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A changing of the guard has taken place in Walhalla’s business community. Bobby and Danny Edwards have sold their family business, Edwards Auto Sales. In a statement this morning to 101.7/WGOG NEWS, Danny Edwards said, “Bobby and I have completed the sale, and have retired from the business. The new owner is Greg Gibson, the name will be Edwards Ford […]
Read moreThird District U-S Rep. Jeff Duncan has joined other Republicans in sending a letter to two government agencies about the crisis at the southern border. They are concerned that the Biden administration is unraveling protections placed there by the Trump administration. The letter went to both U-S Customs and Border Protection and U-S Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In a statement, […]
Read moreSenator Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, says it was one year ago that the country went on lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “Five hundred and twenty thousand Americans have lost their lives, and our nation will forever mourn that loss,” he said. According to DHEC, Oconee’s virus death toll is now 128. Scott believes better days ahead. […]
Read moreSeneca Fire Department yesterday responded to multiple calls for help. They included a motor vehicle accident with injuries and a cardiac patient revived by the staff at the county’s S. Cove Park. That patient was air-lifted to a Greenville hospital, and the cross-trained firefighters request prayers for all involved. Later yesterday personnel freed a trapped animal from a hole. “Lola” […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 deaths of two Oconeeans reported by the state health agency are no misprint, according to a DHEC spokeswoman. Death toll accounts published this week by South Carolina DHEC show that on last Saturday, March 6, two Oconee residents of middle age died from the virus. DHEC spokeswoman Laura Renwick said yesterday, “Those two reported deaths are accurate. They […]
Read moreNo major growth has been assessed in two-day old Callas Mountain fire north of Walhalla and, according to the U-S Forest Service, the fire is 50% contained. On Wednesday, the first estimated acreage loss was 125 acres; aerial-infrared yesterday showed 37.5 acres destroyed. The wildfire is on highway 28 about 2.5 miles northwest of Mountain Rest and 3.5 miles from […]
Read moreWalhalla’s administrator of four years, Brent Taylor, has accepted an out of state job and will be leaving. Taylor told 101.7/WGOG NEWS last night he has accepted the job of town manager of Selma, North Carolina, not far from Raleigh and I-95. Selma apparently has a few thousand more population than Walhalla, and Taylor said he was motivated by “the […]
Read moreWestminster – Gregory Lamar Land, 53, husband of Jennifer Nicole Whiteaker Land, passed away Wednesday, March 10th, 2021, at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital. Greg was a native of Oconee County, and was the son of Alvin Land and wife Debbie of Westminster and Brenda Faye Spearman Moss of Westminster. Greg was the owner and operator of LRM Services […]
Read moreSeneca, SC – Jeffery Keith Taylor, 56, of 708 Evelyn Dr., Seneca, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at his home. A native of Oconee County, Mr. Taylor was the son of Harold and Hazel Loudermilk Smith. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Mr. Taylor is survived by daughters: Amber and […]
Read more359 news cases, six in Oconee. 38 new deaths statewide. South Carolina positivity is 6.4%, based on the results of 14,211 new tests.
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