Category: News

After 34 years service, how do you say farewell to an Oconee County public servant?  You did it with a retirement event at the Oconee Courthouse, for Beverly Whitfield who retires as the county Clerk of Court.  She’s being succeeded by Lisa Burton, who ran unopposed for the office in the November General Election.  The office of Oconee Clerk of […]

An oath of office will be given Monday evening to four elected officials of Pickens County. The ceremony is planned for Alex Saitta, Roy Costner III, Chris Bowers, and Henry Wilson.  The oath is to be administered by David Allison, judge of the Pickens County Probate Court.  Because of increasing COVID-19 infections, there will be limited public access to the […]

A pair of late night fire calls, both of them practically simultaneously, were typical last night of what a homeowner may encounter in winter time.  A furnace fire occurred on Walhalla’s West Ervin Street and a chimney fire on Ramey Road near Salem.  In each instance, according to Oconee Rural Fire, the fires were stopped before major damage could occur.

President Trump has yet to concede the results of the November election.  Nor has his strong ally in South Carolina’s 3rd congressional district, U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan.  This afternoon the Laurens Republican announced that on Wednesday next week, he will formally object in the House to the Electoral College certification of the votes that give Democrat Joe Biden the victory.

The Treasury and the IRS say they have begun direct deposits of the second round of stimulus money, and tomorrow paper checks are set to start going out.  101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned of a few South Carolinians who’ve checked their accounts and found out they were credited during the night with $600 payments.  The fate of the additional relief that […]

From one week to the next, there’s little change in the job loss numbers pertaining to Oconee County workers.  For the week from December 13-19, the state Department of Employment and Workforce counted 58 new, first-time claims filed by Oconee residents.  The preceding week, the number was 53.

The board of Voter Registration and Elections in Pickens County will conduct a special election in 2021 to fill a seat on the Clemson City Council.  Clemson residents are eligible to declare for the unexpired term of Robert Halfacre, who is moving into the mayor’s office.  The special election is to take place March 23, and all registered Clemson voters […]

  If final approval is given, the upstairs section of a former dentist office in Westminster may be converted to living quarters.  The city planning commission last night voted 4-0 to recommend a change of zoning at 215 Lucky Street from one-family residential to multi-family residential.  The planning commissioners acted on the application of Holly and Nathaniel Douglas.  Planning Chairman […]

Walhalla sanitation customers are being alerted to a change in pick up service effective tomorrow.  For those customers who would normally receive service on Friday (January 1), the pickup day instead will be tomorrow on New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31.

Crews worked past quitting time last evening to repair a water line break on the Keowee School Road near Seneca.