Category: News

Westminster is hopeful that insurance will enable it to recover most of the expense from the stormy day of July 14.  On that Friday lightning disabled two raw water pumps and other equipment.  City Administrator Chris Carter related to city council that, fortunately, no one ran out of water.  However, the repair bill approximates $70 thousand.  Carter said the city’s […]

A late September deadline looms for the Westminster mayor to remove his riverside cabin from city property.  And last night Mayor Brian Ramey and Councilman Doug Williams argued about the time it has taken to satisfy the council’s directive.  Williams accused Ramey of faking a document, but the mayor said the councilman’s account was wrong.  Last summer Williams and the […]

Rep. Jeff Duncan met today with Vice President Pence, and the turmoil in Venezuela was discussed. The office of the 3rd District Representative released this statement:  “It was an honor and a privilege to be invited to meet with Vice President Pence today to discuss important issues in the Western Hemisphere that impact our national interests, including the crisis in […]

The Oconee Sheriff’s Office has implicated a Seneca man and a Tennessee woman who were pursued in a long distance chase that began yesterday afternoon with suspicious behavior in the parking lot of Applewood Shopping Center.  The chase ended on highway 76 in the Long Creek area with the arrests of Adam Joseph Reed and Tiffany Rae Barfield.  Officers had gone […]

A defective brake light on a car traveling in Fair Play early today led to the arrest of a 36-year old woman and the confiscation of what the Oconee Sheriff’s Office says was more than five pounds of methamphetamine.  The Sheriff’s Office announcement places a street value of the seized meth at $242 thousand dollars.  A deputy stopped a Volvo […]

Tom Markovich promised a Walhalla audience last night he and his partner will try to salvage what they can from the furnishings in the old Oconee Courthouse and incorporate them for use in their planned 19-room hotel which, as yet, has no name nor has renovation work begun.  But the message last night to the Partners for Progress was stay […]

The second-year charity in Oconee County, Grace’s Closet, is now $2,500 to the better–thanks to a donation today from the office of David Wagner, 10th Circuit Solicitor.  The money donated accrued from an account paid into by defendants enrolled in the pre-trial intervention program.  Wagner explained that some defendants can’t do public service work.  In this instance, their money goes […]

Oconee teachers return to work on Thursday.  They’ll be followed by the students one week later–Thursday, August 17.  A new school year often brings change.  This year the district is moving to staggered start times.  Elementary schools will start at 8 am and dismiss at 2:45 pm–the same as last year.  Middle schools will start at 8:30 am and dismiss […]

Walhalla’s Richard Harper has carried hope for months that the South Carolina DOT will eventually allow his city to plant trees in the Streetscape medians.  Harper, at last night’s Partners for Progress meeting, said the DOT is worried about accidents. “They are worried that someone will hit a tree.”  Harper is undeterred.  He’s going to try a personal letter next […]

Josh Holliday and Jennifer Crawford are headed for the political sidelines in Walhalla.  Mayor Edwards last night said both are parents of young children, and he understands why they’ve decided to not run for re-election to city council in November.  Still that leaves opportunity for other Walhallans to serve their city, and the mayor last night implored the members of […]