Category: News

Casey Bowling, the Seneca police chief, advises motor vehicle owners to secure their parked vehicles by keeping the doors locked.  The police are investigating multiple car break-ins in the vicinity of the Shiloh Road.

Oconee Parks, Recreation and Tourism announces a hiking group for survivors of domestic violence.  Titled “Ascend”, the hiking group goal is to facilitate healing and a restorative experience as domestic violence survivors hike toward Oconee’s waterfalls and scenic vistas.  The PRT is partnering with Safe Harbor.  The first meet-up and hike is tomorrow but out of caution and safety of […]

Child Abuse Prevention Month is a time when communities work to create positive childhood experiences to nurture environments that give children the opportunity to flourish.  And raising awareness is a critical step to prevent abuse and neglect.  Today is pinwheel planting day across the state.  The Walhalla police took part in planting pin wheels near the city park.

After a CyberTip, Oconee sheriff’s officers arrested a 28-year old man on multiple charges related to the crime of sexual exploitation of a minor.  The sheriff’s office announces the arrest Wednesday of Daniel Eugene Taylor of Padgett Street, Utica.  Taylor has been charged with eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor third degree and 24 counts of sexual exploitation […]

Here is the response yesterday by David McMcMahan, chairman of Oconee Republicans, to earlier remarks by Jody Gaulin, chairwoman of Oconee Democrats.  (The chairpersons’ statements center on whether some county Republicans might switch to the Democratic Party based on the events during the Republicans’ county convention April 10): “The Oconee County Republican Party, with grassroots efforts, re-organized 15 precincts throughout […]

Walhalla sanitation customers are being advised to expect a delay of up to two days in their trash pickups later this month, during the week of April 26-30.  The county’s solid waste transfer station will be closed that week to allow for the replacement of the floor of the transfer station.  As a result, a longer turnaround time could affect […]

Fire fighters went to an attic fire yesterday morning at a home south of Seneca in the Greenbrier subdivision.  No one was hurt, but the American Red Cross provided assistance.

A lightning strike occurred Tuesday at the Oconee Rock Quarry near Walhalla and, Oconee County says, repairs are expected to take five to six days.  The lightning bolt hit the jaw crusher and damaged the frequency inverter.  The damage occurred at a time for scheduled maintenance and the re-construction of two cone crushers.  For the next approximate five to six […]

South Carolina DHEC reports 589 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 18 in Oconee County.  Two South Carolinians are added to the state’s virus death toll.  Of 12,452 test results, the positivity:  6.3%.

Walhalla’s Wayne Garland reports he is making “slow and steady” progress on his trek to complete the hike of the Appalachian Trail, a distance of more than two thousand miles between Georgia and Maine.  Garland has resumed the trail in Virginia with the intent to complete the leg from there northward to the trail’s end in Maine.  This morning Garland […]