Category: News

  South Carolina’s U-S senators are speaking out in support of Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court nominee.  Scott spoke on the Senate floor and Graham predicted Gorsuch will win nomination.  When the Senate takes its vote will determine whether Graham can honor a commitment he has made to attend Saturday’s convention of Oconee Republicans in Walhalla.

The receipt of a $600 thousand dollar contribution by Duke Energy means the Oconee Conservation Bank Board can do business.  This money can be used to award grants to Oconee landowners who are willing to conserve their land.  According to Shea Airey, a landowner must apply to the OCCB. The OCCB then evaluates the merit of the project based on […]

The contractor who has added a splash pad on the grounds of the Walhalla Municipal Swimming Pool conducted a test run Tuesday.  And, when the switch was thrown, water came out.  Councilwoman Jennifer Crawford says she has a video showing water flowing and, she says, “Everything looked great.”  The plan is to have the splash pad in operation as an […]

If you see a police car in your neighborhood, chances are the cop is looking for Oconeeans named in 32 arrest warrants.  The Sheriff’s Office 16th “Operation Infinity”—with the help of two municipal police departments—is underway across Oconee County.  By 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, nine people had been arrested.  Some of them are being accused of unlawful neglect of children […]

April showers bring May flowers.  The torrential downpour, the thunder, the lighting—all of it something to remember about spring 2017.  It also was a reminder of the pitfalls that wet roads and pavement create.  At one point yesterday, emergency departments across the Greenville Health System, including Oconee Memorial’s, treated five weather-related injuries. Three involved motor-vehicle accidents, although at least two […]

Walhalla officials say the city received one bid to re-surface the Littleton parking lot, which has been leased to the city as part of Walhalla’s continuing effort to inject new vitality into the downtown.  Scott Parris, interim administrator, says Hubbard Paving’s offer to re-pave the parking lot off Main Street is $24,125.  That bid will be submitted to the city […]

Walhalla Mayor Danny Edwards says his city and its preferred contractor to build a new water plant have a memorandum of understanding.  The memo or letter, Edwards was careful to say, is not a contract.  According to Scott Parris, interim city administrator, the document was introduced during a committee meeting last night at City Hall.  Mayor Edwards says Walhalla still […]

A spokeswoman for Oconee public schools says, “We have been in contact with our Emergency Preparedness Department and continue to monitor the weather.  They believe that the worst weather will be here in the 6:00 – 7:00 pm range.  Their recommendation is that we stay at schools on our regular schedule as our schools are safer than a number of our students’ […]

Clemson’s national football championship likely will swell the crowd for Saturday’s Spring Game.  And the city will treat the game as if it were a normal game weekend. Access to the downtown neighborhoods will be the same as during a regular home game. According to the city, make sure you can tell officers where you are going and don’t be […]

  If Oconee County will apply the required tax millage to produce $1.5 million for Tri-County Technical College, that allocation will meet the county’s contribution to the college that serves the counties of Oconee, Anderson and Pickens.  Dr. Ronnie Booth, college president, presented Tech’s new budget request and expressed satisfaction that $1,512,000 will cover physical plant operations, capital renovations, and […]