Category: News

Senator Lindsey Graham has joined a bi-partisan group in the Senate to introduce a resolution directed toward the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman. According to Graham’s office, the resolution seeks to hold accountable the Crown Prince for the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the blockade of Qatar, the jailing of political dissidents in Saudi Arabia, the use of […]

Oconee sheriff’s officers arrested four people this week on charges of trafficking in methamphetamine. Three of the arrests grew out of traffic stops. The first arrest was that of Jason Andrew Martin of Walhalla, identified as a passenger who had been dropped off at a local business. The second and third arrests were those of Robert James Freisel Jr., of […]

Additional work on highway 93 has been announced at Clemson. The university says the latest work will cover the highway from Palmetto Smokehouse to the Esso Club and will continue into the spring. The work will require lane closures and, at times, periods of complete closures.

South Carolina DHEC confirmed cases of the contagious viral infection the mumps with connections to Clemson University and Tri-County Technical College. The DHEC announcement states that anyone who attended or visited Tech between November 21 and November 29 may have been exposed; and anyone who visited or resided in Clemson University between those dates may have been exposed. For questions, […]

Throughout the last, many decades in Oconee County, public school enrollment has held steady in the range of 10,000-plus students. It’s no different these days. Officials say in the first four months of this school year, the enrollment has leveled out at 10,627.

The 2020 census will show to what extent the Latino community is growing in Oconee County. One county council member doesn’t need the latest population numbers to know and recognize that Latinos are beginning to take their place and exert their influence in community affairs. To last night’s council meeting, Wayne McCall welcomed a handful of Latinos and said, “These […]

Someone used saws to steal catalytic converters from two Oconee County businesses. The thefts last weekend at a West Union construction company and at the Tribble Activity Center near Seneca are being investigated by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office. Investigator David McMahan says the thieves are looking for metal that they can sell to recyclers. In last weekend’s incidents, McMahan suggests, […]

Walhalla leaders have agreed to add a second inscription to the elevated water tank on Harrison Avenue, once it is re-painted. Joining the logo of the Walhalla High Razorbacks will be an inscription in bold letters of the city’s name, Walhalla. And Councilman Dennis Owens last night said he’d like to see the Walhalla point toward Seneca.

A conflict for a member of a Walhalla committee interviewing applicants for the police chief’s job has delayed the final interview for one week. City Administrator Brent Taylor made the announcement during a City Hall meeting last night. That interview is believed to be with Paul Harris, the interim chief who had requested that he be allowed to be the […]

The late mailing of Walhalla utility bills, combined with a mail holiday today in deference to the late President Bush, has prompted the city to waive the 10% penalty this month, which will give customers until December 20 to pay without penalty. The decision was made last night at City Hall during a meeting of the mayor and council and […]