Category: News

Super Solar Day is Saturday at the Oconee Animal Shelter.  And the Oconee Humane Society believes it has a deal for pet lovers who would like to adopt.  Between 9 am and 4 pm from the location on the Sandifer Boulevard, the Humane Society will drop its cat and dog adoption fees drastically–to a low of $10 dollars for both […]

Walhalla is getting an economic development incentive program.  It’s seen as a way to facilitate future development.  Mayor Edwards calls it a tool to position the city in negotiations with those interested in investing in the city.  One provision is that a development plan must be consistent with the city’s comprehensive and master plans.  A seven-page economic development ordinance received […]

The Destination Oconee project has made strides, but its manager says further accomplishments hinge on additional financial support.  Janet Hartman last night appealed to the County Council for what she called “dedicated funding.”  The council accepted her plea as information, though two members questioned her about what has been accomplished so far and what her committee envisions.  According to Hartman, the […]

Long time Oconee County resident Berry Nichols says hikers and mountain bikers treat hunters poorly, and that’s partly why he’s no fan of the Palmetto Conservation project to extend the Palmetto Trail from the vicinity of Stumphouse Tunnel Park to downtown Walhalla.  Nichols spoke out during public comment last night at the August meeting of city council.  He raised questions […]

Additional findings have led authorities to charge a South Oak Street, Seneca man with manslaughter in the death last week of Thomas Ivester Marks.  An autopsy showed Marks died of complications from a stab wound to the abdomen.  A warrant, signed by investigator Michael Teramano, charges Donald Clark Walker of 413 S. Oak Street with manslaughter, alleging Walker “did without malice […]

Other than be sure to wear protective glasses, the best advice that the Oconee Sheriff can give about safety on Monday is to find a spot and stay there for the eclipse.  Authorities are worried about additional traffic and, from a safety standpoint, don’t want drivers pulling off the sides of the roads during what will be night time conditions.  […]

Classes started today at the second-year charter school in Salem.  Marty Shirley, campus administrator, said the turned at the NEXT School at Eagle Ridge was “great.”

Safeplast NA Company, a maker and provider of hose protectors and hose binding products, will build in the Pickens County Commerce Park.  Announcement from the State Department of Commerce states Safeplast will make a $4.3 million investment and create 30 jobs.  The company is affiliated with Safeplast Finland.  The 300,000 square building will serve as the company’s North American headquarters.  […]

The Walhalla High principal, Steve Garrett, says he and his athletic department are on the same page in challenging the proposed athletic conference re-classification that would make the school 4-A effective 2018-19. The school is now a 3-A.  The higher classification would land head coach Padgett Johnson gridiron program in a schedule of tougher opponents, but Garrett says this decision to appeal […]

Motorists have alerted 101.7/WGOG NEWS to the crash of a motorcycle on 123 in the vicinity of Jacobs Road.  Georgia state troopers have been seen in the vicinity, giving rise to the thought that a law enforcement pursuit preceded the accident.  One motorist said he saw the motorcycle pass Ingle’s at Seneca on its way toward Clemson.