Category: News

A noon hour car accident in Walhalla sent one person to the hospital, and there’s no immediate word on the patient’s condition.  The police and the fire departments were among the public safety responders to the corner of W. Main and Maple streets.  Chief Brandon Burton says his personnel cared for the patient and eliminated a small spill of gasoline.  […]

A 6 o’clock accident this morning on the 123 Seneca By-Pass involved a passenger wagon and a work truck and resulted in injuries to the truck driver who was sent to the Oconee hospital. The police say their investigation of the accident is pending further contact with the truck driver, once he is released from the hospital. According to Capt. […]

Vagrants have cropped up at a former school building in Seneca, and the city administrator’s idea to demolish the building received endorsement this morning from a city council committee. Scott Moulder, city administrator, said he’s concerned about vagrants, spray paint, and broken windows at the former Kellett Elementary School in the area of Adams subdivision. The building is the property […]

The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program returns this summer to Oconee County with the purpose of supplementing the diets of low-income seniors. The program promises fresh, nutritious produce. The seasonal USDA grant program allows those 60 and older to buy un-processed fruits and vegetables from authorized farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community-supported agriculture programs through October 15. Participants receive $25 […]

No action was taken after a closed-door meeting last night of a board of the Oconee Memorial Hospital as to the possibility of once again pursuing annexation by the city of Seneca. Hunter Kome, hospital COO, says by the end of the meeting there was not a quorum of members present to take action. 101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned the idea […]

At the least, it’s likely one more committee meeting will be needed before there’s a recommendation as to how the Joint Regional Sewer Authority can resolve its differences with member city Walhalla over a proposal to return monies. Yesterday’s one and a half hour meeting broke up with agreement to call a second meeting.  City Administrator Brent Taylor and Mayor […]

Prisma, the parent corporation of Oconee Memorial, is allocating more than $12 million dollars to expand the local hospital’s emergency department. And last night Cortni Nations gave details of the hospital foundation’s efforts to supplement the project budget by raising one million dollars thru community donations. Hunter Kome, chief operating officer of Oconee Memorial, told the hospital’s Holdings Board the […]

The U-S Department of Housing and Urban Development will make $5 million available for the purchase of carbon monoxide detectors in public housing units, and that announcement is being hailed by Tim Scott, South Carolina U-S senator. Scott says it amounts to “concrete steps being taken to ensure the safety of families across South Carolina and the nation.” It’s the […]

The property set aside for Oconee’s long-planned memorial to 9-11 will likely soon take on the looks of a construction zone, according to project leader Brandon Shirley. The process is underway to obtain the necessary permits, and Shirley hopes grading can start in a few weeks. Contractor for the memorial is the Trehel Corporation. The memorial is planned for the […]

A jury has been picked in the Oconee General Sessions Court for the case of South Carolina versus John Paul Parks.  The defendant was arrested by the Seneca police in May 2017.  Parks is charged with possession of methamphetamine.  Judge Sprouse set the start of the trial for tomorrow morning.