Improvements are in the works at Oconee County’s Lakeview Nursing Home in the Five Forks Community. What’s done there, according to County Administrator Scott Moulder, will be done in accord with the state Department of Health and Environmental Control. The projects include a paint job and a ramp. The state agency that regulates care for…
What Oconee County departments are going to spend during 2013-14 have to be in writing to the county administrator by the end of the work week. Scott Moulder says the department heads are aware that Friday is the deadline for them to submit their requests for a new budget year. Moulder predicts another tight year,…
A 25-year old man, Waylon Eugene Robinson, is under arrest by the Oconee Sheriff’s Department, charged with burglary second degree and petty larceny at the home of neighbors. According to Sheriff’s Department reports, the crime occurred two weeks ago on Fairfield Road near Walhalla. The victim reported missing her purse, containing medication.
The Daniel, Seneca and Walhalla girls teams were all victorious in first-round games on Monday. In boy’s action on Tuesday, Seneca defeated Woodruff 69-56. The Daniel boys beat Clinton 77-43. The Seneca boys will now travel to Eastside on Friday for a second round game, while Daniel will host Southside.
The Army Corps of Engineers ascribes two factors to explain why lakes Hartwell and Thurmond are out of balance. According to Russell Wicke of Savannah district Corporate Communications, the Hartwell sub-basin received above-average rainfall last month. But Thurmond’s experienced below-average. During drought conditions, water is only released from the Hartwell project when it is required…
In an Armed Services Committee meeting, Senator Lindsey Graham announced he’ll vote no on President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary. Graham, the Republican from Oconee, says he is unnerved by what he views as Hagel’s inability to articulate what the U-S policy should be toward Iran. Graham told his committee…
