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A late night car accident in Pickens County left a 7-year old boy dead. The accident occurred Saturday night on South Carolina 133 and involved a car crossing the centerline after a curve in the road and hitting an embankment. According to the highway patrol, the boy was in a booster seat. Trooper Bill Ryne said the driver of the […]
Read moreOfficials of South Carolina Department of Natural Resources have confirmed that 40 thousand fish died recently, apparently due to low oxygen levels, at the Walhalla Fish Hatchery off highway 107. Dan Rankin, DNR Upstate fisheries biologist, says the fish kill occurred the weekend of July 9-10 and, as he put it, “It was bad.” However, he says, the kill has […]
Read moreA variance is requested tonight to the Oconee County zoning law. At 6 o’clock, the county Board of Zoning Appeals will convene to hear a request to vary from the setback rules for an expansion of J-Davis Construction Company on highway 11. Board meetings are held in the Oconee County Council Chambers at Walhalla.
Read moreWestminster – Billy Maynard Smith, 79, widower of the late Eva Holbrooks Smith, passed away, Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Magnolia Place of Greenville. A funeral service will be held at 2 pm, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, from the Sandifer Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends 1 – 2 pm, Wednesday, […]
Read moreFair Play – Steve Marvin Hall, 68, husband of Brenda Robinson Hall, of 418 W. Pine Grove Road, passed away on July 21, 2016 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends 6 -8 pm, Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Sandifer Funeral Home. The family is at the residence. In lieu of flowers memorials in his memory may […]
Read moreThe two men who hope to take Oconee’s old courthouse and give it a new purpose are on their way to qualify for tax credits to help them convert the 1956 building into a hotel. That hotel is being envisioned by Mayor Danny Edwards as a further amenity as part of Walhalla’s effort to revitalize the downtown area. And the […]
Read moreA ceremony today in northeast Georgia today has officially named a stretch of Georgia 59 in honor of the late Billy Dilworth, who rode the rural roads for years to gather news as part of his career as a radio, TV, and newspaperman. It’s a ceremony carried live by 101.7/WGOG. Many of Dilworth’s long time friends are there including Country […]
Read moreWalhalla estimates it lost 60 thousand gallons of water early yesterday afternoon when a contractor struck a 10-inch line at Walhalla Veterinary Clinic. However, Scott Parris, the utilities superintendent, said only a few customers lost water. One veterinary clinic customer looked out the window and saw so much water in the parking lot he wondered whether he was going to […]
Read moreA claim alleging wrongful death near Seneca nearly two years ago was settled today in an Oconee courtroom. Common Pleas Judge Scott Sprouse approved an order submitted by attorneys that puts an end to the damage lawsuit filed by Kimberly Silvers against Drew Woodall Greene. The agreement disburses $25 thousand dollars from the state’s uninsured motorist fund for two […]
Read moreA report today shows that two thousand members of the Oconee workforce are out of work but are looking to become gainfully employed again. According to the Department of Employment and Workforce, the figure of 2,080 workers represents a 5.8% unemployment rate in June. It was 5% in May. In spite of eight-tenths of a percentage increase, there were nearly […]
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