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No longer will Seneca outsource the job of grass-cutting and ground maintenance. Scott Moulder, city administrator, told the mayor and council there are savings to be realized if the city discontinues grass-cutting private sector contracts and replace with an additional three beautification department employees. The new city employees will work under the direction of Eric Shuler, the city’s beautification director.
Read moreA Shaver complex user delivered a scolding to the Seneca City Council last night for the removal of 10 trees from the grounds of the main recreation complex off WS 4th Street. Janet Figueroa asked questions of the city officials, including who cut the trees and why. Although Figueroa said she understood the tree-cutting was done to expand recreation fields, […]
Read moreWestminster- Carolyn Hagood Clarke Horton, went home to be with her Lord on February 16th, 2022. Carolyn was born on March 12th, 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia, to the late Harrison Clarke and Alice J. Spratt. She attended Northside High School ’56 and the University of Miami where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Carolyn owned an […]
Read moreOconee Democrats will assemble next month for a convention with business to be done in advance of the primary and mid-term elections. Their get together Saturday, March 12 will be–the words of the chairwoman–“a contactless convention via secure Zoom”. Conventions are where party members choose officers. It’s likely going forward there will be a change at the top office. Current […]
Read moreA University of South Carolina student from Walhalla, Cade Crenshaw, has taken a step toward a possible career in national sportscasting. On the SEC Plus network, Crenshaw called the action of a South Carolina-UNC Greensboro baseball game on Sunday, in which one of the more exciting plays and calls was a ninth-inning grand slam by a Gamecock batter that tied […]
Read moreDavid McMahan, chairman of Oconee Republicans, is hopeful that all candidates who win this year’s primary will embrace the conservative philosophy. And when asked today if he will publicly support one Republican over another, the first-year county chairman said, “As chairman, I will give equal treatment to all candidates in the primary which is something that has not been done […]
Read moreSeneca – Betty Gilliam Wilson, 82, wife of Donald Joe Wilson, passed away on Monday, February 21th, 2022 at Prisma Health – Lila Doyle. Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, Betty was the daughter of the late Thomas Gilliam and Lonnie Rumsey Gilliam. Betty was a homemaker, a member of Fair Play Church of God who loved her church. Betty […]
Read moreOn a day when Sen. Graham speaks to reporters in Pendleton about threat of war between Russia and Ukraine, a Walhallan spoke about his native country and the situation it faces. Our interview with Thompson Avenue resident John Nesklava is being aired today on 101.7/WGOG NEWS.
Read moreThe deaths of two men found outside a rural Oconee home, along with the seizure of a meth lab and a pill press a few days later from another part of the county, is part of an ongoing investigation, Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said today. Last week Coroner Addis announced plans for autopsies and toxicology studies of the two deaths. Addis […]
Read moreMethodists in Walhalla are declaring tomorrow another day of free food. The food giveaway will take place tomorrow evening at the St. Luke Methodist Church on E. Main Street, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm.
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