The Golden Corner's Radio Station
The State Patrol reports a fatal traffic collision occurred this morning near Salem. The accident scene, shortly after 6 a.m., was the Whitewater Falls Road area, on Haney Road at Mack Reid Road. No other details immediately available.
Read moreOconee County is in the market for new property. This time, according to Administrator Scott Moulder, the purpose is not a jail or an industrial park. It’s to buy extra property for the future expansion of the county’s Rock Quarry, a money-making enterprise of county government.
Read moreTwo men with handguns held up a store last night in Anderson. The crime occurred around 8:10 p.m. at the Little General Store on Bleckley Street. The police say two black males wearing T-shirts and dark pants and cloths covering their faces stole an undetermined amount of money and ran away. The Anderson police say they are working with […]
Read moreA tree fell onto an electric power line and then on top of a car last night in the Five Forks Community near Walhalla. Captain Mark Hollifield of the Walhalla Fire Department says no one was hurt on Panhead Lane near the Stribling Shoals Road, although the homeowner at the address lost electric power service for about one hour.
Read moreTwo researchers have determined that, over a period of 40 years, Oconee County made strides in the category of adults with college degrees. In 1970, fewer than five percent of the county population over 25 years old had college degrees. By 2010, however, the percentage rose to more than 20%. Conducting the research were Robert Gallardo, an assistant professor at […]
Read moreAn early morning fire has taken a heavy toll near Seneca. Rural Fire reports a mobile home was consumed by fire around 3 this morning, in spite of a response by fire fighters from four stations. No one was believed to have been hurt at 611 Tokeena Road. The Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department answered the first call and received help […]
Read moreThe first of a half dozen men arrested in a Seneca restaurant parking lot crime last winter has seen his case resolved in the court of General Sessions. A plea of guilt to a reduced charge of assault and battery third degree netted Montrez Obrian Jones a 30-day jail sentence, with credit given to time served. Jones and five others […]
Read moreFollowing a public hearing and the final reading of an ordinance for the sale of its spec building, Oconee County Council was able to savor its acquisition of a Georgia manufacturer who, in today’s hungry climate for jobs, had its choice of places to re-locate. The council heard from Bob Crawford of RBC Bearings, which includes the A. I. D. […]
Read moreThe biggest fan of the annual S.C. Apple Festival Rodeo will serve as Grand Marshall of this year’s S.C. Apple Festival Parade. The parade will roll down Westminster streets at 4:30 Friday afternoon, September 7 and, when it does, Jay Prater will lead it. Prater is easily recognizable for his smile and cowboy hat. Everyone is invited to turn […]
Read moreIt has been a hot summer but, for Walhalla, perhaps next summer will be more comfortable. City leaders have a consensus to repair their closed swimming pool and have it and the bathhouse turn-key read for re-opening in May next year. Now, city administrator Nancy Goehle, begins the fundraising to accomplish such. A meeting of the Friends of the Pool […]
Read more