Category: News

Oconee Democrats will assemble next month for a convention with business to be done in advance of the primary and mid-term elections.  Their get together Saturday, March 12 will be–the words of the chairwoman–“a contactless convention via secure Zoom”.  Conventions are where party members choose officers.  It’s likely going forward there will be a change at the top office.  Current […]

David McMahan, chairman of Oconee Republicans, is hopeful that all candidates who win this year’s primary will embrace the conservative philosophy.  And when asked today if he will publicly support one Republican over another, the first-year county chairman said, “As chairman, I will give equal treatment to all candidates in the primary which is something that has not been done […]

On a day when Sen. Graham speaks to reporters in Pendleton about threat of war between Russia and Ukraine, a Walhallan spoke about his native country and the situation it faces.  Our interview with Thompson Avenue resident John Nesklava is being aired today on 101.7/WGOG NEWS.

The deaths of two men found outside a rural Oconee home, along with the seizure of a meth lab and a pill press a few days later from another part of the county, is part of an ongoing investigation, Sheriff Mike Crenshaw said today.  Last week Coroner Addis announced plans for autopsies and toxicology studies of the two deaths.  Addis […]

Methodists in Walhalla are declaring tomorrow another day of free food.  The food giveaway will take place tomorrow evening at the St. Luke Methodist Church on E. Main Street, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm.

A motorcyclist from Toccoa, Georgia was charged by the state patrol with driving under the influence, attempting to elude officers, among other offenses, after a one-quarter of a mile chase ended Sunday afternoon on highway 76 in Rabun County.  WNEG Radio quotes a Georgia Patrol report as saying the motorcyclist, 40-year old Jason Hoyt Massey, was injured and taken to […]

Prisma Health partners with Habitat for Humanity this week to help build eight homes in six counties, including one near Seneca’s Shiloh Road.  The project is considered the largest one-day, multi-location project in the housing organization’s South Carolina history.  The eight housing properties are in varying stages of construction, ranging from framing to homes ready for paint inside and out.  […]

Daniel student Ian Baracskay is in his senior high school year, but already is primed to be a published researcher.  Ian’s work on music streaming services began as a project for an advanced placement course and later evolved into a paper that has been accepted by the annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery.  Ian and his paper have […]

To understand why politicians are beginning to stir in the last days of February, one needs only to take a look at the 2022 Election Calendar, as published by the South Carolina Election Commission.  Starting at noon on Wednesday, March 16 will be a two-week period in which candidates for governor, a slew of other state offices, for certain federal […]