Young brothers were the fatalities

An early afternoon fire near Westminster took the lives of two 4, and 5-year-old brothers.  Three other family members were sent to the hospital.  Coroner Karl Addis says the names of the deceased will be released today.  Autopsies are to be scheduled to assist the investigation.  Addis says the boys’ mother and two, 1-year-old twins were being evaluated at the […]

Read more

Walhalla directional sign misspelled

Someone has a sharp eye.  A roadside directional sign facing traffic headed north from Seneca’s Miracle Circle reads 6 miles to West Union and 8 miles to Walhalla.  But someone misspelled Walhalla by adding a fourth “L”.  Which makes for the incorrect “Walhallla” spelling.  Celia Myers, city administrator, brought the error to the attention of this week’s city council meeting […]

Read more

South Carolina’s will be a first-in-the-nation

With pride in her voice, Jody Gaulin says South Carolina’s Democratic presidential preference vote February 3 will be a first-in-the-nation — even before the traditional New Hampshire primary.  And in 2024 the Oconee Democrats chairwoman says the state’s Democratic ballot will offer three choices:  the incumbent president Joe Biden and challenger Marianne Williamson of California, considered a progressive.  A third […]

Read more

Next step in skeletal remains case

“We are meeting with the Quarles family to discuss the next steps.  Nothing will take place until after that meeting.”  That statement from Robert Kittle, public information officer for the office of the state Attorney’s General, in response to what’s next in the case of the identified human remains found last spring near Seneca.  Those remains were those of a […]

Read more

Approved new Wells Highway traffic lights

The state has empathy for Seneca Borg Warner employees who, when leaving the plant parking lot, often sit in line waiting to turn left onto the Wells Highway.  The DOT has decided that Wells Highway at the plant entrance qualifies for a set of traffic lights, as explained this week by the Oconee-Pickens state senator, Thomas Alexander.  The senator says […]

Read more

Walhalla drug bust

The Walhalla Police Department arrested a woman for allegedly trafficking more than 250 grams of Fentanyl. Officers from the Walhalla Police Department made a traffic stop on 12/18/2023. Officers made contact with the driver of the vehicle and during the stop developed suspicion that illegal narcotics were inside the car. According to the police, the driver gave officers consent to […]

Read more
1 55 56 57 58 59 2,958