Category: News

A 31-year old man was classified in critical condition last night in a Greenville hospital after having been shot earlier in the day at his brother’s Walhalla apartment. Police Chief Sean Brinson said Angel Rodriguez was wounded in the apartment of his brother, Ezequiel, at Country Ridge Apartments on Stoudemire Street. By last night, no charges had been made in […]

A wreck scene near Walhalla has been cleared up, and SC 28/the Blue Ridge Boulevard in the vicinity of Scenic Chevrolet has been restored to normal order.  A three-car accident was reported there this afternoon, with one of the cars having entered 28 from the ramp from highway 11.  Two persons were sent for medical treatment, but a responder says […]

Walhalla’s state representative Bill Whitmire, a retired teacher, says if he were still teaching he would not leave the classroom tomorrow for a statewide teachers’ rally in Columbia to press for better pay and better education. The reason, he says, is that May—the last month of the academic year—is an important time for teachers to be in their classrooms. Whitmire […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS has learned that a shooting is under investigation this morning in Walhalla.  A law enforcement source says the shooting location is the Pine Manor apartments.  “Right now we are still working the scene.  Will advise when I have more info,” Police Chief Sean Brinson says.

If a re-zoning is approved by city council, a Westminster street corner could become home to a new Dollar General. A company that specializes in building Dollar General stores received city planning commission approval last night for a re-zoning change at Hope Street and the Long Creek Highway. The planning commissioners voted to recommend neighborhood commercial zoning for two parcels […]

The young Greenville man who was pulled from Lake Keowee has died.  Coroner Karl Addis reports the death of Angelo Hall of Greenville.  He was 19 years old.  Hall died last night in the intensive care unit at Greenville Memorial Hospital.  Hall swam with friends yesterday in a section of Lake Keowee near Salem, at the Fall Creek Landing.  He […]

One lane of I-85 northbound in Oconee County is closed to traffic and could remain closed until about 8:45 this morning, according to one of the responders on scene of a two vehicle accident.  One person was taken to the hospital after the crash of a tractor trailer truck and a pickup hauling a trailer. The accident is scene is […]

The Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum is a four and a half hour drive from Walhalla, but Rotarians left their meeting yesterday with an understanding why the trip is worthwhile. The retiring executive director, Mac Burdette, says there’s a plan going forward to continue to place Patriots Point as a self-sustaining arm of state government that offers an important […]

A Seneca representative to the Joint Regional Sewer Authority proposed last night that the JRSA temporarily delay his city’s share of excess sewer monies while other member cities—particularly Westminster—be allowed to receive their shares. But, for now, Scott Moulder’s proposal will be allowed, and these are his words, “to simmer” awaiting reaction from Walhalla’s Danny Edwards. The Walhalla mayor, Edwards […]

CPR was administered to a swimmer who was pulled from Lake Keowee near Salem. The swimmer, an adult male, was taken by EMS to the hospital after yesterday’s incident in the vicinity of the Fall Creek landings. According to Emergency Services, the swimmer was part of a group swimming in the area of “The Rock.” South Carolina DNR and others […]