Sunday morning outage plagued area

A lot of times you don’t appreciate something, until you miss it.  That could well apply yesterday to Walhalla and West Union electric power customers who lost service between the hours of 2:30 and 8:45 am.  According to information received by 101.7/WGOG NEWS, the problem appeared to center on a transmission line on SC 11 near the 28 interchange.

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Oconeean charged in theft at plastics business

A 50-year old Oconee County man has been arrested and charged in an investigation of stolen materials at a plastics business near Halfway Branch. Law enforcement records on Friday showed Steven Vancelle Lunceford of the Bruce Road near Westminster charged with grand larceny in the theft of rolls of membrane plastic valued at $12 thousand belonging to Carolina Plastics. The […]

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54 indicted in “Prison Empire”

Here’s an announcement from the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office: “In June of 2018, agents with Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, along with numerous Upstate Law Enforcement Agencies, the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and the State Grand Jury Division of the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, initiated a State Grand Jury investigation into a large scale drug trafficking operation in the […]

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Anyone for a water ice?

If the sign that appears is correct, a Philadelphia area-based  restaurant chain intends to enter the Oconee County restaurant market.  There’s a sign to indicate that Rita’s Italian Ice chain will move into an empty space on 123 near the Sheep Farm Road.  Rita’s apparently has its sights set on the space that Little Caesar’s vacated for the pizza restaurant’s […]

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Veteran lawman honored

Sergeant Art Taylor, a 27 year veteran of the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, was selected and presented the 2019 Billy Wilkins Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement. The award was given during a ceremony Wednesday at the Pickens County Courthouse. The purpose, aside from honoring those who exhibit excellence in the performance of their duties, is to perpetuate the vision […]

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