newspaperman and skilled book writer, Ashton Hester, apparently dreamed of writing a novel. An Ashton Hester fan has told us that, many years ago, Hester was writing a book to not be released until after his death. At the recent Walhalla day in his honor, Hester told us he was forced to junk the idea, although in […]
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Yousef’s Kitchen in Westminster plans a re-opening tomorrow morning, and the family announces they will return the restaurant to business as normal—as normal as possible considering the death of Yousef Mefleh August 20. Mr. Yousef’s daughter, Meriam, in a Facebook post yesterday, said, “The menu, employees, and hours of operation will remain the same with the exception of Sundays. […]
Read moreThe Walhalla Rotary Club is breaking with tradition. No longer does the club meeting at the city’s community depot. The Rotarians have switched their location to the Steak House, as well as the day of the week for their meetings. They’ll now meet on Thursdays, in place of Mondays. The noon hour meeting time remains unchanged.
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