Category: News

An Oconee County man has been arrested in an investigation of Mountain Rest home burglaries in late January. In each instance, law enforcement records show, Bradley Scott Owens of Apple Tree Lane, Westminster is charged with burglary and theft. According to warrants released by the Sheriff’s Office, 28-year old Owens is accused of stealing a .22 rifle and a 12-gauge […]

A snag developed last night on the proposition that the county sewer authority send refunds to its member cities—Seneca, Walhalla, and Westminster. The regular meeting of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority ended with a question un-answered. Raised by Walhalla’s Lamar Bailes, the question focused the commission on whether the JRSA can afford to return upwards of $5 million and still […]

A Walhalla family was forced to find temporary accommodations for the remainder of the night after fire damaged their trailer near Walhalla’s Coffee Road.  No one reported hurt in the fire on Corey Road, across from the James Brown Elementary School.  According to an early report, a clothes dryer started the fire.  Walhalla Fire Department answered the call at 1:22 […]

The South Carolina Access to Justice Commission has selected Hannah C. Honeycutt to serve as its new Executive Director. Honeycutt will lead the Commission in its mission to address barriers to legal representation in South Carolina. Honneycutt is a 2007 graduate of Wagner College in New York with a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in English and Spanish, […]

The Oconee County Public Library will no longer charge overdue fines on certain children’s materials. Children’s (E) and Juvenile (J) books, VOX books, and audiobooks and board books will no longer accrue late fees. DVDs and Launchpad tablets are not included. Young Adult (Y) books are also not included. Any fines accrued before Friday, May 31, will still be owed, […]

Information on Oconee’s opioid epidemic will be disseminated tomorrow night during a two-hour event at Seneca’s Northside Elementary School. Darrin Thomas, chairman of the county’s Prisma Health opioid response task force, hopes any family member or anyone who has had to face this issue will come between 6 and 8 o’clock tomorrow night to hear a panel discussion and pickup […]

When students return in August, Walhalla Elementary School will have a new principal. Her’s is a familiar face. District officials say the school’s new principal will be Christi Hartsock. She had worked there as an assistant principal. The promotion is part of a personnel shuffle.  Current Principal Shannon Lusk will move to the district job of director of early learning, […]

Walhalla Fire Department cautions the public that no outdoor burning is permitted inside the corporate limits until there’s a let-up in the dry weather. Chief Brandon Burton says residents outside the corporate limits inside the city protection zone are encouraged from doing any outdoor burning.  “Wind bursts can carry embers into vegetation that has been dried by low humidity and […]

Not even two and one half inches of rain fell in Walhalla in the month of May. And it’s a reminder to us that one local farmer predicts we’ll be in a drought by July 4. Weather watcher Barbara Wilson tells us the 31-day month saw a swing in high and low temperatures. The highest reading, 93 degrees, was observed […]

A Mountain Rest intersection turned into a helicopter landing zone on Saturday to assist a man who required a rescue from the Wild and Scenic Chattooga River.  Bystanders are credited with pulling the man out of the river.  A public safety responder said a decision was reached that, for the reason of medical issues, the individual required treatment.  From Earles […]