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The idea of building color rules pertaining to fix-up projects within area that Seneca has designated for city re-investment was discussed this week during a City Hall meeting. The board of architectural review met Monday. “The board heard some preliminary discussion on a color palette for the commercial areas of the downtown,” according to Ed Halbig, planning and community development […]

An arrest is reported in an Oconee County case of stolen canoes and welding equipment. Law enforcement records show the arrest yesterday of county resident Zachary Heath Harrison. Thirty-eight year old Harrison is accused, between a one-week period in May last year, of burglary and theft at a building on the Blackjack Road near Westminster.

The office of Tim Scott says the U-S senator from South Carolina will head a subcommittee in the 116th Congress. Scott will chair the Senate Finance Committee’s subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure.

The Oconee coroner this morning identified the fatality in last night’s car accident near Walhalla. Coroner Addis says the victim of the Coffee Road accident was Kenneth Nathan Dailey of Walhalla. Dailey was 25 years old.

A Stephens County, Georgia educator lost her life this morning in a head-on crash near the Toccoa city limits. WNEG Radio reports the fatality was Connie Powell, a para-professional at the Big A Elementary School. The Georgia patrol is investigating the accident around 6 am on West Currahee Street near Davis Mountain Road. The identity of the second driver has […]

The Westminster city administrator, Chris Carter, says he has notified the general secretary of PMPA of his city council’s vote this week to sign a re-affirmation agreement. But Carter said today he wants to make clear: “Nothing the city did on Tuesday night elongates, or makes longer, our contractual obligation to PMPA. The only thing that was decided on Tuesday […]

Super Bowl gatherings often prompt fans to indulge in chicken wings, pizza, and alcoholic beverages. While tasty, many favorite game foods are high in fat, sugar, salt, and calories. South Carolina DHEC is promoting nutritious alternates to satisfy your taste buds. Focus on fruits and veggies. Monitor your portion sizes. Drink water, and eat slowly. And start your Super Bowl […]

A car accident at 11:25 last night on the Coffee Road took the life of a 25-year old Walhalla man. Coroner Karl Addis said the name of the decedent will be released late this morning, to allow additional family members to be notified. Addis says the accident involved one vehicle—a Dodge 1500 pickup truck—that went out of control in a […]

An Oconee jury had been selected to hear the case against a man charged with domestic violence second degree, but today’s trial was postponed after a couple of developments that displeased the trial judge. The Hon. Cordell Maddox granted Suzanne Earle’s motion to be relieved as attorney for defendant Billy Whitmire. Court officers say a second development that led to […]

A project by the 1966 graduating class of Walhalla High School has found a new home for a war monument that had not fared well in the passage of time. With the cooperation of the Oconee School District, the ’66 class has re-located a monument noting the 21 Walhallans killed in the Second World War from Memorial Stadium to the […]