Category: News

The Oconee coroner this morning identified the fatality in last night’s car accident near Walhalla. Coroner Addis says the victim of the Coffee Road accident was Kenneth Nathan Dailey of Walhalla. Dailey was 25 years old.

A Stephens County, Georgia educator lost her life this morning in a head-on crash near the Toccoa city limits. WNEG Radio reports the fatality was Connie Powell, a para-professional at the Big A Elementary School. The Georgia patrol is investigating the accident around 6 am on West Currahee Street near Davis Mountain Road. The identity of the second driver has […]

The Westminster city administrator, Chris Carter, says he has notified the general secretary of PMPA of his city council’s vote this week to sign a re-affirmation agreement. But Carter said today he wants to make clear: “Nothing the city did on Tuesday night elongates, or makes longer, our contractual obligation to PMPA. The only thing that was decided on Tuesday […]

Super Bowl gatherings often prompt fans to indulge in chicken wings, pizza, and alcoholic beverages. While tasty, many favorite game foods are high in fat, sugar, salt, and calories. South Carolina DHEC is promoting nutritious alternates to satisfy your taste buds. Focus on fruits and veggies. Monitor your portion sizes. Drink water, and eat slowly. And start your Super Bowl […]

A car accident at 11:25 last night on the Coffee Road took the life of a 25-year old Walhalla man. Coroner Karl Addis said the name of the decedent will be released late this morning, to allow additional family members to be notified. Addis says the accident involved one vehicle—a Dodge 1500 pickup truck—that went out of control in a […]

An Oconee jury had been selected to hear the case against a man charged with domestic violence second degree, but today’s trial was postponed after a couple of developments that displeased the trial judge. The Hon. Cordell Maddox granted Suzanne Earle’s motion to be relieved as attorney for defendant Billy Whitmire. Court officers say a second development that led to […]

A project by the 1966 graduating class of Walhalla High School has found a new home for a war monument that had not fared well in the passage of time. With the cooperation of the Oconee School District, the ’66 class has re-located a monument noting the 21 Walhallans killed in the Second World War from Memorial Stadium to the […]

Seneca’s elected leaders got a good taste of their first-year administrator’s emphasis on budget numbers. This will be Scott Moulder’s first time to recommend new city budgets to the mayor and council. And last night’s meeting turned into a workshop on the new budgets that are to be in place by the time the 2019-20 year starts in July. Moulder […]

The owner/CEO of the Whetstone Academy in Mountain Rest, John Singleton, has been elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. The official announcement takes place this week at the association’s annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Singleton serves as executive director at Whetstone Academy—a therapeutic boarding school for boys 10 to 15 […]

Action by Westminster leaders sets the stage for the city to withdraw from a consortium of cities that draw electric power from a Duke nuclear reactor in York County. After their unanimous votes last night, Mayor Brian Ramey says the city will be free to go into the electricity market in 2035 and try to find a deal that will […]