Yellow Branch trail mishap

The cross-trained personnel of the Walhalla Fire Department were on the go Sunday afternoon to attend to a hiker at Yellow Branch Falls, highway 28, north of the city.  On the trail leading to the falls, a hiker injured an ankle or knee and received assistance.  Apparently was not major.

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Atlanta humane officials seize control of 30-plus dogs in Stephens County

Toccoa, Georgia Radio WNEG reports that the Atlanta Humane Society swooped into Stephens County and seized more than 30 dogs from their owner, animals that had been exposed to the elements in two sheds and a trailer.  The Stephens County Marshal’s Office opted against filing charges against the property owner.  According to the humane society, most were adult dogs, had […]

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Mattie Ball Massey

 Westminster, SC — Mattie Ball Massey, 86, wife of the late Clyde Emmett Massey, Sr., of 220 Massey Drive, Westminster, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021.   A native of West Union, SC, Mrs. Massey was the daughter of the late Alex and Laura Barnes Ball. She was a member of Turning Point Church of God.   Mrs. Massey is […]

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Vaccine flow “Just not sufficient”

The state’s acting health director, Dr. Brannon Traxler, joined a growing chorus of others from across the country in lamenting the slow rollout of the vaccine to protect against the virus.  In this afternoon’s briefing to South Carolina media, Dr. Traxler said the distribution, so far, is “just not sufficient.” Nevertheless, Traxler urges all South Carolinians in phase 1a to […]

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Walhalla takes part in federal holiday

It’s Martin Luther King Day today across the country.  In Walhalla, the city’s new Diversity and Inclusion Task Force helped observe the holiday with a proclamation, signed by Mayor Edwards, that notes that the King Holiday is the only federal holiday commemorated as a national day of service and offers Americans a chance to give back to their communities.  Walhalla’s […]

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Two Oconee COVID deaths, a third is probable

The toll of dead from COVID-19 across South Carolina (and in Oconee) remains on the rise, as evidenced by yesterday’s report from the state health agency.  The DHEC numbers reported on Sunday showed 76 new COVID deaths across the state.  They included two elderly Oconeeans– one on January 14 and the other, January 15.  The death of an additional Oconeean […]

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Pickens County arrest — improvised explosive device

The state police have announced the arrest of a 58-year old Easley man charged with the crime of possession of an explosive device.  David Scott Halsey is accused of possessing a device that had been configured to cause damage, injury, or death, according to law enforcement documents.  The Halsey arrest announcement states that “SLED”, the Easley police, and the Pickens […]

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Jerry Alton Grogan

Seneca, SC – Jerry Alton Grogan, 75, husband of the late Mary Ann Grogan, of 174 Hopewell Church Rd., Westminster, SC, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021 at Oconee Memorial Hospital.   A native of Oconee County, Mr. Grogan was the son of the late John Alton Grogan and Mary Belle Duvall Sosbee. He was a veteran of the United […]

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