Category: News

An early morning home fire in Walhalla. Chief Brandon Burton said the fire at a home on Parker Street has displaced four people.

A 41-year old Walhalla man has been arrested by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office on charges of burglary and theft in both Walhalla and in Seneca and in Oconee County. According to the Sheriff’s Office, the charges against Joshua Chad Jackson of Walhalla’s Woodrow Street amount to one burglary third degree, three petty larcenies, and two breaking into motor vehicles. So […]

Businessman and former councilman Stuart Pohl has officially staked his name for the March 12 ballot in Seneca. As a two-week qualifying period opened at the noon hour, Pohl was right there to register at the office of Oconee Elections. He’ll bid to fill a vacancy-by-resignation on the city council.

Prisma Health, the new name of the parent company of Oconee Memorial Hospital, will look nationally for its chief executive officer. Prisma was formed by the partnership of GHS, Greenville Health Systems, and Palmetto Health. A nationally known executive search firm has the goal of to finish the search by this summer, so that the person chosen can be in […]

The word “condemnation” is rarely used during Walhalla City Council meetings. That will change next week when the owner of a mobile home will appeal a condemnation order issued by the city more than two years ago. The owner at 209 NW Broad Street will appeal the condemnation order applied to his property in November 2016, according to Daniel Fletcher, […]

The lineup is set for this year’s State of Oconee Luncheon. The event this year will be held at Walhalla High School and takes place 12 to 1:30 pm Friday, February 15. Speakers will include the mayors of Oconee municipalities and John Elliott, the newest county councilman. District One’s Elliott will share his vision for Oconee in 2019 and beyond. […]

In the mind of at least one attendee at this week’s Seneca City Council meeting conjured up an event associated more than 50 years ago when the then Duke Power Company formed Lake Keowee. And that was the possibility that the South Carolina Highway Department considered building a new road that would have skirted the lake near Seneca. There was […]

101.7/WGOG NEWS is adding a newscast to its weekday schedule. Starting tomorrow, local news will be broadcast at 6 pm, following the network news. That’s in addition to our normal schedule of local newscasts—Mondays thru Sundays.

How long the federal government shutdown lasts could play a hand in whether Oconee officials are able to leverage a pending federal grant to help pay for sewer extension to the county’s I-85 corridor. Chris Eleazer, executive director of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority, told his policy-making board last night prospects remain good for approval of a grant application filed […]

The defense for former Walhalla police chief Ronald Wilbanks anticipates trial will take place the week of March 25 at the Oconee Courthouse. Wilbanks’ attorney Larry Brandt last night said he has been so notified by the office of the South Carolina Attorney General, which will act as prosecutors. Wilbanks resigned last spring shortly before Attorney General Alan Wilson announced […]