Category: News

The elected leaders of four Oconee municipalities are likely to understand why a “cMOM” audit is important to them, and why a state regulatory agency wants them conducted.  Seneca, Walhalla, Westminster, and West Union are being prodded by South Carolina DHEC to study the wastewater collection systems of each municipality.  It’s called a “cMOM” and stands for capacity, management, operations […]

Fire broke out in the engine section of an F-150 pickup truck traveling Snead Road near Walhalla. No one was hurt. The driver pulled to a stop after noticing something wrong. Walhalla Fire Department answered yesterday morning’s call.

An Oakway area woman arrested in January on sex charges was sent back to jail yesterday after a judge denied bond. The attorney for Edna Jean Sluder said her client had no previous record and would be a good candidate for house arrest. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the offenses against Sluder and a co-defendant are alleged to have occurred […]

One of two people arrested in a stabbing late last winter admitted his guilt yesterday in the Oconee courtroom and received a sentence that sends him to prison for five years. Deputy Solicitor Lindsey Simmons said Terry Dale Glauner pleaded guilty to charges of resisting arrest with assault and assault and battery first degree. Glauner and a second person were […]

A fourth Walhallan said today he will run for city mayor in the November 5 election. If he wins, it’ll make for a political comeback. The latest of four men to declare intent is Randy Chastain, who stepped away from city politics eight years ago. Prior to that, he served as mayor, preceded by terms on the city council. In […]

If someone can come up with a foolproof solution to increasing traffic congestion on 123 approaching Clemson from Oconee County, he likely might earn the title of hero. Because, right now, the best minds on the Oconee side of the Seneca River haven’t arrived at the solution if there, in fact, is one. But that hasn’t stopped the county Planning […]

Members of Walhalla Partners for Progress will hear next week about what’s happening in their city.  Brent Taylor, city administrator, will be the guest speaker for the Partners 6:30 Monday night meeting.

Court officers say a pre-liminary hearing has been scheduled next week for the Easley man arrested after a car went out of control near Seneca and crashed into a home, killing a woman who had just gone to bed for the night. The hearing for El Asia Hassain Muhammad, scheduled Friday, August 16, is a proceeding at which the prosecution […]

Some people who’ve been ticketed by the Walhalla police have tried to pay their fines, but are finding out there isn’t always someone available to take their money. The move of the municipal court’s long-time clerk to a City Hall position has created the need for a replacement, and there’s feeling among city officials that a full-time clerk is needed. […]

A Pickens County native, Dr. Wesley Porter, received an award for agricultural excellence, an award that has an international component.  Porter, an agriculture specialist at the University of Georgia, received the PrescisionAg Award of Excellence in Education and Research. John Parris of the SC Agri-News Service, said, “This award is an international recognition program honoring individuals who have demonstrated exceptional […]