Fire scene near WGOG
Fire fighters have converged at a home near Walhalla this morning. Just moments ago, both lanes of SC 183/the Westminster Highway, were blocked to through traffic. The scene is about one-half mile north of WGOG.
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Fire fighters have converged at a home near Walhalla this morning. Just moments ago, both lanes of SC 183/the Westminster Highway, were blocked to through traffic. The scene is about one-half mile north of WGOG.
Read moreHere’s an announcement from Prisma Health: “Due to weather conditions, Prisma Health is moving all Gamecock Park vaccination appointments scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 18, to our vaccination site at Baptist Hospital Breast Health building, 1501 Sumter Street in downtown Columbia. Please park in the garage attached to the building. We have used as many methods as possible to […]
Read moreA judge in Walhalla will be asked this month to accept a settlement in a lawsuit alleging negligence in the Oconee Detention Center. The morning of Friday, February 26 is scheduled as a settlement hearing in the case of Erica Smalley versus Southern Health Partners, the healthcare provider for the county jail. Suit was filed three years ago on behalf […]
Read moreAn engineering firm for Seneca will develop a plan to re-stripe a major city thoroughfare as part of a larger project to transform EN 1st Street into a friendlier street for pedestrians and commerce. Longer-range Seneca officials see the possibility that the four-lane street, with no medians, can be reduced to a two-lane highway leading into the downtown. For now, […]
Read moreThe South Carolina state health agency has confirmed 655 new cases of COVID-19, including 16 cases in Oconee County. Added to the state’s death toll are 50 individuals, two of them from Oconee. An elderly Oconeean’s death was attributed to the virus on February 5; a middle-aged Oconeean died February 7. Of 9,747 total test results from the state, the […]
Read moreThe local blood supply provided by the Blood Connection remains low, especially now that winter weather has created consecutive days of low donor turnout. A stable supply is needed to serve hospital patients; for example, the patients at the Oconee Memorial Hospital. Blood donations are impacted by the weather emergencies in Texas and Louisiana. There, some blood centers have had […]
Read moreAn approaching winter storm, as Duke Energy sees it, could produce nearly one million outages in the Carolinas, but the utility vows that it is ready to respond. Nevertheless, customers in the storm’s path should start to prepare for the possibility of electric power outages that could last for days. Duke is assembling thousands of workers ready to start power […]
Read moreDuke Energy projects hazardous wintry precipitation and high-winds from the approaching winter storm could cause nearly 1 million power outages – some lasting several days – beginning Thursday in North Carolina and South Carolina, based on the storm’s current forecast track. Duke Energy has thousands of employees supporting the company’s response, including 5,400 line technicians and vegetation workers. More […]
Read moreA second candidate will compete for an open seat on the six-member Walhalla city council. Joy Scharich, the elections director, says the newest candidate is Palmetto Drive, Walhalla resident Christy Marlow. She joins Gwen Owens as the two candidates so far to complete the term of Dennis Owens, Mrs. Owens’ late husband. Candidate qualifying continues until noon on Friday, February […]
Read moreArmed and masked robbers struck a 123 By-Pass gas stop early this morning. One of the robbers carried an assault rifle. The police have video that shows the hands of two of the robbers reaching into the till for cash. The robbery occurred at 1:15 this morning at Marathon Oil. If you can provide information that helps solve the crime, […]
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