Walhalla struck by apparent electrical power outage
A power outage is believed to affect parts of Walhalla — in the vicinity of E. Main Street/the Blue Ridge Boulevard and Kenneth Street. A number of businesses are said to be impacted.
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A power outage is believed to affect parts of Walhalla — in the vicinity of E. Main Street/the Blue Ridge Boulevard and Kenneth Street. A number of businesses are said to be impacted.
Read moreTenth Circuit Judge Scott Sprouse of Walhalla has approved the settlement of a lawsuit alleging medical malpractice and wrongful death against Prisma Health Upstate. Sprouse was told this morning the parties agreed to a settlement of $550 thousand for plaintiff Bobbi Oxford. The judge heard brief remarks about the case that involved the death in 2022 of Oxford’s five-year-old son. […]
Read moreFor those deemed qualified to sit in judgment of others, applications are invited for judicial offices across South Carolina. Three judges with Oconee and Anderson backgrounds figure in on the changes ahead for the men and the women who wear the black robes. The Court of Appeals seat held by former Senecan and now Supreme Court Justice-elect Letitia Verdin is […]
Read morePickens County is quite a distance from South Carolina Low Country. But a collaborative act between the two worked for public betterment. The Lowcountry Well-Being Team of South Carolina DSS is grateful to assistance offered by Pickens County. Lowcountry recently had a youngster in emergency protective custody without a working wheelchair. The youngster had a new chair in the Upstate, […]
Read moreFederal dollars are at work the next two weeks in Clemson. Starting today to August 14, sewer work takes place on Clemson’s Martin Street — from Riggs Drive to Wyatt Avenue. Only one lane of Martin Street will be open to residents. Other traffic is to be detoured onto Riggs Drive, Mitchell Avenue, and Wyatt Avenue. Funding the work is […]
Read moreThe public is invited to Westminster to have a look and to comment on what’s being suggested for Downtown Streetscape Phase 1. A drop-in style meeting takes place 4:30 to 6:30 this evening at the Depot at 129 E. Main Street. The engineering firm Seamon and Whiteside has finished near 60% design drawings. City officials say members of city council […]
Read moreSeneca, SC — Janet Elizabeth Chambers Hutchins, 70, wife of Sandy Hutchins, of Seneca, passed away on Sunday, July 28, 2024, at her home. A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Hutchins was the daughter of Alvin Wade Chambers and the late Reba Findley Chambers. She retired from Duke Energy and was a member of the Starfish Foundation. […]
Read moreDenise McCormick of Westminster became the first today to enter this year’s race for the Oconee School Board. An incumbent, McCormick serves as the board chair. She represents District Four.
Read moreThe plaintiffs in South Carolina Public Interest Foundation and others have won a temporary injunction against Oconee County. Judge McIntosh’s ruling today further orders that the dispute needs to be extradited for trial. As the judge sees it, the Oconee $25 million bond issue is not about the selling of the bonds, but rather the use of the bond money. […]
Read moreMany of his co-workers and friends say they can’t imagine another South Carolina law enforcement officer more deserving of Deputy of the Year than Oconee’s Lucas Watts. Late last year Corp. Watts nearly lost his life in a shooting while on duty. The county sheriffs across the state on July 17 at a Myrtle Beach banquet officially named Watts the […]
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