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Handheld phones can be lifesavers; they also can create problems for teachers who try to properly educate their students. And Oconee public schools are adjusting their policy this year on electronic communication devices. Steve Hanvey, the associate superintendent, today provided 101.7/WGOG NEWS an explanation. What he says is being re-played today on our over-the-air newscasts.
Read moreThe hand you see touching this brick wall belongs to a Walhallan who, last week, made sure she saw what’s left of what for 60 years was a neighborhood baseball field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Specifically, it used to be Forbes Field, a former home of the Pirates. It’s where Roberto Clemente patrolled right field, and the stadium where Bill Mazeroski […]
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A special August meeting of the Westminster City Council is scheduled at 4 pm today at the Westminster Depot.
Read moreToccoa, Georgia will offer a big screen opportunity next month for college football fans to regale the opening of a new gridiron season. Toccoa’s Historic Ritz Theatre will big screen a coast-to-coast showdown between the defending national champs, the Georgia Bulldogs, and the University of Oregon Ducks. Doors will open at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, September 2 and the game starts […]
Read moreThis Thursday in the Oconee General Sessions Court at Walhalla is lining up as a key day for resolving criminal court cases, court officers have told 101.7/WGOG NEWS. Without a judge present, both prosecution and defense attorneys yesterday, we’re told, were successful in eliciting signed intentions from several defendants willing to stand before the court Thursday and admit their guilt […]
Read moreProsecutors have informed Rudy Giuliani he is considered a target of the Georgia criminal investigation probing the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Giuliani is still expected to testify on Wednesday. Previously, 16 “fake electors” in the state were informed that they are considered targets of the probe. “I appeared in Georgia as attorney for Donald J. […]
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Overshadowing the superintendent’s upbeat account of day one to start Oconee’s ’22-’23 year, emotions ran high during the county trustees’ meeting where Dr. Thorsland felt compelled to mount a defense of how the district handled threatening social media posts by Walhalla Middle students last year not long after the Texas school shootings. District Two trustee Meghan Ketterman’s voice broke as […]
Read moreSeneca- Elizabeth Ann Kirlin, 99, passed away Monday, August 15, 2022, at her residence. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth was the daughter of the late, John O. Kirlin and Gertrude Brensinger Kirlin. Elizabeth worked as camp director for handicap children, and had a great passion for the outdoors, hiking, bird watching and traveling. Elizabeth is survived by […]
Read moreMatthew Durham, the suspended Oconee County councilman, is touting the value of partnership with neighboring Anderson County to undertake a joint sewer treatment facility that would serve both sides of the I-85 corridor. For long time, some Oconee leaders have ventured the thought that Oconee County growth can justify a second treatment plant—in addition to the Coneross Wastewater Plant […]
Read moreThe citizens of South Carolina will be joining the Great Georgia Pollinator Census for the August 2022 count, expanding the reach of the pioneering project in the Southeast. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension launched the Great Georgia Pollinator Census in 2019 as a citizen science research project inviting Georgians from across the state to come together for two days in August to […]
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