Fire takes a toll to Westminster home
Fire took a toll early last night at a home on Westminster’s Marcengill Road. No injuries are reported. Fire fighters rolled to that fire scene at 6:20 last evening and remained there for two hours.
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Fire took a toll early last night at a home on Westminster’s Marcengill Road. No injuries are reported. Fire fighters rolled to that fire scene at 6:20 last evening and remained there for two hours.
Read moreOffice space inside the Oconee County government complex on Walhalla’s S. Pine Street is being re-configured to accommodate a security officer, as provided by the county Sheriff’s Office. The staffing of a security officer during the work day is seen as protection for staff and the public, in the event something of a bad nature occurs. At the outset, according […]
Read moreNon-stop growth in the Seneca area north of 123 presents a challenge to the capability of the county treatment facility. And yesterday that had the county’s sewer boss talking about the potential for a second treatment upgrade in the 40-year history of Oconee’s piped sewer system. Chris Eleazer of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority concedes that in place of expanding […]
Read moreOconee Sheriff’s Office announces the arrest of a man charged this week with unlawful neglect of a child. The man arrested was identified as Chad Michael-Ray MacDonald. He faces the allegation of repeatedly using excessive force against the side of a child’s head in an incident alleged to have occurred Monday while the child was in his care at an […]
Read moreChances are Oconeeans who open today’s mail will see their 2019 property tax bill. Nearly 78 thousand notices have been sent into the mail. They are designed to generate much of the revenue that the county will rely on to meet the projections of their 2019-20 budget, including general county and education purposes. The bills are payable now, but the […]
Read moreApple season is Bluegrass season in Long Creek. To prove it, the community club on Saturday has arranged an outdoor fun event that will feature the West End String Band. Everyone is invited to bring a lawn chair and come to the Community Park between noon and 5 pm for music, arts and crafts, an antique car and tractor show, […]
Read moreA spokeswoman for Oconee public schools this afternoon released this statement: “There was a minor traffic accident this morning involving a SDOC school bus. While on a morning route, the bus was rear-ended at the intersection of Pine and Broad Streets in Walhalla. There were no injuries to the bus driver or to the one student who was on the […]
Read moreThru a social media sharing platform, Walhallans are being afforded a new way to communicate with their city police department about crime and suspicious activity. Police Chief Sean Brinson says Neighbors App by Ring will go live in Walhalla tomorrow. It’s a way for Walhallans to get real-time local crime and safety updates directly from their smartphones. Text ‘JOINTODAY’ to […]
Read moreAt this hour, the state patrol is described “deep into investigation” of an accident that occurred this morning near a curve on a rural Oconee County road. A total of four people, including three youngsters, are reported to have been sent to two different hospitals with what the patrol spokesman called non-life threatening injuries. The accident involved a car and […]
Read moreA high-speed chase on I-85 yesterday afternoon passed thru Oconee County and resulted in an arrest in Anderson County. Georgia’s WLHR Lavonia reports the chase started about 2pm near a weigh station when Franklin County deputies tried to stop a black Acura for speeding northbound. As deputies approached, the Acura put it into high-gear reaching 90mph by the time it […]
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