Category: News

Years of horseback riding have paid off handsomely for a Walhalla girl.  Fifteen-year-old Merada Moffitt at Pelzer yesterday won a state title during competition in the National Barrell Horseback Association.   She bested her competitors, riding a horse named Rizzo.  Merada is the daughter of Stephanie Jackson and Tinker Moffitt and the stepdaughter of Stacy Jackson.  An interview with the riding […]

Oconee Sheriff’s Office will welcome an accreditation team next month in a process for the county sheriff’s office to qualify for state accreditation.  Sheriff Crenshaw told 101.7/WGOG NEWS it’s the right time for his office of 124 uniformed and plainclothes officers to subject themselves to an evaluation which, if successful, means multiple benefits.  They include a boost in the confidence […]

A successful fund drive by corporate and employees of Lift Technologies raised enough money this year to guarantee new bicycles for disadvantaged youth in Oconee County.  Seventy-three bicycles were delivered Saturday to the Toys for Tots program at Seneca’s Blue Ridge Community Center. Stephanie Jackson, who is a Senior Design Engineer at Lift Tek, collects money from Lift Tek employees […]

Matthew Durham is talking a revival for industrial growth in Oconee County.  The county council chairman says the goal is modern manufacturing and high-tech industries with jobs that pay between $40 and $60 an hour.  In a statement, Durham expresses the belief that Sewer South, thru its infrastructure for the I-85 corridor, will be essential to industrial development.  The fact […]

The start of tomorrow’s December meeting of the Westminster City Council will be preceded by a scheduled one-hour closed-door meeting to address legal matters involving the city’s electric power supplier.  The open part of the meeting with invocation and pledge of allegiance is set for 6 o’clock.  During the open session, the council is to consider a motion to authorize […]

The need for Oconee students to better grasp matters of finance is part of tonight’s agenda for the county trustees.  They will consider making personal finance instruction a one-half credit toward the required 24 credits to be graduated from high school.

Affected rural Westminster water customers may go back to normal use of their service.  The city announces a second set of bacteria tests were free of any contamination, and the boil advisory has been lifted.

City of Walhalla made the following announcement this afternoon: “After reviewing the forecast for Sunday, we have made the decision to cancel this year’s Christmas Parade. While we understand the disappointment this may cause, the safety of our participants and the families coming to view are our priority.   We are currently making preparations for a virtual parade. Additional details […]

For discussion and possible action, long-range building plans are on Monday night’s meeting agenda of the Oconee school trustees.  Supporters of the Tamassee-Salem Elementary School worry that the board will choose the plan to close their school and the Keowee Elementary School and consolidate both into a new building.  The trustees combined work meeting/regular December meeting takes place at 6 […]

Two additional persons are in custody today in a continuing investigation of an armed robbery late last month at Utica, when sheriff’s officers answered a shots fired call on Gammell Street.  The sheriff’s office reported detained and jailed are two young males from the Pickens County town of Central.  The following charges were placed against 18-year-old Rodrickus Demale Williams II:  […]