Labor Day weekend COVID numbers in South Carolina

In the last five days of reports, South Carolina DHEC reports test positivity percentages statewide as ranging from a low of 10.8% on Saturday to a high of 12.6% on Sunday.  That’s based on thousands of new test results processed by the state health agency.  Here are additions to the death toll:  31 deaths reported Wednesday; 26 deaths, Thursday; 53 […]

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School perseveres through water line break

The day at Walhalla High School has gone uninterrupted, even though the water line break nearby did create a loss of pressure for the high school complex on n. highway 11.  Steve Hanvey, associate superintendent for education, concedes there was a loss of water pressure, but the repair of a pump allowed the school to plow on with its academic […]

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Russell Eugene Sloan

Carnesville, GA– Russell Eugene Sloan, 59, husband of Bridgett Stilwell Sloan, of 7893 Athens Road, Carnesville, GA, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021, at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital.   A native of Walhalla, SC, Mr. Sloan was the son of Opal Smith Taylor (Douglas) of Walhalla and the late Ellsworth Eugene Sloan. He was a veteran of the U.S. […]

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Sondra Cherie Bolding Lusk

    Morganton, NC — Sondra Cherie Bolding Lusk, 59, of Morganton, NC passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021 at Amorem Hospice.   A native of Oconee County, SC, Mrs. Lusk was the daughter of Brenda Gentry Hanvey of West Union. She was a waitress and was of the Holiness faith.   In addition to her Mother, Mrs. Lusk […]

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