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Eight people are considered to be the finalists to succeed Jimmy Watt as Public Information Officer of the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Crenshaw said today his office is ready to interview the finalists, “We’ll see where those (interviews) will take us.” Watt left early this month to return to his earlier career as a broadcaster. He’s the new Sports and […]

The app Pursuit Alert that is now available to be added to cell phones to alert Oconeeans of high speed chases in progress is proving popular in its early stages. The first numbers that Sheriff Mike Crenshaw saw indicated that in the first ten hour, there were more than one thousand downloads. What’s considered to be a break-thru technology designed […]

According to Franklin County, Georgia Sheriff Steve Thomas, a chase that began in Anderson County, South Carolina on Saturday evening ended when a Franklin County deputy used a PIT maneuver on the suspect. Thomas said the vehicle, a Nissan Frontier, displayed a tag which belonged to a SUV. “At 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 26, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office received […]

The state regards Lake Keowee as a body of excellent water. And it is from that body of water that Walhalla will draw its future supply. Vehicle after vehicle made the turn off Melton Road today for the groundbreaking for a four million gallon a day treatment plant. Harper Corporation’s Bryan Royal says his company is looking to the fall […]

At their meeting tonight, Walhalla planning commissioners will review regulations that cover food trucks and consider a temporary zoning permit for the Oconee Station food truck that operates on Main Street downtown. The planning commission meets at 6 o’clock a City Hall.

When ground is broken near Lake Keowee today, Walhalla will have achieved a milestone. It’ll be the start for the long talked about project for the city to secure a new water supply. The groundbreaking ceremony will be at noon today at 1105 Melton Road, West Union.

A 68-year old Oconee County woman was killed early yesterday afternoon in a pedestrian-car accident in a parking lot near Seneca. Coroner Karl Addis said the fatality, Pamila Crispo, died when she was knocked to the pavement after being struck by a slow moving car in the parking lot of the Home Depot. State trooper Gary Miller said the car […]

A spokesman for Duke Energy says that, in 2018, the utility offered voluntary severance to certain nuclear workers as well as to workers in some other areas of the company. Ryan Mosier, Duke spokesman, says, “While most of the reductions were achieved through voluntary severances, there were some involuntary severances.” A speaker during last night’s Oconee Delegation meeting claimed that […]

A sewage cleanup is underway near Seneca and while the cleanup is in progress members of the public and pets along Martin Creek between Wells Highway and Lake Hartwell should avoid contact with the creek. The Joint Regional Sewer Authority says a DOT contractor installing a guardrail yesterday on the shoulder of Wells Highway and Stonegate Drive accidentally drove a […]

The Walhalla police have filed charges against two of three men who are suspects in a countywide theft ring that may stretch from Oconee County into Pickens County. Walhalla Chief Sean Brinson says his department yesterday placed charges against suspects Gage Austin Lyda and Joshua Chad Jackson. In the last couple of weeks, Brinson says, the police have investigated multiple […]