Category: News

Court officers say a General Sessions trial is scheduled to start at 9 this morning at the Oconee Courthouse. The defendant, Michael Lee Trotter, was arrested in December 2017 and charged with four offenses. According to the trial docket, the prosecution will try Trotter on the charges of petty larceny, grand larceny, burglary second degree, and possession of tools used […]

The Walhalla city administrator says he has the go ahead to work a deal with a holdings company to take over the downtown restroom building. After last night’s City Hall meeting, administrator Brent Taylor said, “They voted for me to negotiate a contract with VOGTA Holdings LLC.” There have been reports that the prospective new owner might turn the Main […]

The Oconee Common Pleas jury ruled in favor of the defense to bring to an end a six-day trial in the case of an elderly woman who lost sight in her left eye—as the result of a stroke caused by the condition central retina artery occlusion. The jury’s verdict, reached after only about 30 minutes deliberations, exonerates all defendants: emergency […]

J. Davis Construction announced today work has started on the new Oakway Tractor facility in Seneca, South Carolina. A groundbreaking was recently held on the new site, located off Highway 123 and Richland Road. The 14,650 SF facility will serve as a new Kubota dealership for Oconee County. The center will consist of a new showroom, a parts pickup department, […]

Lawyers have started their final say to the Oconee jury in the case alleging medical malpractice. Testimony ran five days and 14 witnesses—seven for the plaintiff and seven for the defense. Perhaps, by early afternoon, the jury will be able to take the evidence into their room and make a decision in Camille Hess v. Dr. Miles McGuff and the […]

U-S Forest Service at this hour is conducting a prescribed burn of 800 acres at Long Creek for the purpose of wildlife benefits and to reduce the fuels that lead to wildfire. A spokesman says he expects no resulting smoke to impact Oconee County. He believes the drift of smoke will be toward Lake Toxaway North Carolina–a distance of 25 […]

The annual strategic planning retreat of the Oconee County Council is set for 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in council chambers at Walhalla. It’s an event to which the public is welcome as spectators. The agenda for the council includes district discussions, budget analysis, department needs, as well as other matters.

The defense in the Oconee trial alleging medical malpractice has called its last witness, and now the attorneys for both sides are preparing their final arguments to the jury. Once those arguments are completed, the judge will charge the jury on the law, and it’ll be up to the 12 men and women to make a decision in Hess v. […]

A home builder sustained what were described as crushing injuries yesterday afternoon in the collapse of a roof truss at a construction site near Walhalla. The accident scene was a home construction site in the Falcon’s Lair subdivision. Walhalla Fire Department assisted in the set up of a helicopter landing zone for a medical transportation air flight.

It’s election season time within the multi-county service territory of the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative. And one Oconee County resident is making himself available to serve a new term on the policy-making board of the retail electric power supplier. Builder Joel Davis will seek support to be re-nominated during a meeting next week of Blue Ridge District One customers in […]