The Golden Corner's Radio Station
After the deluge of rainfall in the Golden Corner in recent months, the level of rain returned to practically a normal amount in May. Walhalla’s official weather watcher Barbara Wilson measured 5.26″ during May and that, she says, is just about normal for that 31-day month. Walhalla’s high temperature of 89 degrees was recorded on May 25; the low temperature […]
Read moreWestminster Councilman Yusef Mefleh is hopeful that another vote during a budget preparation meeting will clinch the deal for his city to create two new police officers for his city for the year that will start July 1. City budget troubles in the last few years have left the police department thinly staffed, and that’s worrisome to Mefleh and others.
Read moreA motorcycle accident yesterday in Pickens County took the lives of a man and a woman. Coroner Kandy Kelley identified the dead as Thomas Cody Bowen, 30-year old Pickens resident, and Amanda Faye Neely, 39-year old Belton resident. They were involved in an accident Sunday on Old Liberty Road, Pickens. Bowen was the motorcycle operator. The coroner said that neither […]
Read moreThe South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Sunday announced 312 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 7 additional deaths.This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 11,861 and those who have died to 494. All seven deaths occurred in elderly individuals from Anderson (1), Chester (1), Colleton (1), Darlington […]
Read moreFridays are busy days for banks. The pace only got busier during a one-and-a-half hour period on Friday in Seneca. At the downtown Wells Fargo, there were two separate accidents. The first accident was a fender bender that occurred just before the noon hour Friday involving a Jeep and a Toyota. The police reported no injuries in that accident. Barely […]
Read moreIn this warm weather weekend, it’s likely that many people will want to take in the fun and scenery of Yellow Branch waterfalls, highway 28 north of Walhalla. But here’s a reminder from the U-S Forest Service. For safety reasons, no one should park on both sides of highway in the vicinity of the access trail to the falls. And, […]
Read moreWestminster- Roy Anderson Burns, 78, a native of Oconee County, was the husband of Majorie Richardson Burns of 57 years, passed away at Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House on May 29, 2020. Roy was the son of the late Homer C. Burns and Guynell Smith Burns. Roy was a retired United States Air Force Senior Master Sargent with 22 years […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC — Bernice Bell Suttles, 87, wife of the late Lewis Ray Suttles, of 105 Branch Street, Walhalla, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Cottingham Hospice House. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Suttles was the daughter of the late Edward William Bell and Wilma Stanley Bell. She was a cashier at the Family Dollar Store. […]
Read moreHere is a statement today from the Oconee Sheriff Mike Crenshaw: “As Sheriff of Oconee County, I condemn the law enforcement actions that resulted in George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. These actions were outside the boundary of all law enforcement training and professional police conduct. Any law enforcement officer using these tactics should and will be fully prosecuted under my […]
Read moreThe Small Business Administration approved $2,358,000 in loans late last week for tornado survivors in South Carolina. Aiken, Barnwell, Berkeley, Colleton, Hampton, Marlboro, Oconee, Orangeburg and Pickens counties are eligible for both Physical and Economic Injury Disaster Loans. Small businesses and most private nonprofit organizations (including faith-based organizations) in the following adjacent counties are eligible to apply only for SBA […]
Read more