Issues the candidates addressed

One candidate posed the question of whether Walhalla wants to be known as an “alcohol city”.  Another called for Walhalla to address the plight of its low income residents, especially those who rent apartments.  Walhalla’s image, its homeless problem, the benefits of tourism and recreation, and infrastructure problems were among the issues that city council candidates took on last night […]

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Forum attracts five Walhalla candidates

The League of Women Voters staged a Walhalla candidates forum, but a lack of commitment from candidates elsewhere has forced the organization to cancel a similar forum next week for Seneca candidates. Last night, in the Walhalla Middle School auditorium, five city council candidates participated in an exercise of democracy in which they outlined their platforms and responded to LWVs’ […]

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Officers fired at

A search continued for a shooter, suspected of having fired at officers in Stephens County, Georgia.  Radio WNEG quotes Sheriff Randy Shirley as saying officers were not hit.  The active shooter location:  a home on Toccoa’s Chrstine Circle.   The identity of the suspect is known to the cops, but was not immediately released.

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Gerald R. Bellflower

Salem, SC– Gerald Ray Belflower, 71, husband of Deborah Belflower, of Salem, passed away.   A native of Sycamore, GA, Mr. Belflower was the son of the late V.L. Belflower and Annie E. Wooten Belflower. He retired from International Sales. Gerald loved hunting, fishing and boating on the lake. He enjoyed cooking and entertaining his friends and family with his […]

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Seneca candidate forum is cancelled

The League of Women Voters scheduled November 2 forum for the Seneca City Council candidates has been called off.  A LWV announcement this afternoon from Janet Marsh reads:  “We are cancelling our Candidate Forum on November 2 because we were unable to get at least two candidates to commit to participate.  Five candidates are running for four seats — four […]

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William Bryson

  Walhalla – William D. Bryson, 80, husband of the late Thelma Young Bryson, passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2023 at Prisma Health, Oconee Memorial Hospital.   Born in Oconee County, South Carolina, William was the son of the late Joseph Claude and Lula Skelton Bryson.  William was a retired equipment operator with Oconee County and a Deacon at […]

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Betty L. Sosebee

  Walhalla, SC — Betty L. Sosebee, 92, wife of the late, of Seneca, SC, passed away on Friday, October 20, 2023 at The Residences of Park Place.   A native of Walhalla, SC, Ms. Sosebee was the daughter of the late Clifton Walker Mabry, Sr. and Annie Powell Mabry. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in […]

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