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Three mental health counselors for the Oconee School District have quit their jobs—leaving the district with openings before the start of the new year in August. Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, announced the resignations during this afternoon’s annual planning session of the county trustees. No reasons were given during the discussion. Thorsland said the plan is to ask the state Department […]
Read moreOnly hours before they will be asked to take a final vote on their new budget, Oconee school trustees were told this afternoon that changes made in Columbia will mean an extra $885 thousand dollars in 2017-18. Dr. Michael Thorsland, superintendent, called the additional money a surplus. And trustees, during their planning meeting this afternoon, discussed how to incorporate that […]
Read moreWestminster– M. Joann Tompkins, 68, 105 County Side Circle, wife of Jimmy L. Tompkins, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held 2 pm, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm, prior to the service at the funeral home. […]
Read moreWalhalla, SC— Dorothy Colley Adams, 93, wife of the late Grover Lee Adams, of 104 North Poplar Street, Walhalla, passed away Monday, June 12, 2017, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held at a later date at West View Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to College Street Baptist Church, Attn: Building Fund, 401 […]
Read moreOconee Sheriff’s Office believes an argument on social media led to a confrontation Sunday night at a business near Seneca and the eventual arrests of two men. 49 year old Lloyd Elmer Pearson of Snead Road in Walhalla and 27 year old Novie Michael Phillips of Wolf Stake Church Road in Seneca were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center […]
Read moreToo much noise on the northern end of Lake Keowee has chased away the bird of long necks and long legs—the heron. Much to the chagrin of Jack Lewis, president of FOLKS—Friends of Lake Keowee. Lewis writes in the FOLKS newsletter about what happened this year to scare off the herons. The birds had created a nesting and breeding place […]
Read moreWord from Anderson County of a double-fatality late this morning on I-85 near the Oconee line. A tractor trailer truck is said to be involved in the accident around the 4.5 mile marker in the southbound lanes. Greg Shore, Anderson County coroner, was enroute to the scene.
Read moreWestminster – Gwynne “Gwynnie Bee” Ann-Marie Hess, 1, daughter of Ravyn Hammond and Cody Hess, passed away Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held 2 pm, Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at First Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow in […]
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Five Walhalla boys are headed to this week’s Palmetto Boys State in Anderson. This morning American Legion Post 124 announced the following selections: Josh Leonard, Raymond Keyes III, Albert Duke III, Matthew Smith, and Elijah Taylor. Legionnaire George Dunagan said 10 rising seniors at Walhalla High were interviewed, in an effort to select five eventual delegates. The delegates were scheduled […]
Read moreIssues involving communication towers dominate the agenda for the next set of public hearings planned by the Oconee Board of Zoning Appeals. On the evening of Monday, June 26 in Walhalla, the board will consider applications to build cell towers at 378 Mountain Road, Westminster and 470 Dairy Farm Road. A third applicant, Clemson Epoch, will ask the board for […]
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